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Environmental/Energy Transactions or Litigation Associate Attorney

Seattle office of our client, a Chambers ranked law firm, is actively seeking associates to join our Environmental/Energy Transactions or Litigation Group. The candidate must have 2+ years of experience either: advising corporate and/or public clients on asset transfers, siting, permitting, and hazardous waste cleanup under state and federal environmental laws; orlitigation under state and federal environmental and energy laws. Requires substantive familiarity with state and federal environmental and energy laws. Should have 2+ years of substantive experience in three of the following areas of environmental law: the Clean Water Act (CWA) (enforcement, permitting, and/or §401 certifications); water rights; National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Endangered Species Act (ESA); Clean Air Act (CAA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); and Public Utility Regulatory PolicyAct (PURPA). Must have 2+ years of substantive experience in Representing public and private sector clients seeking to minimize the environmental liability risks associated with asset transfer, development, siting, and permitting (including wind, solar, energy storage, and natural gas facilities) or Representing public and private sector clients in court or administrative hearings, Participation in briefing and motion practice, Drafting and responding to discovery requests with limited supervision, Document review and production, and Taking or defending fact and expert witness depositions. Experience Associate the primary author of legal memoranda, briefs, motions, discovery, contracts, regulatory agreements, and documents related to litigation or real estate and land use transactions is preferred. Experience researching environmental, land use, or administrative law and regulatory requirements at the federal and state level is preferred. Law review experience is preferred. Clerkship experience is preferred. Legal

The candidate should have graduation from top law school or in the top 10% of their law school class.

This law firm specializes in energy and environmental law. Their areas of practice include energy, fisheries, litigation, alternative energy, air quality, waste clean up, waste management, water quality, and natural resources. Their offices are located in Seattle, WA; Portland and Bend, OR; San Francisco, CA; and Boise and Ketchum, ID.

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Environmental and Land Use

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Full-Time

2 2020-01-24 01:42:01

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