Litigation Support

SWAPE scientists serve as technical consultants and experts in areas of environmental site assessment, human health risk and exposure assessment, property damages and diminution, and product liability litigation. We have experience serving as consulting experts and expert witnesses on a variety of high-profile cases involving sites contaminated by dioxins/furans; polychlorinated biphenyls; chlorinated solvents (e.g., PCE, TCE); pesticides; heavy metals; petroleum hydrocarbons (e.g., MTBE); perchlorate; 1,4-dioxane; and a variety of other emerging contaminants such as perfluorinated chemicals (i.e., PFAS, PFOS, PFOA, etc.).

We provide a full range of litigation services for planning and case development; review of discovery; preparation of expert reports; assisting with motions and depositions; providing expert witness testimony; and more. We also provide critical assistance relating to document acquisition and processing, document management, document review, data analysis, and preparation of materials such as trial exhibits for mediation and trial. We have successfully assisted clients on a wide variety of high-profile environmental cases.

SWAPE has highly qualified expert witnesses with specific expertise in hazardous waste, environmental site assessment, human health risk assessment, exposure dose evaluations, air dispersion modeling, environmental forensics, and reconstruction of pollution incidents.