Jan Schlichtmann Biography

Jan Schlichtmann is one of America’s foremost environmental lawyers specializing in toxic torts and consumer protection. He graduated from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1973 before attaining his JD at Cornell University in 1977. After working as special counsel on the U.S. House Special Select Committee on Assassinations Mr. Schlichtmann launched his private practice in his home state of Massachusetts in 1978. He quickly built a reputation as a dogged defender of consumer rights winning a streak of verdicts and settlements on behalf of people harmed by large corporations. In the 1980s those wins landed Mr. Schlichtmann the case of a lifetime in which he represented eight families from Woburn Massachusetts who claimed they were injured by water tainted by W.R. Grace and Beatrice Foods (the defendants). The case often referred to as “Woburn” received a flood of coverage from major publications as well as television shows like “60 Minutes” and “Nova.” After Woburn Mr. Schlichtmann served on a special legislative committee to revise the Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Cleanup Statute which went into effect in 1992.

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