• Case
    EPA Finds Dioxin Exposed at Superfund Site after Storm, Orders Tests

    Cancer causing dioxins leached from a Superfund site along a Texas river during Hurricane Harvey flood, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said, triggered calls for the toxic wastes to be permanently moved.

    PublicationReuters
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    September 29, 2017

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    EPA Finds Damage at Superfund Site from Hurricane Harvey

    The EPA confirmed the fears of citizens that Hurricane Harvey flooding spawned a leak in one of the most dangerous and vulnerable of Houston’s Superfund sites — the San Jacinto Waste Pits.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    September 29, 2017

  • Case
    EPA statement

    Statement of EPA concerning Superfund site at San Jacinto waste pits

    PublicationSan Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site Data
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman.

    Year

    September 28, 2017

  • Case
    With Billions at stake in VW case, state and counties at odds

    Volkswagen faces billions of dollars in fine in Texas for its admitted cheating on emissions tests, but the potential payday is being held up as the state Attorney General and county officials fight in court over which government agencies will get to claim a share of the proceeds from the German auto giant.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    July 7, 2017

  • Case
    Texas Justices Say Noble Can’t ditch $63M Cleanup Indemnity

    The Texas Supreme Court on Friday held Noble Energy Inc. must indemnify ConocoPhillips for $63 million in environmental cleanup costs under an indemnity agreement that wasn’t disclosed when Noble’s predecessor bought oil and gas assets during a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

    Richard Mithoff was lead attorney for ConocoPhillips

    PublicationLaw360
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff, Sherie Potts Beckman, Warner V. Hocker.

    Year

    June 26, 2017

  • Case
    Endowment Fund for Veterans Honors Memory of legendary Lawyer, Marine

    A legal aid endowment fund for Texas veterans has been established to honor the legacy of Texas trial lawyer Joe Jamail. The Joe Jamail Endowment for Veterans Legal Services was established by Jamail’s longtime friend and one-time employee Richard Mithoff.

    PublicationHouston Chronicle
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    June 14, 2017

  • Case
    Litigator of the Week: Powerful Story Wins $27.7 million Judgment for Family of Man Killed in Bicycle Accident

    Houston lawyer Richard Mithoff was named “Litigator of the Week” for a successful jury trial verdict: Topping the list of what Richard Mithoff has learned in 46 years as a trial lawyer is this useful gem, “I always believe the plaintiff is Exhibit A.” And that’s how Mithoff, 71, won a $27.7 million judgment Friday for the family of a man killed while riding his bicycle — without any eye witnesses or hard evidence to prove how it happened.

    PublicationTexas Lawyer
    Attorneys

    Richard Warren Mithoff.

    Year

    May 22, 2017