Profile

Steve Weber heads the Firm’s Environmental practice group. He focuses his practice on environmental, administrative and municipal law and class action litigation. Mr. Weber has experience in regulatory compliance matters, business transactions involving environmental issues, and environmental litigation. Mr. Weber also regularly participates in environmental and business class action litigation.

Mr. Weber authors articles on environmental law and compliance issues and is a regular speaker on emerging environmental issues.

While at the University of the Pacific, Mr. Weber was the Associate Legislation Editor of the Pacific Law Journal.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Weber's practice includes the following matters:

• Landfill permitting, compliance and litigation
• Federal Superfund litigation and state court litigation involving groundwater and hazardous waste contamination
• Environmental insurance litigation
• Appeals of agency orders
• Hazardous waste compliance and responses to notices of violation under RCRA
• Citizen suits under RCRA, CERCLA and other environmental statutes
• Clean Air Act Title V permitting and other air matters
• Environmental permitting issues
• Solid and hazardous waste management and disposal matters
• Underground storage tank regulation and cleanups
• Environmental issues in business transactions, including due diligence reviews and environmental audits and site assessments
• Environmental and business class action litigation
• TSCA compliance matters
• Brownfields redevelopment
• Environmental professional negligence defense
• Annexation, zoning and land use planning

News

• Business North Carolina Names 16 Attorneys to 2012 Legal Elite
  January 9, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• Chambers USA 2011 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 10, 2011
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 11, 2010
• Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes Parker Poe As Leading Law Firm
  June 12, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Among "Legal Elite" for 2009
  January 1, 2009
• More than 50 Parker Poe Attorneys among Business Leader's Top Lawyers
  September 24, 2008
• Weber Named to North Carolina Environmental Management Commission
  October 3, 2005
• Dissecting the Purchase Agreement Seminar Features Parker Poe Attorneys
  September 12, 2005

Events & Speaking Engagements

• Dissecting the Purchase Agreement, Co-presenter
  October 2005
  Lorman Education Services

Publications

Co-author, Handling Environmental Matters: A North Carolina Practice Guide, West Group, 1999

Memberships

• North Carolina Environmental Management Commission
  2005-2009
• Mecklenburg County Environmental Policy Coordinating Council
  Chairman, 2003-2005
• Mecklenburg County Air Quality Commission
  Chairman, 2003-2005
• Mecklenburg County Environmental Protection Commission
  Chairman, 1999-2003; Vice-Chair, 1997-1999
• Leadership Charlotte
  Class of XXIII
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  Young Professional of the Year