Mr. Leone has special expertise in environmental litigation and counseling, including issues relating to Superfund, natural resource damages, hazardous waste, hazard communication, groundwater, surface water, wetlands, clean air, state environmental laws, and environmental auditing. He also litigates parallel tort actions seeking personal injury, property damage, and/or medical monitoring damages.

Mr. Leone served as counsel for Norfolk Southern in Avondale Mills v. Norfolk Southern, Civ No. 1:05-2817-MBS (D.S.C. 2005), the largest single mass tort case in South Carolina history. Plaintiff Avondale alleged property damage to its textile plants arising from a January 2005 train derailment and chlorine release. Mr. Leone led the defense of scientific issues in the case and participated in the month long trial, which preceded a confidential settlement.

Mr. Leone’s litigation experience also includes representing a large manufacturer in multiple state CERCLA enforcement actions and related personal injury/property damage cases in South Carolina, litigating a Consumer Product Safety Act case which was resolved through a joint industry-wide/CPSC mediation, and defending asbestos personal injury and property damage claims, including a client’s Havner challenges in connection with the consolidated Texas statewide asbestos docket.

Mr. Leone is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, and the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization.