Jennifer J. Sackett Pohlenz, Shareholder

Jennifer J. Sackett Pohlenz represents local governments, private and publicly traded corporations, and individuals in a wide array of environmental law issues from litigation to compliance and transactional matters.  Ms. Sackett Pohlenz is the chair of our Environmental Practice Group.

She is responsible for representing clients in administrative actions and litigation; property transactions; Brownfields investigation and remediation; Superfund matters; permitting matters; and pollution control facility site location proceedings.  Additionally, she advises clients with respect to compliance with many of the federal and state laws and regulations, including CERCLA, RCRA, CAA, CWA, Endangered Species Act, EPCRA, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.  In addition, Ms. Sackett Pohlenz has represented clients in insurance coverage actions, involving coverage for environmental conditions at a site; bankruptcy matters, involving transfer of permits and air rights; common law litigation involving trespass and nuisance; injunction and declaratory judgment actions involving environmental conditions; and the drafting of environmental ordinances, contracts, and host fee agreements for new pollution control facilities.

Ms. Sackett Pohlenz speaks regularly on environmental and construction law matters and, most recently, she spoke concerning Solid Waste Management Plans at a local Solid Waste Association of North America local chapter meeting and concerning mechanic lien litigation at a Lorman seminar in the Fall of 2006.

Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association
• Du Page Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Representative Matters

Watson v. Waste Mgmt. of Ill., Inc. 363 Ill. App. 3d 1101; 845 N.E.2d 730; 2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 55; 300 Ill. Dec. 841, February 3, 2006, Filed,  Rehearing denied by Watson v. Waste Mgmt. of Ill., Inc., 2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 325 (Ill. App. Ct. 3d Dist., Apr. 7, 2006) Appeal denied by Watson v. Waste Mgmt. of Ill., Inc., 2006 Ill. LEXIS 1245 (Ill., Sept. 27, 2006)

Watson v. County Board of Kankakee County, et al., Consolidated PCB 03-125, 133, 134 and 135 (August 7, 2003), affirmed on appeal, 826 N.E.2d 586, 292 Ill. Dec. 445 (3rd Dist. 2005)

United Disposal of Bradley, Inc., et al. v. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, PCB 03-235 ( June 17, 2004)  

Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. v. County Board of Kane County, PCB 03-104 ( June 19, 2003)

United States v. Cabello, 16 F.3d 179 (7th Cir. 1994)

United States v. Simpson, 8 F.3d 546 (7th Cir. 1993)

News

• Client Aided Through IDPH and Illinois Attorney General Investigations
• Asbestos Violation Claims Successfully Resolved