Lawyer Bio : R. Howard Grubbs

R. Howard Grubbs

Greenville

Howard is the head of our firm’s Life Sciences Industry Group and Environmental, Energy and Toxic Tort Practice Group. Among his clients are global and middle market pharmaceutical, agribusiness, and chemical companies focused on health, nutrition, energy efficiency and climate protection through a wide range of products including vaccines and diagnostics, commercial seeds, crop production, chemicals and plastics. He is an experienced 30-year litigation and regulatory lawyer with experience in medical device disputes, suits involving the impact of drug reactions, CERCLA, RCRA, underground storage tanks, groundwater contamination matters, and hazardous substance and hazardous waste issues. Howard is a frequent lecturer, both regionally and nationally.

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Professional Activities

Bar Associations: American Bar Association: Litigation Section, Torts and Insurance Section; North Carolina Bar Association: Environmental & Natural Resources Section, Membership Committee Chairman; South Carolina Bar Association; Richland County Bar Association; Defense Research Institute, Environmental Concerns Committee; Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; Faculty, Annual North Carolina/South Carolina Environmental School, 1989 & 1990; Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-2009, 2011; Chamber’s USA: America’s Leading Lawyers, 2008; South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2010 – 2011; Who’s Who in American Law, 2005-2006; North Carolina Superlawyers, 2010; and, Business North Carolina Legal Elite, 2005.
 
Admitted to bar 1977, South Carolina; 1985, North Carolina. Admitted to practice before the United States District Courts of South Carolina; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Civic Activities

Member, Board of Visitors, School of Natural Science and Mathematics at Mount St. Mary's University

Education

B.A., 1968, Denison University; Dean's List; J.D., 1977, University of South Carolina School of Law; Wig and Robe; International/National Moot Court; Legal writing instructor.

Prior Legal Experience

Partner, McKay, McKay, Grubbs & Nunn, 1981‑85; Associate, McKay, Sherill, Walker & Townsend, 1977‑1981; Summer Associate, McKay, Sherill, Walker & Townsend, Columbia, SC, 1975‑1977.

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Publications/Seminars
 
"Critical Inquiry – Expanded environmental law establishes new requirements for properties," Pamela V. Rothenberg and Howard Grubbs, Journal of Property Management, January/February 2007;
 
"From Wetlands to Brownfields: Allocation, Protection, Contamination and Reclamation, Federal Case Law Developments" (Stan Green and Howard Grubbs), Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section Annual Meeting, May 9-10, 2003, Atlantic Beach, NC;
 
“Brownfields Development: What Your Client Needs to Know,” Real Property Section Annual Meeting, May 7-8, 1999, Pinehurst, NC;
 
North Carolina chapter of Brownfields Law and Practice: The Cleanup and Redevelopment of Contamindated Land, a two volume work available in print, on CD-ROM and over the internet;
 
“The Future of Brownfields: Can We Make It Work?” HazWaste World/Superfund XVIII Conference and Exhibition, December 4, 1997, Washington, DC;
 
“Federal Brownfields Initiatives,” Carolinas’ Environmental School, October 1-3, 1997, Fort Mill, SC;
 
Editor, North Carolina Environmental Law Letter, 1991-1997.
 
North Carolina Bar Foundation "1997 Basics of Environmental Law ‑ Brownfields" presentation February 14, 1997, N.C. Bar Center, Cary, N.C.
 
"Legal Issues in Environmental Audits: U.S. EPA and State Incentives to Disclose" Institute of Business Law, Environmental Regulation in North Carolina 4th Annual Conference, February 7‑8, 1996.
 
"RCRA/CERCLA Legislative/Regulatory/Technical Update," 1996 Carolinas' Environmental School, Charlotte, N.C., October 9‑11, 1996.
 
"Municipalities: How to Clean up the Superfund Site without Going to Court," 1995 NIMLO Mid‑Year Seminar, Washington, D.C., April 9‑11, 1995.