Brandon D. Zeller

Brandon D. Zeller focuses his practice on counseling and defending insurers in all areas of litigation, particularly in construction defect and bad faith matters. He regularly handles environmental litigation involving the Clean Water Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Brandon also has extensive experience handling environmental, liability, and coverage issues for clients in the oil and gas industry, as well as royalty disputes, downhole litigation, environmental claims regarding historical oil and gas operations, and offshore regulatory matters. In addition to handling litigation, Brandon writes for several of the firm’s publications, including the Environmental Law Monitor, the Insurance and Reinsurance Report, and the Asbestos Case Tracker, where he writes about coverage and allocation issues.

As a law student, Brandon participated in Harvard’s Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, where he represented renewable energy companies in administrative litigation and drafted assorted memoranda on various topics pertaining to environmental law, and interned at the North Carolina Department of Justice.

Publications & Events

Publications

•Contributor, Goldberg Segalla’s Asbestos Case Tracker blog: read Brandon’s blog posts here
•Contributor, Goldberg Segalla’s Environmental Law Monitor blog: read Brandon’s blog posts here
•Contributor, Goldberg Segalla’s The Insurance & Reinsurance blog: read Brandon’s blog posts here
•“NY’s Renewable Project Siting Bill Clears Way to Green Future, ” Law360, March 16, 2020
•“Tug-of-War: EPA and States Take Opposing Action on 1,4-Dioxane, ” Chemical Watch, October 2, 2019
•“Construction Defect Claims: A 2018 Update - Part II ” (Co-Author), Mealey’s Litigation Report, April 2019
•“Construction Defect Claims: A 2018 Update - Part I” (Co-Author), Mealey’s Litigation Report, March 2019
•“Construction Defect Claims: A 2017 Update - Part Two” (Co-Author), Mealey’s Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance, February 2018
•“Construction Defect Claims: A 2017 Update - Part One” (Co-Author), Mealey’s Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance, January 2018

Presentations

•“Squaring the CERCLA: Contemporary Problems in Superfund Litigation” (Co-Presenter), GS 2019 TTEL Roundup: Glyphosate, Superfund Mega-Sites, and Emerging Problems with the Cannabis Industry and the Opioid Epidemic, New York, NY, May 21, 2019

Webinars

•Presenter, “Contamination Risks in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production,” GS Toxic Tort and Environmental Webinar, December 6, 2018

Podcasts

•Contributor, “ What is an Occurrence? Ledesma Explains... ” Timely Notice, July 19, 2018

Recent Insights

NY’s Renewable Project Siting Bill Clears Way to Green Future

March 20, 2020

Tug-of-War: EPA and States Take Opposing Action on 1,4-Dioxane, Chemical Watch

October 2, 2019

Construction Defect Claims: A 2018 Update - Part I, Mealey's Litigation Report

March 2019

Summary Judgment Releases Insurer in Virginia Discrimination Case

May 30, 2018

Construction Defect Claims: A 2017 Update, Mealey's Litigation Report: Construction Defects Insurance

January/February 2018

Environmental Law Monitor

May 18, 2017