Couhig, Stephanie S.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Stephanie Couhig's practice includes client counseling on environmental compliance requirements, support of environmental litigation defense, environmental due diligence in support of business transactions, and the development and presentation of environmental claims against chapter 11 debtors. She has advised clients with respect to potential liabilities and defended clients in litigation associated with federal Superfund sites as well as sites subject to state cleanup obligations. She has also defended clients in litigation arising under the Clean Water Act and the natural resource damage provisions of CERCLA. Her compliance work has covered Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, hazardous waste, and community right-to-know regulatory issues. Stephanie has negotiated environmental consulting agreements and has managed outside environmental consultants on projects involving multimillion dollar liabilities. Stephanie also has conducted environmental due diligence and negotiated environmental contract provisions in support of business transactions. She has advised clients regarding potential environmental insurance coverage in support of business transactions. Her clients have included manufacturers in the electronics, chemicals, tire, and plastics industries along with institutional investors.

Prior to beginning her legal career, Stephanie used her engineering training as an environmental consultant, where she completed numerous environmental site assessments, assisted clients with environmental permitting issues, and counseled clients on brownfield redevelopment matters.

Stephanie is a member of the Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice

• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Government Regulation
• Metals & Mining

Representative Cases

• Bayer CropScience acquires U.S. agricultural biotech company Athenix , (2009)
• Bridgestone/Firestone significantly reduces environmental cleanup costs for Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund site
• Clearlight Cream sells Bocchi Laboratories , (2009)
• Cooper Tire & Rubber establishes compliance with U.S. environmental regulations
• Edgewater acquires business unit of Norac , (2009)
• Eramet Marietta defends litigation alleging natural resource damages and violations of the Clean Water Act , (2009)
• Ethyl defends against environmental litigation seeking $38 million for alleged PCB contamination at former property
• Fortune 500 company establishes compliance with mercury regulations worldwide
• Fortune 500 company successfully resolves federal New Source Performance Standards violations without penalty
• Gould Electronics defends claims related to Krejci Dump Superfund site
• Gould Electronics prosecutes environmental claims against chapter 11 debtors Exide Technologies and Federal-Mogul Corporation
• Harris Corporation acquires Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems , (2009)
• Industrial Growth Partners sells Consolidated Foundries
• Jefferies Finance arranges $119 million credit facilities for Anchor Drilling , (2009)
• Jefferies Finance arranges loan and credit facilities for a manufacturing company , (2009)
• Jefferies provides credit facility for CPI Card Group acquisition
• Jefferies underwrites $59.8 million public offering of Common Stock by Fushi Copperweld
• Major property owner participates in sale-leaseback involving 53 properties
• Morgenthaler acquires Avtron Manufacturing , (2009)
• Morgenthaler, Parthenon Investors, and rePipe Holdings complete sale of rePipe subsidiaries
• OM Group acquires EaglePicher Technologies from EaglePicher Corporation for $171.9 million , (2009)
• PolyOne acquires GLS , (2009)
• Resilience Capital acquires business unit of Andrew Corporation , (2009)
• Riverside acquires business unit of Baldor Electric Company
• Riverside acquires Genetic Testing Institute
• Riverside reviews environmental issues concerning various acquisitions and dispositions
• Riverside sells Nordco to OMERS Private Equity , (2009)
• Sun Capital Partners resolves environmental issues in Searles Valley Minerals acquisition
• Syrgis Performance sells H&S Kentucky Holdings , (2009)
• Timken company acquires The Purdy Corp. , (2009)
• Timken Company acquires Torrington Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company , (2009)
• Timken sells Latrobe Steel , (2009)
• Xcel Energy obtains dismissal of claims that global warming damaged Native coastal village in Alaska , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Environmental Law, Food & Drug Administration, Government Agencies & Programs, Hazardous Waste, Housing & Urban Development, Law Enforcement Agencies, Medicare & Medicaid, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, Solid Waste, State & Local Agencies, Veterans' Affairs, Water Pollution, Welfare, Wetlands & Wild Lands

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• U of Dayton
• U of Notre Dame

Published Works

• The Climate Report, 2010
• The Climate Report, 2009
• U.S. EPA Announces Final Rules for Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting, 2009
• Shaping Federal Climate Change Legislation: A Hot Topic, Practice Perspectives: Environmental, Health & Safety, 2009
• A Post-Aviall Circuit Split: A Chance for the Supreme Court to Decide Whether CERCLA § 107 Provides a Right to Contribution Under CERCLA, 2006
• Proposed Rule: Routine Maintenance, Repair, and Replacement, 2003

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

1.216.586.7337 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.216.579.0212 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com