Mediation, Allocation & Expert Services
MAE provides Mediation, Allocation, and Expert services to resolve complex environmental disputes and facilitate environmental cost allocation.
MAE is a division of Floyd|Snider. Our team works strategically to achieve equitable outcomes and lasting dispute resolution. They also draw upon the dedicated data services group, GIS analysts, historians, chemists, toxicologists, geologists, scientists, and engineers at Floyd|Snider.
Mediation and Allocation
Our experts have extensive experience representing clients in diverse mediation and allocation projects ranging from two to hundreds of potentially liable parties (PLPs), including preparation of compelling advocacy reports. When a site requires legal determinations, our experts can partner with an attorney, either through existing relationships or as recommended by the PLPs, to provide complementary turnkey mediation or allocation services that address both legal and technical site issues. For decades, we have helped clients and law firms develop cleanup cost-sharing processes that are effective, efficient, cost-conscious, and equitable. These processes can be complex and challenging, requiring expertise in communications, environmental regulations, engineering, and science. We excel at identifying the technical elements that are critical to resolving cleanup disputes.
We use our experience to “right-size” the allocation approach, developing an appropriate and technically sound method for the Site, informed by a realistic assessment of the likely fact record and data.
Testifying and Non-Testifying Expert Support
Our experts have served in many successful mediations and trials. Our expert analysis and reports bring the best of our expertise into compelling and persuasive arguments.
We also serve as non-testifying experts on several active complex projects, assisting with identifying and interviewing experts, expert preparation, technical trial support, deposition attendance, and input into case strategy. This dual experience informs our holistic appreciation for the challenges of executing a complex case.
Our expert services are grounded in our collective decades of experience working on state and federal contaminated sites, including remedial investigations, feasibility studies, remedial design, and construction oversight. We understand and have lived the process and can testify from a position of direct experience and as practitioners, not just hired experts.
Data Analytics, Geospatial Analysis, and Visualizations
In addition to our expertise with dispute resolution, one of the things that sets us apart is our Data and Geospatial Analysis Capabilities.
Compilation of disparate data sources for a comprehensive dataset supporting technical understanding
Ability to discern comingled background or ubiquitous releases with onsite sources
Utilization of a variety of statistical, geospatial, geochemical, and specialty analytical techniques
Assembly of data into proprietary database to customize data exports and reporting to suit the case needs
Creation of visualizations and mapping to provide a solid foundation for equitable allocations and expert opinions
Integration of historical operational and ownership information with current site features and data sets
We are a multidisciplinary environmental consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. We are a women-owned business, wholly owned by our employees.