Litigation Support and Environmental Forensic Services

The professionals at Highlands Environmental Solutions, Inc. recognize that environmental forensic investigations and effective litigation support requires more than technical expertise. Thinking “outside the box” with the application of appropriate scientific methods is required for environmental forensic investigations. Successful litigation support requires experts that can educate the legal team, provide support in developing effective litigation strategies, and present facts in a concise and believable fashion. Our team of professionals assists attorneys and insurance investigators in developing a working knowledge of complex scientific, technical and regulatory issues; as well as, preparing deliverables to support and/or enhance the litigation effort. The professionals at HES possess the crucial ability to quickly and thoroughly review and assimilate large quantities of data, identify deficiencies in the available information and develop effective approaches to either fill or utilize the gaps from a litigation standpoint. Based on available data and our professional experience, we help structure and organize technical conclusions that appropriately support defensible conclusions that can be clearly understood by all involved in litigation processes.

Our job as technical experts is not simply to present and interpret data. We understand that our job is often to make sometimes difficult subjects and concepts more understandable. We accomplish this not simply by establishing expertise, but by simplifying the data, as appropriate. We also prepare and utilize illustrations, graphics and other technical renderings so that complex issues may be more easily understood by laymen.

Our litigation support services include (but are not limited to):

• Third party review of reports, assessments and invoices
• Soil, groundwater, surface water and soil gas sampling and analysis
• Human health and ecological risk assessments
• Historical land use and ownership evaluations
• Causation and liability analysis
• Private investigations, including contributing source and PRP investigations
• Regulatory compliance and permitting
• Chemical fingerprinting, profiling and age dating
• Photogrammetry and preparation of courtroom exhibits
• Developing technical strategies in cooperation with the client and legal counsel