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National Leadership in Superfund Cost Allocation
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox (MGKF) is nationally recognized for its deep experience in Superfund and other complex site matters. The firm’s new Superfund Allocation Practice, which will officially launch in January 2026, is led exclusively by Robert "Robb" Fox, a CERCLA practitioner who is well known and respected across the country for his work in the field.

As a neutral allocator, Robb brings decades of experience in managing multi-party site disputes, facilitating equitable cost allocations, and helping parties reach efficient, defensible resolutions. Robb has litigated a wide spectrum of CERCLA issues throughout the United States and has assisted his clients in resolving numerous allocations at complex sites. Robb has also taught Superfund for almost three decades at the University of Pennsylvania Penn Carey Law School and has testified on Superfund issues before the United States Senate.

“My focus as an allocator is on fairness, transparency, and practicality—grounding each allocation in the real-world legal and technical realities of the site.

— Robb Fox, Practice Group Leader, Superfund Allocation

Supported by a Deep Bench of Superfund Practitioners
While Robb Fox serves as the sole allocator, he is supported as needed by MGKF’s deep bench of Superfund attorneys—Kate Campbell, John Gullace, Nicole Moshang, Shoshana (Suzanne Ilene) Schiller and Garrett Trego—each of whom brings extensive experience with allocation in CERCLA cost recovery and contribution actions, PRP negotiations, and multi-party settlements.

This team is available to assist Fox in the legal, procedural, and strategic dimensions of allocation projects to ensure that each process runs efficiently and transparently.

Integrated Technical Expertise
MGKF’s allocation practice is further strengthened by the participation of the firm’s in-house technical consultants, who work closely with Fox to support the technical aspects of the allocation process. Their background in environmental science, site investigation, remedial design and remedial costs helps ensure that each allocation is based on a sound understanding of contaminant sources, fate and transport, and remedy cost distribution.

This integration of legal, technical, and practical insight enables MGKF to deliver allocation outcomes that are both rigorous and credible.

Comprehensive and Neutral Allocation Services
Under Robert Fox's leadership, MGKF’s Allocation Practice offers:

  • Design and administration of fair and efficient allocation processes – there is no one size fits all
  • Implementation of these neutral allocation services for multi-party Superfund and state-led sites, including through arbitration or mediation
  • Support for settlements, de minimis resolutions, and cost-recovery frameworks

By combining Robb’s deep Superfund experience with the firm’s legal and technical support, MGKF delivers allocation results that foster confidence, collaboration, and credible resolution.