Bradley S. Tupi

Bradley S. Tupi, a 1975 graduate of Columbia College and a 1978 graduate of Columbia University School of Law, joined Tucker Arensberg in 1990. He is in charge of the firm’s environmental law practice.

Mr. Tupi began his legal career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, where he handled jury trials and administrative proceedings involving environmental law, the Sabin polio vaccine, medical malpractice, and many other subjects.

As an in-house attorney at CIBA-GEIGY Corporation (a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and industrial chemicals), Mr. Tupi defended toxic tort and product liability suits and pursued insurance coverage for environmental liabilities.

Brad returned to his native Pittsburgh in 1987, where his practice focuses on environmental law and litigation. His environmental practice is diverse, encompassing real estate deals, leaking underground storage tanks, sewer overflows, regulatory compliance, government enforcement actions, and litigation. In the litigation arena, Brad has represented lenders, municipalities, a landfill owner, and a wide array of businesses in cases ranging from $30,000 disputes over underground storage tank leakage to multi-million dollar CERCLA suits.

Brad represented several of the firm's municipal clients in negotiations with EPA, DEP and the Allegheny County Health Department over wet weather sewer overflow consent orders executed in January 2004. He currently serves as Solicitor to a water Authority that has constructed a $22 million water system with DEP grant funds.

Having defended banks in three CERCLA cases, Mr. Tupi has a special interest in lenders’ environmental risks. He advises banks about the environmental risks in loans, workouts and foreclosures, and about the opportunities at “brownfield” sites. He has offered training seminars at several banks, and has helped banks develop their own environmental due diligence procedures. Brad writes and lectures frequently about environmental topics affecting lenders.

Brad also maintains an active general litigation practice, including construction arbitrations and trials, personal injury cases and commercial litigation.

For example, Brad successfully represented a bank against antitrust and breach of contract claims following a failed merger. He obtained a compulsory non-suit at the trial of a $3.2 million construction claim for damages following a contract termination. He defended personal injury cases involving: a Pittsburgh firefighter who sustained serious burns after contact with a 23,000 volt conductor; an infant who claimed permanent neurological injuries as a result of lead exposure; and a warehouse worker who required a below-the-knee amputation following an accident with a motorized pallet lift truck.

Brad has authored numerous publications and presentations on subjects including sewer overflows, environmental law and construction law. He was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® for 2004 and 2006. He has an AV rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards awarded by this national lawyer directory.
 

Read Brad's article, "Secured Lenders Bank on Litigator's Know-How" from Real Estate/Environmental Liability News (Page 3).

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