Environmental Associate Attorney

Seattle office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks an environmental associate attorney with 3+ years of experience in federal and state environmental or energy law. The candidate will handle some of the countrys most significant environmental issues. Will be part of an elite team of lawyers, focused exclusively on the environment, who push themselves to be the absolute best. Enjoy the independence and opportunity for serious advancement that exists when you are practicing at a firm that matches your interests at a top salary that rewards hard work. Work on the nations most interesting and sophisticated matters in environmental and energy law. Must have substantive familiarity with state or federal environmental and energy laws. Should have experience in either litigation under state or federal environmental and energy laws or advising corporate and/or public clients on renewable energy facilities, enforcement, asset transfers, siting, permitting, and/or hazardous waste cleanup. Must be an exceptional writer with experience as the primary author of legal memoranda, briefs, motions, discovery, contracts, regulatory agreements, and/or substantive policy articles and commentary. Should be an efficient, creative, and effective legal researcher with experience researching environmental, land use, or administrative law and regulatory requirements at the federal and state level. Should have substantial experience either: 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 other transactional matters involving environmental liability in business, including but not limited to hazardous waste cleanup; or Representing clients in administrative or court hearings, associated motions practice, administrative record cases and/or non-record civil cases, drafting and responding to discovery requests with limited supervision, conducting and supervising document review and production, and taking or defending fact and expert witness depositions.

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.