Milwaukee Office
Tel: (414) 277-5183
Fax: (414) 978-8894
Lauren R. Harpke
Senior Counsel
Lauren R. Harpke focuses her practice on corporate environmental, health, and workers safety issues. Ms. Harpke's recent experience includes:
· Working with corporate clients to address environmental concerns arising in mergers, acquisitions, and other complex business transactions, by conducting due diligence and risk assessment, negotiating liability allocation, facilitating the transfer of environmental permits and licenses, addressing compliance and other integration issues.
· Conduct environmental due diligence and risk assessment in connection with real estate transactions, evaluating liability risks and suitability of use, for development of manufacturing, commercial, and charter school projects.
· Investigating and resolving OSHA citations including those resulting in employee injury or death.
· Advising clients in environmental regulatory compliance, recordkeeping and record retention policies under a wide range of environmental programs.
· Assisting clients in site remediation, including obtaining access to contaminated properties, negotiating payment structure, evaluating possible remediation options and obtaining case closure.
· Experience in complex environmental insurance litigation and allocation.
· Assisting clients in navigating the issues arising under the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.
· Coordinating information requests, enforcement actions, and settlement negotiations with state and federal environmental agencies regarding citations under RCRA, EPCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and state counterparts.
Legal Services
· Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
o Brownfield Development
o Due Diligence and Risk Assessment in Transactions
o Emergency Response & Compliance Counseling
o Health & Safety
o Remediation − Superfund and Sediments
Education and Honors
· University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007)
o Dean's List
o Public Interest Law Foundation
· University of Wisconsin (B.A., with honors, 2003)
o Major: International Relations
o Certificate: Environmental Studies
Bar Admissions
· Wisconsin
Court Admissions
· U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 2008
· U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2007
· U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2007
Professional and Civic Activities
· American Bar Association (Member of Environment, Energy, and Resources Law Section and Young Lawyers Division)
· State Bar of Wisconsin (Member)
· Milwaukee Bar Association (Member)
· Federation of Environmental Technologists (Member)
· Environmental Law Institute (Member)
· Wisconsin Manufacturers Commerce (Member)
· Sojourner Family Peace Center (Former Courthouse Clinic Pro Bono Coordinator and Volunteer)
· The Park People of Milwaukee County (Former Board Member)
· Guardianship Pro Bono Clinic (Program Co-chair and Volunteer)
· Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Community Advisory Panel (Member)
Professional Recognition
· State Bar of Wisconsin – Pro Bono Honor Society (2015)
Publications and Presentations
10/25/16
"Environmental Health & Safety Regulations: What You Need to Know"
Federation of Environmental Technologists (FET) Annual Conference and Exhibition
10/24/16
Recent OSHA PSM Decision Places the EPA’s RMP Rule on Shaky Ground
Environmental Law Alert
07/12/16
EPA Extends Comment Deadline Regarding Petition to Change RCRA Criteria
Environmental Law Alert
07/08/16
TSCA Reform – What to Expect in 2016
Environmental Law Alert
01/26/16
"Environmental Health & Safety Regulations"
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
01/01/16
"Commercial Real Estate Transactions in Wisconsin (Second Edition)"
State Bar of Wisconsin
11/17/15
EPA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule to December 24, 2015
Environmental Law Alert
10/27/15
"Environmental Health & Safety Regulations: What You Need to Know"
Federation of Environmental Technologists (FET) Annual Conference and Exhibition
09/29/15
Speak Now or Hold Your Peace: Comment Period Begins for EPA’s Proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule
Environmental Law Alert
09/02/15
"Out of Sight, Out of Mind: What Don’t You Know and When Should You Find Out?"
Inside Counsel
09/02/15
Long-Awaited Reverse Distribution Rule Signals Big Changes for Healthcare Facilities, Reverse Distributors
Environmental Law Alert
03/13/15
"Vapor Intrusion: Pathways to Liability"
Wisconsin Ground Water Association (WGWA) Annual Meeting
01/22/15
OSHA Form 300A Postings and Revised Injury Reporting Requirements
Labor & Employment Law Alert
01/13/15
EPA Revises Regulations Affecting Recycling of Hazardous Secondary Materials
Environmental Law Update
10/28/14
"Environmental Health & Safety Regulations: What You Need to Know"
Federation of Environmental Technologists (FET) Annual Conference and Exhibition
10/24/14
The End of an Era - EPA Adopts Final Rule Accepting Only ASTM E1527-13 for AAI
Environmental Law Alert
07/29/14
EPA Proposes to Accept Only ASTM Standard E1527-13 for AAI
Environmental Law Alert
01/01/14
EPA Approves ASTM E1527-13 Phase I ESA Standard for All Appropriate Inquiry
Environmental Law Update
12/27/13
Potential Impacts from New ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
Environmental Law Update
10/28/13
"Environmental Health & Safety Regulations: What You Need to Know"
Federation of Environmental Technologists (FET) Annual Conference and Exhibition
07/24/13
"Change is in the (Indoor) Air: Developments that will Redefine Vapor Intrusion Risk Assessment,"
Westlaw Journal Environmental
04/10/13
Earth Awareness and Perspective
10/29/12
"Environmental Health & Safety Regulations: What You Need to Know"
Federation of Environmental Technologists (FET) Annual Conference and Exhibition
01/01/12
"Implementing Institutional Controls at Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites (Second Edition)"
10/06/11
Great Lakes Compact General Permits Proposed
Environmental Law Alert
04/12/11
"Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act: EPCRA"
03/10/11
"Environmental Concerns in Business Transactions"
Business Law Training
10/06/10
Role of Contamination in Valuation of Property in Eminent Domain Proceedings
Environmental Law Update
06/09/10
Great Lakes Compact Rule Packages Available for Public Comment until July 7, 2010
Environmental Law Update
04/08/10
"Great Lakes Compact and High Capacity Wells Survey"
Water Issues Update 2010 Seminar, sponsored by the Federation of Environmental Technologists, Inc.
02/02/10
Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Construction Sites Effective February 1, 2010
Environmental Law Update
11/02/09
Courts Clash on Viability of Greenhouse Gas Public Nuisance Suits
Environmental Law Alert
07/16/09
Update on Great Lakes Compact
Environmental Law Update
04/23/09
This issue contains the following articles: U.S. EPA Issues Proposed Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding; EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: What It Portends For Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulation; U.S. Supreme Court To Address Superfund Cleanup Liability
Environmental Law Update