Environmental Law Group

In November, 2023, I was engaged by the Environmental Litigation Group through an expert witness firm to review documents that concerned heavy metal contamination of infant foods. They sent me approximately 50 scientific manuscripts and some data on heavy metal levels in the hair of patients. After spending quite a number of hours reading what they sent, I wrote a comprehensive and lengthy report that I sent them along with an invoice. The response from Kevin McKie, an attorney with the Environmental Litigation Group, was that they would not pay my bill. Instead, they offered an amount slightly more than one tenth of what I had billed, which was at an hourly rate that was previously agreed upon. Because the amount of money was insufficient to take them to court -and how much sense does it make for a physician/scientist to take a bunch of lawyers to court - I eventually agreed to their offer. However, they ultimately did not pay me anything for my time and effort. In my opinion, the Environmental Litigation Group, and particularly Kevin McKie, is highly dishonest, and was also unpleasant to deal with. They have multiple negative reviews on various sites, consistent with my own negative experience. There are many honest law firms and attorneys and I have had positive interactions with quite a number. In my opinion, Environmental Litigation Group and in particular Kevin McKie is not among them and I believe should be avoided at all cost.