Christopher AbelCHMM

As Senior Managing Director, Mr. Abel specializes in litigation support, strategic communications, and professional mentoring. Mr. Abel focuses on overseeing and contributing to expert witness and litigation support projects. His work involves collaborating with attorneys to develop litigation strategies and provide technical support on complex legal matters, including serving as an expert witness in court proceedings. He has testified via expert reports, interrogatories, affidavits, depositions, and courtroom testimony regarding allocation of costs for environmental investigation and remediation, the timing and sources of environmental releases, reasonableness of response costs, contaminant migration routes and pathways, and various other expert analyses. He has served as a consulting expert regarding the development and implementation of a Monte-Carlo analysis-based cost modeling framework for more than 100 industrial sites.

His career reflects a robust track record in managing diverse environmental challenges, including site assessments, remediation designs, and hazardous and non-hazardous site management. Dedicated to delivering tailored solutions, He aims to foster professional development, advance technical expertise, and build strong client relationships. Through these efforts, he supports the creation of innovative strategies to address multifaceted environmental and legal challenges. Mr. Abel is an experienced speaker, presenting many accredited presentations for various organizations and at industry conferences.

Geographic Experience

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Colorado, California, New York, Wisconsin

Areas of Services

Expert Witness and Litigation Support
Geological and Hydrogeological Investigations
Risk-Based Closure
Remedial Design & Feasibility Studies
Due Diligence Investigations for Property Transactions
Investigation and Remediation Cost Modeling
Analytical Chemistry / US EPA Contract Laboratory Protocol
Invoice Review
Environmental Health & Safety
Waste Sampling, Characterization and Disposal
Vapor Intrusion Investigations & Mitigation

Expert Witness Services

Environmental Allocation of Costs for Investigation and Remediation
The Timing and Sources of Environmental Releases
Reasonableness of Environmental Response Costs
Contaminant Migration Routes and Pathways

Education & Certification

M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
B.S. Chemistry and Environmental Studies, Butler University
40-Hour Hazardous Waste Site Operations (HAZWOPER) Training and current 8-hour Refresher
Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) – Master Level
Professional Environmental Scientist – Colorado