Representative Experience
Assessment and management of environmental risk associated with business or real estate transactions for commercial lenders and industrial companies

Representation of industrial firms and local governments before the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in environmental cleanup, permitting and enforcement actions

Representation of local governments and private entities in water rights and hydroelectric power permit proceedings before state and federal agencies

Representation of clients on environmental impact documentation and compliance with Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act and related legislation

Representation of clients in wetlands fill and removal proceedings

Prior Experience
Staff counsel to the State Water Resources Control Board in Sacramento, California

Deputy City Attorney for the City of Portland

Publications and Presentations
“Supreme Court Limits Reach of Endangered Species Act,” DWT Environmental Advisory Bulletin

“Corps and EPA Issue Post-Rapanos Guidance for Wetlands Determinations,” DWT Environmental Advisory Bulletin

“Ninth Circuit Affirms Judge Redden’s Remand of NMFS’s 2004 Biological Opinion for Federal Columbia River Power System,” DWT Environmental Advisory Bulletin

“Supreme Court Supports EPA Clean Air Act Interpretation Against Duke Energy,” DWT Environmental Advisory Bulletin

Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund's The Environmental Law Handbook: A Malpractice Avoidance Guide for Every Oregon Lawyer

“Water” chapter, Oregon Law Institute Treatise, Environmental Law for Oregon Practitioners

“Oregon” chapter, American Bar Association, Brownfields

“The Oasis Project: New Water for Oregon Growers,” Northwest Reports

“Supreme Court Limits ESA: National Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife,” The Water Report

“Corps/EPA Wetlands Policy: Post-Rapanos Guidance Issued for Wetlands Determination,” Oregon Insider

“Water Transfers & the Clean Water Act,” The Water Report

“NPDES Permits & Water Transfers: Post-Miccosukee Court in Florida Finds NPDES Permit Necessary,” The Water Report

“State Authority and Hydropower: S. D. Warren v. Maine,” The Water Report

“Clean Water Act in the Courts,” Oregon Insider

“Klamath Decisions: Court Rulings on ‘Takings’ and BIOP/RPA Sufficiency,” Oregon Insider

Memberships and Activities
California and Oregon Bars

American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources

Chair, firm's Natural Resources Practice Group

First President, American College of Environmental Lawyers

Past chair, Oregon State Bar's Environmental and Natural Resources Section

Past chair, Lex Mundi Environmental Practice Group

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Environmental, Energy and Water Law by Woodward/White

Named as one of "America's Leading Business Lawyers - Environment" by Chambers USA

Selected to "Oregon Super Lawyers," Law & Politics, 2006, 2007

Named one of “Portland’s Best Lawyers” in energy law and environmental law by Portland Monthly

Education
J.D., University of Southern California School of Law

B.A., with distinction, University of California at Berkeley