Richard Faulk

Counsel

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Richard Faulk

Counsel

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Rick Faulk is a seasoned litigator with over three decades of trial and appellate experience in environmental and toxic torts, including air and water pollution class actions, international water pollution claims, mass tort cases, oilfield pollution class actions, claims of environmental justice, CERCLA cost recovery claims, underground storage tank litigation, and defense of toxic tort cases arising from occupational exposures at refineries and petrochemical manufacturing facilities. He has significant federal and state appellate experience, including arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, and en banc Courts of Appeals, especially in environmental and mass tort cases.

Rick is a regular speaker and published author regarding U.S. Supreme Court energy and environmental cases, climate change, environmental law, mass torts, class and group actions, complex environmental and toxic tort litigation, trial and appellate strategy and tactics, and scientific and technical evidence issues.

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Originally Speaking: Climate Change and Common Law Public Nuisance

Daniel Lungren, Donald Kochan, Patrick Parenteau, Richard Faulk, and John Baker

December 7, 2018

Originally Speaking is a written debate series that approaches a contemporary topic from diverse perspectives. The Federalist Society takes no position and encourages a clear and constructive exchange on the subject. Posts in an OS series chain off of each other in waves, creating a loose stream of dialogue.

The focus of this series is if climate change is eligible for common law public nuisance claims, as articulated in the lawsuits by CA and NY municipalities against several major oil and gas companies. We hope you enjoy this Originally Speaking series.

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