Environmental Associate Attorney

Portland office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks environmental associate attorney with 3+ years of experience in federal and state environmental or energy law. The candidate should have substantive familiarity with state or federal environmental and energy laws. Must have environmental transactional and/or litigation experience. 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 have experience as the primary author of legal memoranda, briefs, motions, discovery, contracts, regulatory agreements, and/or substantive policy articles and commentary. Experience researching environmental, land use, or administrative law and regulatory requirements at the federal and state level essential. Must 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 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 Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho.