Mr. Nevius has a broad range of legal experience, but is considered an expert on environmental insurance, including general liability, pollution legal liability (PLL), clean-up costs cap (CCP), finite risk, financial assurance and so-called pollution exclusions. Mr. Nevius is co-author with Eugene R. Anderson of a treatise on Brownfields Law and Practice involving clean up and redevelopment of contaminated real estate and the use of environmental insurance.  He is routinely retained by policyholders, developers and other lawyers to evaluate, and maximize, recovery of insurance assets.  He is also a Senior Consultant at Anderson Kill Insurance Services (AKIS), a non-legal subsidiary of the firm as well as an Adjunct Faculty member at Pace University Law School where he teaches Science for Environmental Lawyers as well as the inaugural Insurance class as part of the World's first Climate Change LLM Program.

Mr. Nevius has a J.D. from Pace University School of Law with a concentration in environmental law. He has Masters degrees in Civil/Systems Engineering as well as Geology from the University of Pennsylvania.  He also has a B.S. in Geology/Geophysics from the University of Connecticut.

Mr. Nevius is a Registered Professional Engineer (PE 045229E) and was a Senior Project Manager/Hydrogeologist at the U.S. EPA for more than 8 years.  He has written and lectured widely on insurance coverage and environmental issues, including Brownfields and clean-up provisions of federal and state environmental laws (generally RCRA and CERCLA a/k/a Superfund).  At EPA, he provided technical and enforcement support to Region III's Criminal Enforcement Branch, the Inspector General and the FBI.  Mr. Nevius is the author of two Records of Decision (RODs), has testified as an expert witness in federal court and received an EPA National Excellence in RCRA Enforcement award and a Bronze Medal.

Representative Engagements

Mr. Nevius has represented numerous corporations, including such household names as American Standard, Arrow Electronics, Brooks Brothers, Clorox (First Brands), Cyprus Amax Minerals, DynCorp, Freeport McMoRan, Henry Schein, Jacobs Engineering, Murphy Oil, PPM America, Pulte Homes, Purdue Pharma, Reynolds Metals, Samsung, Savin, Sbarros, Sprint, Structure Tone, Tektronix, Texas Instruments, Textron, Thiokol, TransCanada, Waste Management, Weyerhaeuser, and Yukon Nevada Gold Corp.  Mr. Nevius has also represented the State of California, and the Canadian provincial Government of the Yukon, as well as several Brownfield developers and lenders, including Commerce Bank and Valley National Bank.

Major Cases, Trials and Arbitrations

Mr. Nevius has been directly involved in obtaining favorable outcomes for policyholder clients in the following:

Triangle Aviation Services, Inc. v. Fenley & Nicol Environmental, Inc., Docket No. 600228/2010 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty.) (filed March 31, 2010) (As Yet Unresolved Environmental Dispute)

Sprague Energy Corp. v. American Home Assurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. ("AIG"), a/k/a American International Underwriters ("AIU"), Civ. Action No. 1:09-cv-01136 (AWT) (D. Conn) (filed July 20, 2009) (Environmental Insurance Coverage Dispute)

Queenstake Resources U.S.A., Inc. v. American Int’l Specialty Lines Ins. Co. (AIG), Civil Action No. 07-CV-00148 (D. Colo. filed January 19, 2007) (International Arbitration – Mine Financial Assurance)

Arrow Electronics, Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., et al., Case No. BC342044 (Cal. Super., L.A. County (filed October 26, 2005) (Environmental Coverage Action – General Liability)

Benenson v. Mass. Mut. Financial Group, (Cal. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty., No. BC 296920) (filed November 3, 2004)

Tensolite Co. v. Flextronics Int’l Ltd., Scanfil Oy and Nokia, Inc., Civil Action No. 03-CV-9675 (S.D.N.Y. filed December 5, 2003) (International Arbitration – Telecommunications)

Employers Ins. of Wausau v. Tektronix, Inc., No. CCV 9908032 (Or. Cir. Court, Clackamas County) (August 2002) (Environmental Coverage Trial – General and Environmental Impairment Liability)

Waste Management, Inc. v. Admiral Ins. Co., et al, Docket No. HUD-L-931-92 (N.J. Super., Hudson County) (November – December 2001) (Environmental Coverage Trial)

ZRZ Realty Co., et al. v. Beneficial Fire & Cas. Co., et al, Circuit Court No. 9708-06226 (Or. Cir., Multnomah County) (October – December 1999) (Environmental Coverage Trial)

Cascade Corp. v. American Home Assur. Co., et al, No. 9205-03083 (Or. Cir., Multnomah County) (July – October 1998) (Environmental Coverage Trial)

Published Legal Decisions

Mr. Nevius has represented clients in the following reported decisions:

ZRZ Realty Co. v. Beneficial Fire and Casualty Ins. Co., et al., 222 Or. App. 453, 194 P.3d 167 (Oct. 1, 2008), modified 225 Or. App. 257, 201 P.3d 912 (Jan. 14, 2009)

Federal Ins. Co. v. Samsung Electronics Am., Inc., et al., 268 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. 2008)

Employers Ins. of Wausau v. Tektronix, Inc., 211 Or. App. 485 (2007)

Cascade Corp. v. Am. Home Assurance Co., et al., 206 Or. App.1 (2006)

Hold Bros., Inc., et al. v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co., Case No. 04 Civ. 7223 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y., Jan. 27, 2005)

Pulte Home Corp. v. Fidelity and Guar. Ins. Co., 2004 WL 516216 (Va. Cir. Ct., Feb. 6, 2004)

Soho Plaza Corp. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 2003 WL 22255005 (N.Y.A.D. 1st Dept. Oct. 2, 2003)

Textron Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 754 A.2d 742 (R.I. 2000)

R.E.O., Inc., et al. v. The Travelers Cos., No. CV 9503725225 (Conn. Super. 1998)

Thiokol Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, No. 96-CV-028-B, 1997 WL 33798359 (D. Utah 1997)

St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Co., Inc., 324 Or. 184 (1996)