Patrick Hodan and Guy Temple Co-Author Article on PFAS for Wisconsin Law Journal

Reinhart shareholders Patrick Hodan and Guy Temple were recently featured in the Wisconsin Law Journal. The article, “The Coming Wave of PFAS Litigation?” addresses a landmark case involving the City of Stuart in Florida and chemical manufacturer 3M over the contamination of the city’s drinking water with PFAS.

Patrick and Guy provide background on the legal issues surrounding PFAS and how these chemicals have gained increased scrutiny since the 1990s, outlining the enormous monetary and health-related ramifications of PFAS detection, what cities and towns may do and recent actions by the EPA likely to result in further litigation.

Patrick is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Litigation Practice and co-chair of the firm’s PFAS Practice. He has decades of uniquely focused experience and a pragmatic approach to navigating the complexities of commercial and product liability litigation. Patrick counsels clients concerning contaminants, including Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS (including PFOA and PFOS).

Guy is a shareholder in Reinhart’s Litigation Practice and co-chair of the firm’s PFAS Practice, where he counsels product manufacturers, developers, dealers and distributors in avoiding, defending and prosecuting complex commercial disputes. He also assists product manufacturers and distributors in navigating the rapidly changing state and federal regulatory landscape and litigation environment of PFAS "forever chemical" content in manufactured and imported products.