Terry D. Avchen
Experience:
48 years
Terry D. Avchen | Attorney
Main Office
10250 Constellation Blvd
19FL
Los Angeles, CA 90067
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About Terry
Terry D. Avchen received a Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the
In 1980, Mr. Avchen joined Wyman, Bautzer, Christensen, Kuchel & Silbert as an associate. He became a partner with that firm in 1984. In 1988, he became one of the founding partners of the Firm. Mr. Avchen serves as chair of the Environmental Practice Group and is one of the firm's senior partners.
Los Angeles Magazine recently named Mr. Avchen as one of its "2004 Super Lawyers." Mr. Avchen describes his practice as "dynamic, with an emphasis on complex matters." His clients include companies from all over the country. In the course of Mr. Avchen's years of experience as an environmental attorney, he has successfully represented numerous clients, including Bank of America, MGM Grand, Northern Trust, Huffy Corporation, MGM, Vintage Petroleum, Santa Fe Energy, Unocal, along with numerous real estate developers. His practice covers virtually every area of environmental law.
Recent representations include the following:
Complex Environmental Settlement. Mr. Avchen has recently been asked to help engineer a settlement involving an environmentally impacted property valued in excess of $200 million.
Toxic Tort Litigation. Mr. Avchen currently represents a major industrial defendant in the Coordinated Groundwater cases pending in Los Angeles County. He has also successfully represented many other defendants in the San Fernando Valley Toxic Tort Litigation and has been involved in numerous toxic tort cases throughout the years.
Cost Recovery Litigation. Mr. Avchen successfully represented a major utility in cost recovery litigation against numerous oil companies and industrial companies. The case was resolved by payment to Mr. Avchen's client of all costs and attorneys' fees.
Oil and Gas Disputes. Mr. Avchen currently represents a publicly traded oil and gas company in a variety of environmental clean-up disputes.
Mr. Avchen has lectured widely on a variety of environmental topics, including complex real estate transactions, environmental insurance, Prop 65 and environmental law from a business perspective. Some of his publications include Responding to a CERCLA Section 104(e) Request for Information published in Los Angeles Lawyer and "Caveat Lender: Strategies for Secured Creditors to Avoid CERCLA Liability," published in The Corporate Counselor.
Mr. Avchen and his wife have been involved with People Assisting The Homeless (P.A.T.H.), an organization assisting homeless people on the west side of
Admission
California
1977
Education
University of California at Los Angeles Bachelor of Arts
Glaser Weil Et Al LLP Highlights
Tax, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Criminal, Business, Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Contract, Corporate, Merger & Acquisition
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