William T. Gorton III

Counsel to major healthcare corporations on acquisitions and environmental compliance obligations.

Counsel to various clients dealing with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials ("NORM") disposal to Landfill business development to Landfill operations and acquisition.

Lead counsel to numerous national surety companies in developing and advocating the surety industry positions in the bankruptcies of Peabody Coal Company, Arch Coal Company, and Alpha Natural Resources across the United States.

Counsel in development of and property rights acquisition for interstate natural gas liquids pipeline from Marcellus and Utica shale resource areas including state and federal requirements, environmental analysis associated with permitting, construction and operation.

Counsel to numerous manufacturing operations regarding regulatory compliance.

Lead counsel in first Brownfields transaction in Lexington, Ky., (2013) in acquisition of GE plant site for LexTran.

Advised and developed the state and federal reclamation financial assurance replacement program ($150 million) including permit transfer, owner/controller notice and collateral releases associated with Montana and Wyoming Powder River Basin Coal Company sales.

Lead environmental counsel representing international purchaser in $1 billion acquisition of active multi-state coal company, including underground, surface and mineral processing operations.

Acted as national counsel in coordinating matters for the New York Department of Insurance as Rehabilitator of Frontier Insurance Co. regarding surety exposure on over $1 billion for hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, underground and surface coal mines, gold mines and processing facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, recycling facilities and other regulated industries throughout the United States.

Counsel to major Timber Investment Management Organizations in the acquisition of large Appalachian timer tracts and surface rights.

Lead counsel to largest thoroughbred race track facility operator in the United States in federal CAFO rulemaking process with the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act.

Lead counsel to major U.S. surety industry client with the United States Department of Interior, Office of Surface Mining in federal rulemaking regarding “owner/controller” liability under the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act.

Led a team of lawyers on behalf of a major surety company in the bankruptcy of Horizon Natural Resources, at the time the largest coal company bankruptcy in U.S. history. The team developed strategies to assure land reclamation on over 400 mines under federal and five state regulatory programs while mitigating over $125 million in surety exposure.

Environmental counsel in development and/or financing of numerous independent power plant.