Keller and Heckman LLP services

Biotechnology is as complex as it is essential, and almost every phase of its operation is rooted in science. As many of our clients can attest, stand-alone legal advice or technical consulting typically offer incomplete solutions and perspectives. The strong collaboration of law and science at Keller and Heckman positions us to guide our clients toward effective regulatory solutions to bring products into the market.

Keller and Heckman offers an integrated, cross-disciplinary team of lawyers and in-house scientists to address environmental regulatory and litigation matters confronting the fuels industry. Our lawyers assist clients facing legal requirements applicable to the development and distribution of new fuels and fuel additives; advise on chemical compliance and management issues related to hydraulic fracturing; and aggressively represent our clients in fuel-related enforcement matters and toxic tort suits. The firm`s scientific expertise encompasses those disciplines most likely to be implicated in the development and distribution of petroleum and alternative-based fuels, including toxicology, chemistry, human health and environmental risk assessments, and chemical fate and transport. This interdisciplinary approach, focused on achieving efficient and superior results for our clients, has led many in the fuels industry to turn to us for assistance.

Companies must achieve continuous compliance with environmental laws or risk production delays, increased governmental oversight, private and government litigation, adverse media reports, monetary liability claims, and community outrage. Indeed, the continued success of many companies will rest in part on making environmental performance a competitive advantage through more imaginative and cost-effective pollution prevention and environmental management. For more than 25 years, Keller and Heckman has helped companies not only stay current on environmental laws but also get ahead. Our attorneys and scientists offer industrial, corporate and association clients practical, problem-solving advice leading to reasonable and sound environmental performance. The strength of our practice derives from knowing our clients` businesses and having a broad range of relevant environmental expertise, both scientific and legal.

Keller and Heckman`s Business Counseling and Transactional Practice is committed to providing our clients with practical, cost-effective advice designed to add value to our clients` businesses. We provide a team approach using an array of business attorneys from various practice groups equipped to handle all aspects of our clients` corporate, organizational, financial and transactional needs. Our multi-practice approach allows us to serve our clients` general, as well as specific, business and legal requirements, ranging from business and strategic planning, formation, operation, expansion/acquisition, service arrangement and exit strategy issues, to corporate divestitures and business transactions. Whether our clients require assistance with a complex asset purchase agreement, or creative advice on finding alternative uses for unproductive assets.

Keller and Heckman`s extensive workplace safety and health practice focuses on helping our clients to shape a legislative and regulatory environment conducive to productivity and growth, and then helping our clients to compete in that environment, both domestically and globally, to the full extent permitted by applicable law. Our efforts on behalf of a client take into account not only the immediate impact, but also the intermediate and long-term impact on the client`s operations.

Telecommunications is a core practice area of Keller and Heckman LLP. We maintain a dynamic, full service telecommunications practice, meeting the diverse needs of our clients through expert, cost-effective service. We carefully manage our practice to ensure that our clients receive the maximum benefit of the skills and experience of our attorneys and licensing specialists. Keller and Heckman has established one of the leading practices before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on wireless licensing and policy matters. We are recognized experts in fixed, mobile and broadband wireless matters. We represent a diverse mix of clients in increasingly frequent and aggressive enforcement actions initiated by the FCC.

Keller and Heckman has one of the preeminent product safety practices in the country. With its technical staff to assist, the firm counsels clients on product safety and liability issues, advocates before legislative and regulatory bodies, works with them on product safety standards, and, when needed, represents them in product liability litigation, particularly in complex cases involving chemistry and toxicity, or highly technical issues like flammability. Our clients include manufacturers, distributors and trade associations.