Patrick F. Toohey

Miles & Stockbridge's trial team represented a major manufacturing client in a complex CERCLA environmental litigation over a Superfund site with cleanup costs estimated to exceed $200 million. The litigation was phased with three separate 5- to 6-week trials over several years. Through strategic legal representation, the team successfully navigated a complex multi-phase trial addressing environmental remediation and liability for multiple parties connected with operations on the industrial site over many decades. The team's efforts resulted in multiple trial victories, including a notable judgment finding that the regulator-selected remedy for the site had to be modified.

Represented a government contractor in successfully defending against breach-of-contract claims in an American Arbitration Association proceeding related to staffing services for proposal writing. The matter involved complex employment issues under both Virginia and Indian law, with the claimant alleging improper hiring from its corporate affiliate in India. Following comprehensive presentation of evidence demonstrating that no solicitation had occurred and no damages could be established, the arbitrator ruled entirely in our client's favor and ordered the claimant to bear all administrative and arbitrator fees