Michael Freund has dedicated his entire legal career to enforcing environmental laws designed to protect the environment and public health.
He is the most successful Proposition 65 air toxics attorney in California.
Michael Freund is a dedicated and experienced attorney advocate for his clients. He has dedicated his entire legal career to enforcing environmental laws designed to protect the environment and public health. From his earliest major case seeking protection of the North Fork of the Stanislaus River at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr. Freund has litigated hundreds of cases against large corporations and small and medium sized companies as well as various state and federal agencies that have violated a wide range of environmental laws. Since 1981, Mr. Freund has successfully represented neighborhood groups fighting toxic air emissions, individuals and families harmed from exposure to pesticides and numerous environmental organizations and individuals seeking a safe and healthy environment, and the protection of vital natural resources and endangered species.
Michael Freund is one of the leading attorneys in California enforcing the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (“Proposition 65”). He has settled more Proposition 65 air toxic cases and his advocacy has led to the elimination of more toxic chemicals emitted in the air than any other California lawyer. These cases have created enormous public benefits as companies have installed best available control technologies and/or switched to safer chemicals. Michael Freund has also protected numerous consumers from lead and cadmium found in many supplements and foods that are unwittingly taken by the general public. Public benefits in these cases include warnings, reformulated safer products or elimination of the product from the marketplace.
Juris Doctor of Law, 1980 University of San Diego School B.A., Politics and Environmental Studies U.C. Santa Cruz, 1975 – 1977 State University of New York at Binghamton 1973 – 1975
Michael Freund & Associates 2013 – Present Environmental and Public Health Litigation Ryan Hoffman, Esq., Associate (2013 – 2019)
Focus on stopping toxic chemical exposures to consumers from nutritional supplements and various food products, stopping the State of California's plan to increase the use of the pesticide carcinogen 1,3-Dichloropropene, and stopping exposures to residents and workers situated near facilities emitting the carcinogen hexavalent chromium.
Law Office of Michael Freund 1981 – 2012 Environmental and Public Health Litigation
Enforcement of a broad range of environmental laws in State and Federal Courts. Emphasis on stopping toxic chemical exposures to families and children from air emissions from industrial sources in communities throughout California.
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger 1981 – 1982 Contract Attorney
Assisted firm in a wide range of environmental cases.
California Attorney General 1979 – 1980 Environmental Division
Worked on numerous environmental cases and assisted Attorney General in preparation of court briefs.
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