Kirtland & Packard attorneys were lead counsel for several major insurers in the coordinated Asbestos litigation which was pending in the San Francisco County Superior Court throughout the 1980's. The firm also represented multiple defendants in the massive Stringfellow acid pits litigation in both the consolidated personal injury action involving over 5000 claimants and the federal court action wherein the United States and the State of California were seeking compensation for the actual cleanup of the Stringfellow site.

Attorneys from the firm have been involved in multiple fuel contamination claims. These claims have involved both below ground gasoline station storage tanks and large, above ground, fuel refinery storage facilities. The firm represented a major insurer in a claim arising out of alleged damage to a large refinery storage tank that took place during renovation work. The fuel leak and resulting underground plume impacted the aquifer of a local municipality. Resolution of the case required not only extensive knowledge of insurance coverage issues, but sophisticated approaches to liability analysis and regulatory compliance.

In underground storage tank litigation, the firm has not only been involved in related insurance coverage disputes, but also complicated liability claims involving multiple plumes from various alleged tank leaks impacting both private and municipal property. Resolution of such claims requires experience in insurance law, regulatory requirements and technical expertise in cleanup and damage analysis, including appropriate cleanup protocols and procedures.

The firm's attorneys have been retained by major corporations to perform analysis and research regarding environmental regulatory compliance with regard to companies under consideration for acquisition. Such endeavors have required the firm's lawyers to not only carefully review all applicable regulations, but to thoroughly investigate legal compliance and insurance coverage.