Baerbel E. Schiller

Baerbel Schiller, a partner with Spencer Fane’s Kansas City and St. Louis office, practices with the firm’s Environmental group. Before joining Spencer Fane, Baerbel worked for the Environmental Protection Agency for 15 years in various management positions. At EPA, Baerbel negotiated and litigated environmental cases arising under Superfund and RCRA and developed national EPA policies on hazardous waste cleanups, Superfund and RCRA enforcement, and the reuse of contaminated sites.

Baerbel has represented clients across the country in environmental compliance cases, and site cleanups under RCRA, Superfund, and state hazardous waste and voluntary cleanup programs. Baerbel is known for getting cost-effective and pragmatic results for her clients and for her ability to negotiate results-based site cleanups and cost-effective site close-outs with regulators. Baerbel has represented clients in the purchase, sale, and lease of contaminated properties including former military facilities.

Baerbel completed her undergraduate and graduate work in English and Political Science at the University of Heidelberg, in Heidelberg, Germany, received a Master’s degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Nebraska, and a law degree from the University of Missouri.

Baerbel is a member of the American Bar Association sections on Litigation and Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law. She is a member of the Environment Committee of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association. Baerbel has spoken to a variety of audiences about risk-based site cleanups, Superfund cost recovery and contribution actions, state voluntary cleanup programs, vapor intrusion issues, and how to work effectively with EPA and state environmental agencies.

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