Eugene, OR
Litigation Lawyer at Eugene, OR
Practice Areas: Litigation, Environmental and Natural Resources ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Favorable settlement
Lead counsel in challenge to Department of Defense’s failure to properly respond to a FOIA request seeking information pertaining to possible misfeasance or malfeasance in the Air Force’s conduct of Co ... mmander Directed Investigations (CDIs) that caused the release of less redacted versions of the requested witness statements.
OUTCOME: Favorable settlement
Lead counsel in challenge to Department of Commerce’s failure to properly respond to a FOIA request seeking information pertaining to the role of a convicted felon in granting, amending, or modifying f ... ishing allocations in the northern Pacific that resulted in negotiated release of tens of thousands records.
OUTCOME: Stipulated settlement providing plaintiff all relief requested in complaint
Lead counsel in case that successfully challenged Okanagan-Wenatchee Na-tional Forest's 2015 travel planning decision allowing Wheeled All-Terrain Vehicles (WATVs) motorized use of Forest roads and thu ... s easy access to sensitive riparian and meadow areas as violating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4332; Executive Order 11644, as amended by Executive Order 11989; and implementing regulations established pursu-ant to these federal statutes and executive orders including but not limited to the Travel Man-agement Rule (“TMR”), 36 C.F.R Part 212.1, et seq.)
OUTCOME: Win
Lead counsel in case that successfully challenged Clearwater National Forest's 2011 travel planning decision allowing off-road vehicles (ORVs) motorized access to sensitive riparian and meadow areas as ... violating the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
OUTCOME: Stipulated settlement providing plaintiff substantially the relief requested in complaint
Lead counsel in FOIA suit against EPA for unlawful withholding of information relating to dangers and environmental impacts associated with coal burning power plants in Texas that has resulted in re-le ... ase of 44,000 pages of records sought pursuant to settlement agreement after protracted litigation.
OUTCOME: All relevant non-exempt records to be released pursuant to settlement agreement
Lead counsel in Washington Public Records Act case alleging unlawful withholding by Energy Northwest of records relating to production and use of plutonium oxide as reactor fuel.
OUTCOME: Complete win for Audubon, the court ordered the records to be released
Lead counsel in FOIA case of first impression interpreting a provision of the Farm Bill of 2008. The NRCS had refused to release information regarding the northern spotted owl Safe Harbor Agreement bet ... ween the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Oregon Department of Forestry, and NRCS by claiming that it was “agricultural” in nature and thus exempt from release under a provision of the Farm Bill.
OUTCOME: Judge ruled for plaintiffs and closed 42 motorized routes that cross meadows
Lead counsel in case challenging Eldorado National Forest's 2008 travel planning decision as violating National Forest Management Act, Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act.
OUTCOME: Negotiated complete release of all records
Represented journalist in FOIA suit seeking release of non-exempt information unlawfully withheld by US Dept. of Commerce and US Council on Environmental Quality.
OUTCOME: Negotiated complete release of all records
Lead counsel in FOIA suit against EPA for unlawful withholding of information relating to dangers and environmental impacts associated with coal ash impoundments.
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