Background
DeVoe, S. Curtis was born in 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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S. Curtis DeVoe
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Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1982). School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1988), University of California at Berkeley (Juris Doctor, 1988).
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, 1988, Indiana and United States. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.
Associate Editor and Executive Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly.
Author, Company-Author, and Speaker: "Brownfields Developments in Indiana," 6th Annual Business & Industry"s Environmental Symposium, Cincinnati, 1997, and Environmental Quality Control, Incorporated., Indianapolis, 1997. "Environmental Due Diligence and Contract Provisions," Advising The Purchaser of Commercial Real Estate, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1996.
"Judicial Review in Indiana," Government Practice Seminar, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1995. "An Overview of Environmental Site Assessments," Special Real Estate Problems and Remedies, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1994.
"Legal Aspects of the Indiana Voluntary Remediation Program," Groundwater Technology, Incorporated.
Technical Seminar, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1994. "Title V of the 1990 Clean Air Acting Amendments," Avoiding Environmental Liabilities in Indiana, National Business Institute, 1994. "Clean Air Acting Enforcement Issues," Air Permitting Under Title V, Bruce Carter & Associates Seminar, 1994.
"An Overview of Legal Issues Concerning Environmental Cleanups," Groundwater Technology, Incorporated.
Technical Seminar, Indianapolis, 1994. "Environmental Audits," Indiana State Chamber of Commerce Environmental Conference, 1994, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1995, and Indiana Manufacturers Association Environmental Compliance Conference, 1995.
"Environmental Laws Affecting Real Estate Transactions," Environmental Law for the General Practitioner, 1993. "Lender Liability and Indiana"s Voluntary Cleanup Program," Environmental Issues for Real Estate Developers and Construction Engineering Firms, 1993.
"Wetlands Enforcement Issues," Wetlands and Other Environmental Issues, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1993.
"LUST and Money: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Indiana Excess Liability Fund," Environmental Quality Control, Incorporated. Seminar, 1992; "Lender Liability for Environmental Matters," The Evolving Commercial Law in Indiana, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1992. "Environmental Matters Facing Banks: Liability for Cleanups and Issues in Bankruptcy," Banking Law Symposium, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1991.
"Environmental Factors in Business Transactions, Real Estate Transactions, and Bankruptcy," National Business Institute, 1991.
"Environmental Update: Summary of Recent Developments and A Practical Guide to Environmental Issues Affecting Business Transactions," Federal Civil Practice Update, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1991. "Infectious Waste," Understanding Environmental Liabilities, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 1989.
"Army Corps of Engineers Jurisdiction Over Wetlands Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Acting: United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Incorporated., 13 Ecology Law Quarterly 579 (1986).
Member: Indianapolis (Chairman, Environmental Section, 1997) and Indiana State (ICLEF Liaison, Environmental Section, 1996) Bar Associations.
Central Indiana Technical Environmental Societies (Board of Directors, 1996-1997). 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: Indianapolis (Chairman, Environmental Section, 1997) and Indiana State (ICLEF Liaison, Environmental Section, 1996) Bar Associations. Central Indiana Technical Environmental Societies (Board of Directors, 1996-1997).
