When a workplace accident or environmental damage turns into criminal proceedings, the consequences impact human lives, businesses, and the territory. Whether you are a worker who has suffered harm, a company called to answer for it, or an organization engaged in environmental protection, we understand the emotional and technical complexity of your case. We are the only law firm in Italy with lawyers who possess dual degrees in both Law and scientific disciplines, combined with consolidated experience in proceedings within the labour and environmental law sectors. This unique preparation allows us to translate scientific evidence into solid legal arguments, whether they relate to toxicological analyses, industrial safety assessments, or complex environmental expert reports. We make your battles ours. Our commitment goes beyond mere legal assistance: we believe in social justice and environmental protection as fundamental values. For this reason, we also guarantee legal assistance to leading NGOs for the defense of our planet, starting from the well-known case of thallium pollution in Versilia.
Legal Assistance for Workers, Businesses, and Organizations
We offer legal assistance to workers as injured parties, to entrepreneurs and managers called to answer for criminal liability, companies involved in administrative liability proceedings under Legislative Decree 231/2001 (Leg. Dec. 231/2001), and non-governmental organizations engaged in the protection of labour and the environment. Our expertise extends to offenses regarding workplace safety, occupational diseases, environmental crimes (ecocrimes), and crimes against public health, with particular specialization in cases requiring in-depth technical-scientific competence.
Legal Defense Based on Scientific Evidence
Our direct scientific background allows us to immediately grasp the most complex technical aspects, from chemical-physical analyses of hazardous materials to epidemiological assessments, from engineering expert reports on safety to advanced environmental analyses. We collaborate with a consolidated network of excellent technical consultants: occupational physicians, safety engineers, environmental chemists, toxicologists, epidemiologists, and industrial hygiene specialists. This synergy enables us to construct technically unassailable defenses, even in the most complex cases.
Multidisciplinary Approach and Strategic Coordination
Proceedings for labour and environmental crimes often require complex coordination between criminal, civil, administrative, and technical aspects. We systematically collaborate with firms specializing in labour law, tax law, and administrative law, to ensure coherent and comprehensive defense strategies. This integrated approach is particularly effective in cases involving multiple liabilities, widespread environmental damage, or proceedings with a plurality of injured parties, where strategic coordination can determine the outcome of the trial.
Models pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001
We also provide assistance in the creation and implementation of organization, management, and control models pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001. These models are fundamental for preventing the criminal liability of companies and ensuring compliance with current regulations.
Specific Areas of Intervention
We consistently guarantee legal assistance and defense in the following areas:
Workplace Health and Safety
Negligent homicide and negligent injury committed in violation of health and safety at work regulations, malicious removal or omission of precautions against workplace accidents, negligent omission of precautions or defenses against disasters or workplace accidents, occupational diseases resulting from exposure to harmful substances or conditions, health damage resulting from the use of chemical substances in the production cycle and/or due to the presence of asbestos, violation of the provisions of Leg. Dec. n. 81/2008, liability of employers, executives, supervisors, and designers.
Environmental Crimes (Ecocrimes)
Environmental pollution and environmental disaster, illicit trafficking and management of special and hazardous waste, illicit transport of waste, failure to remediate contaminated sites, obstruction of controls, forest fire, landslide, avalanche or flood, unauthorized water discharges, illicit atmospheric emissions, environmental crimes connected to production and commercial activities.
Administrative Liability of Entities and Environmental-Labour Compliance
Analysis and implementation of organization, management, and control models pursuant to Leg. Dec. 231/2001 specific to environmental and labour risks, integrated environment-safety management systems, internal auditing, judicial defense of companies charged under Leg. Dec. 231/2001, support for supervisory bodies (ODV).
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I obtain compensation for a workplace accident?
Yes, we assist workers in filing a civil claim in the criminal proceedings (costituzione di parte civile) to obtain fair compensation, also coordinating INAIL and insurance aspects.
How can the company be protected from liability for accidents?
We develop integrated defense strategies that protect the company’s criminal position and operational continuity, with a focus on preventative compliance.
Do you collaborate with environmental associations?
Yes, we regularly assist NGOs and environmental associations in proceedings for the protection of the territory, combining technical competence and civic commitment.
How are cases with multiple liabilities managed?
We coordinate complex defenses involving a plurality of subjects, developing differentiated but coordinated strategies for each position.
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