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Arthur F. Brandt
Partner
E-mail:
abrandt@batescarey.com
Phone:
(312) 762-3189
Practice Areas:
Arthur
F. Brandt is a partner whose practice focuses on insurance
law, environmental law, and complex litigation. In the
insurance coverage area, he focuses primarily on environmental
and toxic tort claims. In the environmental law area,
he has dealt with underground storage tank regulation,
air quality, emission control, groundwater contamination,
and solid waste issues before various state and federal
regulatory agencies. His litigation experience includes
arguments before the Michigan, Delaware and Louisiana
Supreme Courts, and the United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit. He also has experience with the
English, Canadian, French and European Union legal systems.
His
significant decisions include:
- ABB
Flakt, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 731
A.2d 811 (Del. 1999) (“advertising injury”
provision of general liability did not apply to provide
coverage for patent infringement claim)
- Ducote
v. Koch Pipeline Co., L.P., 730 So. 2d 432 (La.
1999) (amicus party) (“total” pollution exclusion
was clear and unambiguous and operated to bar coverage
for claim involving a release of ammonia from ruptured
pipeline)
- Commercial
Union Ins. Co. v. Cannelton Indus., Inc., 938 F.
Supp. 458 (W.D. Mich. 1996) (“sudden and accidental”
pollution exclusion deemed clear and unambiguous under
Michigan and Ontario law, thus barring policyholder
from utilizing extrinsic evidence to ascertain parties’
intent as to meaning of exclusion).
His
publications include:
- "Solid
Waste Enforcement in the United Kingdom Under the Environmental
Protection Act of 1990," 12 Mich. Envtl. L.J. 1
(1993)
- "Environmental
Implications on Business Transactions in the Great Lakes
States," Illinois contributing author, Lawyers
Cooperative Publishing (1995)
- "Pollution
Exclusion Insurance In Illinois," co-authored with
Robert J. Bates, Jr., Commercial and Professional Liability
Insurance, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
(2002).
He
has also conducted seminars and authored various articles
on environmental insurance coverage issues.
He
received a J.D. cum laude from the University of
Detroit School of Law in 1990 and also studied at the
University of London, King’s College Faculty of Laws
in England. He received a B.A. in History and Political
Science from the University of Michigan in 1987.
He
is admitted to the Illinois and Michigan bars, and the
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western
Districts of Michigan, the Northern District of Illinois,
the Northern District of California, the Northern District
of Indiana, The Western District of Pennsylvania, and
the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, Insurance
Law Section, and the Program Committee of Environmental
Law Section of the Michigan State Bar.
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