Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Challenged overzealous application of ESA prohibitions by federal resource agencies and provided advice concerning reasonable and appropriate permit conditions to protect and promote the survival of all threatened and endangered species.
Evaluated and defended NRD claims brought by federal, state, and tribal trustees and negotiated financial and restoration-based settlements with NRD trustees. Worked on NRD claims at the Portland Harbor and Lower Duwamish Superfund sites.
Aggressively pursues available insurance coverage for the investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites and assessment and remediation of Natural Resource Damages under historical comprehensive general liability or excess liability policies, as well as environmental impairment liability policies.
Defends against citizen suits or threatened citizen suits alleging liability for violation of state-issued industrial stormwater permits and other violations of federal environmental statutes.
Represented a transportation services company in response to Washington State Department of Ecology demands that it obtain an industrial stormwater general permit. This also included negotiating reasonable improvements at the facility to obtain a no-exposure certification.
Represented a company who found hazardous materials in its production process and faced agency enforcement. Successfully negotiated a reasonable resolution of the issues and settlement with the agency.
Assisting several clients at the Portland Harbor and Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund sites to resolve alleged liabilities in private allocation processes.
As part of a collaborative effort with other attorneys and their clients, successfully negotiated with the EPA to resolve its original demand to perform remedial design over a large and complex portion of a Superfund site.
Regularly assisting clients with evaluating environmental conditions and the effects on real property transactions.