For more than 20 years, Julie O’Keefe has defended businesses in environmental and occupational safety and health (OSH) enforcement actions brought by governmental agencies and private entities. Emphasizing education and counseling, she focuses on the full gamut of environmental and occupational safety and health matters.

For businesses, Julie is the face of the company when dealing with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and other state environmental agencies in matters involving laws such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; and the negotiation and performance of Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies (RI/FSs) and Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analyses (EE/CAs). She informs clients in matters involving site assessment, remediation activities, compliance violations, contracts and due diligence during sale or acquisition of real estate, asset sales and stock sales. She also handles CERCLA (Superfund) cost recovery actions.

As an OSH Act practitioner, Julie represents businesses in willful, serious and repeat citations. She provides analysis and advice regarding criminal investigations. She has appeared before many administrative law judges in OSHA trials before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and state administrative tribunals.