Professional
Highlights
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Serves as outside environmental counsel to publicly traded corporations,
including PACCAR and Cascade Natural Gas Corporation.
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Represents national and regional development companies on real estate
and environmental matters, including AvalonBay Communities, Lowe Enterprises,
and Trammell Crow Residential.
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Helps clients with all aspects of commercial and residential development
projects, including purchase and sale negotiations, financing and title
issues, construction contracts, tenant leases, and property management
agreements.
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Works extensively with federal and state cleanup laws including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and
the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA).
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Negotiates Consent Decrees, Agreed Orders, and Enforcement Orders with
federal and state regulators including the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) and the Department of Ecology (Ecology).
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Helps companies respond to CERCLA Section 104(e) information requests
issued in relation to federal Superfund sites.
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Counsels banks on risks of lending funds for development of projects on
contaminated property and helps banks draft appropriate loan conditions
to mitigate those risks.
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Successfully litigates actions in court to recover costs spent to investigate
and remediate contaminated properties.
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Secures insurance coverage for clients facing significant cleanup liabilities.
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Recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics,
a legal and professional publication, in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.
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Recognized as a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics,
each year from 2000 to 2004.
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Admitted to practice before the Washington State Supreme Court, the United
States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington,
and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Professional
and Community Activities
American Bar Association.
Washington State Bar Association.
Oregon State Bar Association.
King County Bar Association.
Selected
Publications and Presentations
Speaker, "Working With Environmental Attorneys," management
forum hosted by the Northwest Environmental Business Council, July 2006.
Speaker, "The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act," annual
conference of Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Washington
State Bar Association, May 2006.
Speaker, "Cost Recovery Actions Under The Model Toxics Control Act,"
annual conference of Environmental and Land Use Law Section of the Washington
State Bar Association, May 2004.
Author, 1997 and 1999 editions, Model Toxics Control Act Guidebook,
Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC.
Speaker, "Environmental Law Update," annual conference of
Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, June 1998.
Education
University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1995. Member of Moot Court
Honor Board.
Whitman College, B.A., 1991. Distinction in Major Course of Study.
Outside
Interests
My son Noah was born in January 2004, and my son Eli was born on the
same day in January 2006. I spend most of my free time instructing my
sons how to avoid the pitfalls of litigation.
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