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J.S. Held expande sus capacidades en consultoría sobre códigos de construcción, ingeniería contra incendios y análisis forense en el oeste de Canadá con la adquisición de GHL Consultants
LEER MÁSWalker Prentke has over ten years of diverse experience as a Hydrogeologist within the environmental assessment and remediation fields. He specializes in environmental chemistry, aqueous geochemistry, process chemistry, chemical applications, components analysis, and as a subject matter expert in various federal and state litigations. He has carried out extensive environmental liability assessments for large and diverse clients, including petroleum refineries, clothing manufacturers, chemical companies, and specialty garment manufacturers, amongst others. Walker has also been the technical lead on numerous litigation and regulatory compliance projects, primarily as a consulting witness and primary technical writer, helping to ensure technical reports are written in a concise and technically defensible manner at both the state and federal levels. He works with chemical labeling and notice laws, including FDA, FIFRA, TSCA, and OSHA, and their state counterparts.
Walker Prentke is a Senior Hydrogeologist at J.S. Held, focused on both physical and contaminant hydrogeology, aqueous geochemistry, liability assessments, apportionment, and allocations for various clients. He provides technical analysis of compliance cases using state-of-the-art technologies. He is a technical expert for cases involving the origin and discharge of contaminants, contaminant transport pathways, and contaminant degradation in the subsurface. He renders technical opinions to legal counsel and provides technical strategies in support of cost recovery, contribution, and toxic tort lawsuits from both the defense and plaintiff's perspectives. He regularly advises clients on potential technical arguments, defenses, and shortfalls in support of legal strategies. Walker has a background in corporate investigations and compliance auditing and has extensive experience in the identification, mitigation, correction, and reporting of discharge and contamination issues. Walker's chemistry background enables him to provide high-level regulatory compliance and liability assessments for new and existing contaminants, inclusive of the manufacturing and standard of care for those chemicals.
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