January 4, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more info, contact:
Philip C. Hunsucker – (925) 284-0840, (925) 519-9797, phunsucker@hgnlaw.com

Michael D. Goodstein – (202) 895-5381, mgoodstein@hgnlaw.com
David F. Askman – (202) 895-5380, daskman@hgnlaw.com

Washington, DC …. David F. Askman, a former U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience litigating federal environmental cases, has joined the law firm of Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC as Senior Counsel.  Askman, who served as Trial Attorney and Senior Counsel for the DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Section, focuses on environmental litigation and natural resource damages claims.

“There are tremendous opportunities to help clients across the country manage and litigate their environmental claims,” Askman said. “I look forward to working with the skilled and experienced attorneys of Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC as we serve our clients in these matters.”

“In addition to successfully litigating through trial some of the nation’s largest environmental claims brought under federal statutes, David Askman is a leading authority on natural resource damages claims,” said Washington, DC attorney Michael D. Goodstein, Vice President of Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC.  “We believe his skills will be invaluable to clients,”  Goodstein added.

“We are pleased that David Askman has chosen to start his private career with our firm,” said Philip C. Hunsucker, Chairman of Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC. “He has been recognized by the DOJ as one of the top attorneys in its Environmental Enforcement Section, having received the Attorney General’s John Marshall Award in 2009. We expect this record of excellence will continue on behalf of Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson clients.”

Askman graduated with honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law and previously served as a Law Clerk with the Honorable Alan B. Johnson in the U.S. District Court of Wyoming.
Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC, which has offices in California, Indiana and Washington, DC, focuses on environmental litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, and securities arbitration for investor disputes.