Mr. Lipsman’s practice focuses on environmental litigation and regulation and insurance coverage counseling and litigation. He has been national counsel to the environmental group of a major commercial insurer and outside litigation counsel to a national architectural and engineering firm. In his environmental practice he has represented clients in cases involving toxic torts, soil and groundwater contamination and other environmental matters dealing with state and federal Superfund liability and Proposition 65 issues. He has counseled clients in regulatory proceedings before the California Regional Water Quality Control Boards. Mr. Lipsman’s insurance practice has included litigation and coverage advice dealing with some of the largest Superfund sites nationwide. He has litigated dozens of these cases. They have included a case involving 63 contaminated sites, as well as cases dealing with oil refinery, manufacturing facilities and service stations. He has been retained by clients on hundreds of occasions to provide advice concerning claims handling practices for environmental matters and opinions about coverage. He has lectured to clients, industry groups and national trade organizations on environmental and insurance matters. For a number of years, Mr. Lipsman acted as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.