Daniel L. Timmons

Daniel Timmons joined WildEarth Guardians as a staff attorney in 2019, where his work focuses on halting fossil fuel development on public lands and protecting the imperiled wild rivers of the Southwest.

Trained in both law and science, Daniel has brought his broad set of skills to bear in addressing some of the country's most challenging environmental and water resources disputes, from Arizona's hotly-contested Verde River Basin to Oregon's Klamath River Basin. 

Daniel is a creative problem solver who has developed environmental mitigation strategies for proposed transboundary water transfers and other development projects, represented parties in multi-party settlement negotiations over tribal water rights, and negotiated multiple No Further Action letters resolving cleanup liability at various contaminated sites. As a litigator, Daniel has successfully challenged permits for a massive oil-by-rail terminal, appealed claims in a large-scale water rights adjudication, and successfully defended permits for an interstate natural gas pipeline, among other experience. 

Daniel earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Lewis & Clark Law School, where he was Associate Editor of Environmental Law, a finalist at the Pace National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, and a member of the Cornelius Honor Society. He received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Columbia University, and his Master's of Science with Distinction in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Northern Arizona University. He is licensed to practice law in Oregon and New Mexico.