John Gardella

Co-Owner, Attorney at CMBG3 Law

John Gardella is a co-owner of CMBG3 Law and a trial attorney with over 19 years of environmental litigation experience and over 75 cases tried to verdict. His expertise focuses on environmental litigation, compliance matters, and risk assessment, as well as the litigation of products liability and toxic chemicals cases. Currently, more than 95% of his practice involves PFAS related work. For his work with companies in environmental and PFAS related matters, Mr. Gardella was recognized in 2023 as one of the Top 20 Environmental Lawyers in Massachusetts.

Mr. Gardella is the Chair of the firm’s PFAS practice group, as well as the firm’s Environmental practice group. He currently represents numerous companies involved in PFAS litigation, ranging in size from small family-owned companies to Fortune 500 companies, including in the AFFF MDL, class action litigation for PFAS pollution and injury claims, and in PFAS medical monitoring cases. In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Gardella guides companies through PFAS compliance needs, including compliance with state-level product reporting obligations, TSCA and TRI reporting, and numerous other U.S. federal, state and E.U. specific PFAS regulations. He assists companies with risk assessment efforts related to PFAS, including developing diligence programs internally to minimize future compliance and litigation risks.

Mr. Gardella is a recognized thought leader on the subject of PFAS. He is frequently interviewed by media, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Law, and the Washington Post, on the subject of PFAS and he consistently publishes thought leadership on the topic in several nationally syndicated resources. He regularly speaks to corporations, private equity, financial groups, and insurance companies at conferences and in-house private presentations on current and future predicted PFAS trends, and their financial impact on companies. His thoughts on PFAS regulatory and litigation impacts are also sought after by elected officials and regulators seeking to understand the real-life impacts on companies from the myriad of PFAS regulations introduced, passed, and contemplated.