WASHINGTON WATER LAW

Faculty

Jay J. Manning, Program Co-Chair, is a partner with Marten Brown, Inc., where his practice includes all areas of environmental law. Previously in the Attorney General’s Office, he was chief counsel for the State Department of Ecology.

Joe Mentor, Jr., Program Co-Chair, is the founder of the recently-formed Mentor Law Group. Mr. Mentor provides legal services related to water resources, land development and the impacts of regulations to protect fish and wildlife, endangered species and other non-development amenities.

James C. Waldo, Keynote Address, is a partner at Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, PLLC, and is regarded as one of the premier lawyers at resolving, without litigation, complex policy disputes. He is currently facilitating discussion on California Bay Delta water issues and is working on water and fish.

Josh Baldi is with the Washington Environmental Council.

John Bowman is the Water Manager and Special Projects Manager with Lakehaven Utility District. He served on the Washington State Water Storage Task Force and is participating on the Department of Ecology’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery Technical Advisory Group.

Robert N. Caldwell is Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Law & Policy (CELP), a public interest law firm with a focus on Washington water resources. Through litigation, policy research and advocacy, CELP works to reform Washington Water Law.

Gary Chandler is the Washington State Representative from the 13th legislative district. He is serving his sixth term and is on many committees concerning water issues including: the Puget Sound Action Team, the Department of Health, Water Supply Advisory and Ag/ Fish/Water Executive Committees.

Bill Clarke is an attorney with the Mentor Law Group, PLLC focusing on natural resource and environmental law and on water resource, land use, and Endangered Species Act issues. Previously he has worked on the government affairs staff of the Washington Association of REALTORS® and Northwest Marine Trade Association.

Adam Gravley is a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP where he practices water law, local government and public utility law. Recent projects include representation of the Washington Water Utility Council and the City of Yakima Acquavella adjudication.

Scott Hazlegrove of Carney Badley Smith & Spellman, PS is an attorney and lobbyist, working in the marine, healthcare, construction, utilities, technology and media industries. Previously he served as the Director of Government Affairs for the Association of Washington Business (AWB) where he handled environment and natural resource issues. He has also been a lobbyist and lawyer for the Washington State Association of Realtors.

Larry Karpack of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants has 11 years professional and academic experience in urban and forest hydrology, hydraulics, and the development of analytical tools to support the decision processes. He has extensive practical experience with computer simulation models. He has developed customized water resource management models and site specific forecast and hydraulic routing models.

Mason D. Morisset of Morisset Scholosser Ayer & Jozwiak has been a natural resources litigator for over 35 years, including three successful cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, Antoine v. Washington (1975); Washington Fishing Vessel Association (1979) (the “Boldt” treaty fishing rights decision); and Arizona v. California (2000) (tribal water rights). He is the author of Chapter 16 of the WSBA Real Property Deskbook on Indian Property Rights.

Rachael Paschal Osborn practices public interest water law in Spokane. She is co-founder and former director of the Center for Environmental Law & Policy and has written, lectured, and litigated extensively on issues pertaining to protection of Washington’s natural resources.

Michael M. Pollock is an ecosystems analyst with the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. He is engaged in scientific research for the purpose of understanding the freshwater and estuary habitat needs of salmon, and reviewing policy documents to ensure that they are scientifically sound and will achieve their intended goals.

Alan M. Reichman is an Assistant Attorney General for the Ecology Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. He counsels the Department in cases before the Pollution Control Hearings Board and state courts and currently serves as lead attorney for the Department in Ecology v. Acquavella.

Tom Ring is a hydrogeologist for the Yakama Indian Nation Water Program. Prior to that he worked in the Water Resource Program of the Washington State Department of Ecology and has taught geology and hydrogeology at Central Washington University.

Leland G. Ripley has been in private practice since 1994. His practice emphasizes all aspects of legal ethics and professional responsibility. Mr. Ripley was recently appointed to membership in Discipline 2000, a task force of the WSBA and the Supreme Court of Washington.

Clifford D. “Doug” Rushton is a policy analyst in Water Resources for the Washington State Department of Ecology. He has worked in natural resources since 1969.

Eric Snyder is a faculty member at the Flathead Lake Biological Station. His research includes analysis of the interaction between surface and groundwater with specific application to salmonid restoration efforts in the Yakima River, analysis of in-stream metabolism and carbon cycling, food web analyses and energetic modeling, and benthic algal community structure and function.

Steve Swope is an associate hydrogeologist at Pacific Groundwater Group. He holds degrees in geology and hydrogeology and has managed hydrogeologic site assessment, water-supply development, and remedial investigation projects for over ten years.

Michele Vazquez was recently named as the Statewide Planning and Conservation Coordinator for the Washington State Department of Health’s Drinking Water Program. She has over 10 years of water system planning, coordination with the Department of Ecology, and local government long range planning.

Linton Wildrick is a senior hydrogeologist at Pacific Groundwater Group and has over 23 years of experience. The primary investigator in many hydrogeologic studies, he has published over 40 papers. He has lead basin-wide watershed assessments throughout Washington State. He has extensive experience as an expert witness in water rights cases.

Dave Williams is a Municipal Policy Associate at the Association of Washington Cities working with community development, environmental issues, and planning.