Fred M. Blum is a founding partner of Gallagher Huie + Blum LLP with more than 40 years of litigation and trial experience. His practice is concentrated in complex litigation, including environmental matters, toxic torts, and major casualty cases. He has tried more than 35 cases to verdict across a wide variety of areas, including CERCLA cost recovery, toxic property contamination, antitrust, mass toxic torts, and civil rights. Representing individuals, government entities, and Fortune 500 companies, Mr. Blum has been uniquely successful on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He has obtained favorable verdicts in CERCLA cost recovery actions; defense verdicts in mass toxic tort, products liability, and property contamination cases; and plaintiff verdicts in the multi-million dollar range.
Mr. Blum has been recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer in Environmental Law since 2004, with more recent recognition in Business Litigation, Employment, and Labor Law. He has been retained and has appeared as an expert witness in multiple jurisdictions across a wide variety of disciplines, including environmental litigation (CERCLA, RCRA, and toxic torts), complex civil litigation, and public records demands. These engagements have included matters in which millions of dollars in fees have been at issue.
He has shared his expertise through numerous speaking engagements and published articles, including a piece in the Environmental Claims Journal addressing disputes over attorneys’ fees in environmental cases. Outside the practice of Law, Mr. Blum is an accomplished photographer whose work has been featured in SF Attorney Magazine.
