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Published On: April 13th, 2026

Rafat Abbasi to Serve on Panel at LACBA Environmental Symposium

Rafat Abbasi, PE, will serve on a panel at the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) 2026 Environmental Section Spring Symposium on Friday, April 17, in Los Angeles, California.

The panel, “Navigating Barriers to Redevelopment,” will take place at 2:30 p.m. PT.

Rafat’s co-panelists are Trajan Perez from Miller Nash and Lauren Chang from Sheppard. Pete Nyquist from Greenberg Glusker will moderate. Geosyntec is also a sponsor of the event.

Rafat is a Senior Consultant based in California with more than 35 years of experience focused on vapor intrusion and on remediation of many types of redevelopment properties, including manufacturing, commercial, agricultural, dry-cleaning, and military sites. Rafat worked with Robbie Ettinger to update the Johnson and Ettinger model that calculates vapor migration to indoor air. In addition, as Chief of Site Mitigation and Brownfield Program at the California Environmental Protection Agency DTSC, he helped develop the RCRA Corrective Action program and more than two dozen vapor intrusion guidance documents.

LACBA is a large voluntary bar association that serves attorneys, judges, and other legal professionals through practice sections, committees, networking events, continuing legal education programs, and pro bono opportunities, as well as by offering public service and informational resources.

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For more information on remediating and redeveloping brownfield properties, contact Rafat at Rafat.Abbasi@geosyntec.com.
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