Background
Braun, Christopher J. was born in 1959.
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Christopher J. Braun
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Wabash College (Bachelor of Arts, 1981). Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, England (1980-1981). Southern Methodist University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Career
Worked at Plews Shadley Racher & Braun (Indianapolis, Indiana) specializing in Environmental and other scientific and technical matters including Federal and State Court Litigation and Appeals, Regulatory Compliance and Permitting, Environmental Insurance Coverage, Federal and State Administrative Actions, Coal and other Natural Resources, Toxic Torts, Environmental Due Diligence, Real Estate, Financial Services and Patent, Trademark and Copyright. Admitted to the bar, 1984, District of Columbia. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1987, United States.
Supreme Court. 1988, Indiana and United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.
United States. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Southwestern Law Journal, 1982-1983. Author: "Indiana"s New Voluntary Cleanup Law," The Hoosier Independent, May, 1992.
"Recent Federal and State Legal Developments Impacting the Oil Marketer," The Hoosier Independent, September, 1993. "Petroleum Marketing: Key PMPA Judicial and Legislative Issues in 1993," The Hoosier Independent, December, 1993.
"The Growing Importance of Private Cost-Recovery Actions for UST Releases," The Hoosier Independent, March, 1994.
"Environmental Compliance Handbook for the Indiana Oil Marketers Association," March, 1994. "Recent Developments in Indiana"s Eminent Domain Law: Takings, Compensation And Benefits And The Impact Of Environmental Contamination On Valuation Determination," Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association Municipal Law XII Program., 1995. Speaker and Company-Author: "An Overview of Litigation Considerations in Avoiding Liability From Real Estate Transfers," Annual Convention of The Indiana Oil Marketers Association and Indiana Association of Convenience Stores, September, 1992.
Speaker and Author: "Land Acquisition and Condemnation Issues in 1993 and Beyond: Acquiring and Condemning Environmentally Contaminated Property," ICLEF and Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association Municipal Law X Program, June, 1993.
"Current Legal and Environmental Matters Foreign Oil Marketers," Uno-Ven Oil Marketers 18th Annual Marketer Seminar, June, 1993. "Preparation of Pleadings," "Ethical Guidelines for Paralegals," "Settlement Proposals and Techniques," and "Identifying and Assisting Expert Witnesses," CISI Paralegal Practice Series on Indiana Civil Litigation Practice for Paralegals, August, 1994.
Speaker and Moderator on Regulatory Compliance Update: "What"s New, What"s Changed, What"s Hot," IOMA Management Seminar, March, 1994. Speaker and Moderator: "Marketers Doing Business With Other Marketers: Mergers, Buyouts, Joint Ventures, Cooperative Purchasing," IOMA Management Seminar, March, 1994.
"Recent Legislative & Administrative Developments Impacting Oil Marketers," Uno-Ven Oil Marketer 20th Annual Marketers Seminar, June 1995.
Associate: Baker & Botts, Washington, District of Columbia, 1984-1986. Travis & Gooch, Washington, District of Columbia, 1987. Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987-1991, Partner, 1992-1994 and General Counsel, Indiana Oil Marketers Association, 1993.
Registered Civil Mediator.
Member: Indianapolis (Member, Litigation Section), Indiana State (Member, Litigation and Environmental Section) and American (Member, Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) Bar Associations. District of Columbia Bar.
Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association. Since its founding in 1988 Plews Shadley Racher & Braun has concentrated its practice in environmental and other scientific and technical law.
The firm"s attorneys all have substantial experience and expertise in a wide range of environmental law matters.
The firm serves clients throughout Indiana, the Midwest, and the nation. Plews Shadley Racher & Braun handles administrative, state and federal trials and appeals covering a broad spectrum of environmental and related cases, including the prosecution and defense of claims involving CERCLA, RCRA, clean air and water acts, underground and aboveground storage tanks, toxic torts, environmental property damage claims, and governmental enforcement actions of all kinds. The firm also maintains a substantial practice representing policyholders in environmental and other insurance coverage claims.
The firm has actively participated in Superfund cases in a number of states and has organized committees to represent various interest groups in such efforts.
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun assists clients in interpreting and complying with state, federal and local environmental rules and in pursuing necessary permits. The firm also advises clients on environmental issues in real estate and business transactions, in conducting environmental due diligence and audit work, in undertaking voluntary cleanups, in developing programs for limiting liability exposure, and in drafting and monitoring legislation and rules.
The firm represents clients in a variety of similarly complex technical matters such as products liability cases.
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Membership
Member, Southwestern Law Journal, 1982-1983.
