Oliver E. Twaddell handles a wide range of commercial and general litigation in federal and state court, including cases involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, non-competition, unfair trade practices, and other business torts, as well as property damage, land use and environmental contamination, toxic tort, and other general tort actions. Currently, Oliver is serving as primary and national counsel for a defendant in the Aqueous Film Forming Foam Multi-District Litigation being litigated in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He also has experience handling copyright and trademark infringement litigation. Oliver’s background includes counseling foreign banks, corporations, individuals, partnerships, and other entities in complex domestic and international litigation. Oliver is a frequent contributor to the firm’s Environmental Law Monitor blog, where he writes extensively on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs), as well as developments in environmental regulation, legislation, and litigation. He is also a member of the firm’s Water Contamination group—a subgroup of the Environmental practice group. His background includes handling matters involving oil spills and lead paint exposure.

As a law student, Oliver served as a legal intern with the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office in Maryland and the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office in New York.