Stephen H. Roos  
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Since coming to HCMP in 1996, I have advised clients on land use and real estate matters relating to a wide variety of residential, commercial, and industrial developments. I assist clients in obtaining all types of land use approvals, including mining permits, shoreline permits, building permits, hydraulic project approvals from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and aquatic lands leases from the Department of Natural Resources. This assistance regularly includes litigating administrative and judicial appeals of land use decisions. I have extensive experience with surface mining projects and shoreline developments, and in helping clients efficiently complete the consultation requirements of the Endangered Species Act, in order to secure permits from the Corps of Engineers. I also frequently assist clients with wetlands issues, easements, rezones, condemnations, and local improvements district (LID) assessments.

Professional Highlights

•  Represent one of the state's largest surface mining companies in securing and updating permits for several sites in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. This work includes obtaining mining, shoreline, and building permits; negotiating aquatic lands leases and hydraulic project approvals; and negotiating with federal agencies in connection with the Endangered Species Act.

•  Assisted in representing Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and The Quadrant Corporation in numerous land use and real estate matters relating to the mixed-use development at Snoqualmie Ridge, including preliminary and final plat approvals and development agreements.

•  Have assisted businesses and individuals in a wide variety of real estate and land use matters, including rezones, condemnation actions, LID assessment appeals, and permits for residential and commercial docks.

•  Law Clerk to The Honorable Jerome Farris, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1995-96.

• Recognized as a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics, 2006 and 2007.

•  Attorney Fellow, California Appellate Project, 1994-95.

•  Admitted to practice in California and Washington.

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Professional and Community Activities

Washington State Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Section.

Pro bono work for the Pioneer Square Community Development Organization, King County Client Assistance Program, and a non-profit energy conservation institute.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Program Co-Chair and Moderator for the Shoreline Permitting 2007 CLE, sponsored by Law Seminars International.

Speaker, "State Environmental Policy Act," Navigating the Maze: A Checklist Approach to Land Use and Environmental Law, Washington State Bar Association, October 4, 2002 and October 7, 2004.

Speaker, "The Endangered Species Act: The Response of State Agencies," Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S., June 1, 2000.

Education

Yale Law School, J.D., 1994. Stephen J. Massey Public Interest Award (1993) for work with Haitian refugees. Co-Director, Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, 1992-93.

Stanford University, B.A., 1988. Phi Beta Kappa.

Outside Interests

Cross-country skiing, short stories, piano, baseball.

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