WASHINGTON LAND USE LAW
Faculty
Eric S. Laschever, Program Co-Chair, partner at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, practices land use, environmental and hazardous waste law. He has focused on helping clients develop land use plans, regulations and agreements that create the framework for desired development and to secure the land use entitlements necessary to implement those plans. Click here for full bio and contact info for Eric S. Laschever at Preston Gates & Ellis LLP. Samuel W. “Billy” Plauché, Program Co-Chair, is a partner at Buck & Gordon LLP where he represents a variety of municipal and private clients in land use and environmental matters, including litigation in federal and state court and before the Growth Management Hearings Board, the Pollution Control Hearings Board and the Shoreline Hearings Board. Click here for full bio and contact info for Samuel W. “Billy” Plauché at Buck & Gordon LLP. Thomas R. Bjorgen is a partner with the law firm of Bjorgen Bauer, PLLC and specializes in land use and municipal law. James C. Carmody, a partner at Velikanje Moore & Shores, P.S., practices in the areas of land use and environmental law, corporate and business law. William (Bill) Clarke was appointed to the Pollution Control Hearings Board and Shorelines Hearings Board in October 2003. Prior to that time, he was an attorney with Mentor Law Group, PLLC in Seattle, where he represented a variety of clients on natural resource and environmental matters. Alan D. Copsey is an Assistant Attorney General with the Washington State Office of the Attorney General. He currently advises and represents the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development and the Washington State Department of Agriculture. Keith W. Dearborn of Dearborn & Moss PLLC is a lawyer and planner specializing in environmental and planning issues in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Dearborn has authored numerous articles including the Bar Association Real Property Desk book chapters on “Development Rights” and the “Growth Management Act.” Dennis A. Dellwo is the Attorney member for the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board. He was appointed to this position in 1996 by Governor Mike Lowrey. Prior to his appointment he represented Spokane’s Third Legislative District in the Washington State Legislature. P. Stephen DiJulio, a partner at Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, focuses his practice on litigation involving state and local governments, land use, and environmental law. His experience includes eminent domain, utilities, local improvement districts, facility siting and contractor litigation. Click here for full bio and contact info for P. Stephen DiJulio at Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC. Jeffrey M. Eustis is a Seattle attorney who concentrates in land use and environmental law. He is the author of "Litigation—Challenging the Action” and he co-authored Chapters 97, “Zoning,” and 118, “Surface Water” all within the Real Property Deskbook (WSBA, the 1997 and 2001 supplements). Will Hall, of Golder Associates, Inc., is a Senior Natural Resources Planner. He has 15 years of collaborative planning and management experience. He works with local governments and watershed groups to develop and update plans, policies and regulations related to natural resources. Margery Hite was appointed to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board in 2002 by Governor Gary Locke. Ms. Hite has spent most of her legal career working for local government. She served as a deputy prosecuting attorney in King County in the criminal and fraud divisions, and as a deputy prosecuting attorney in the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s civil division. Geoffrey W. Hymans is Senior Counsel for the Republican Caucus of the Washington State House of Representatives, handling land use and transportation issues for the Caucus. Cynthia A. Kennedy of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP is a member of the Environmental and Land Use Department and practices in the area of land use, environmental and natural resources law. George A. Kresovich, a partner at Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson PS, focuses his practice primarily on land use and environmental law with emphasis on representation of controversial projects at contested administrative hearings before local governments and state agencies. James (Jim) M. Lynch, a partner at Stoel Rives LLP, focuses his practice on land use, natural resources and environmental law with an emphasis on the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), National Environmental Policy Act and Federal Power Act. A. W. “Sandy” Mackie is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP where he practices land use, environmental and municipal law. His clients have included a number of counties and private companies dealing with complex permitting and Growth Management related issues. Dave S. Mann is a partner at Gendler & Mann, LLP where he represents clients throughout Washington on land use, environmental and real property disputes, with a focus on protecting and enhancing quality of life and supporting smart growth. Donald E. Marcy, a partner at Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S., advises his clients on land use and real estate development matters. Mr. Marcy has extensive knowledge of the application of laws such as the GMA as well as Wetlands Regulations such as Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Rob McKenna is a Metropolitan King County Council member. He chairs the Regional Transit Committee and is Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee. He is Chairman of the State Transportation Improvement Board, immediate past Chair of the Eastside Transportation Partnership, and Vice-Chair of the I-405 Executive Committee. Andrew McMillan manages the wetlands program for the Department of Ecology. He is certified as a Professional Wetland Scientist and has BA, BS and MS degrees in Environmental Studies and Wetlands Ecology from The Evergreen State College. Mason D. Morisset, Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & McGaw, 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); and Arizona v. California (2000). Alison Moss is a partner of Dearborn & Moss, PLLC, a law firm focusing on land use law. Her practice emphasizes federal, state, and local wetlands and fish and wildlife regulations and the implementation of the Growth Management Act. Jeffrey W. Randall is the Director of Building and Community Development for the City of Port Townsend where he acts as both Planning Director and Building Official. He has worked at the state (CTED), county (Grant and Yakima), and city (Kittitas and Port Townsend) level over the past 12 years. Patrick J. Schneider is a member of the Land Use and Environmental Practice Group at Foster Pepper & Shefelman. Between 1990 and June, 1997, he was the Director of the Land Use Section of the Seattle City Attorney’s Office. Click here for full bio and contact info for Patrick J. Schneider at Foster Pepper & Shefelman. Ron D. Shultz is a Policy Advisor to the Governor for Natural Resources. His primary responsibilities include growth management, agriculture policy, air quality, toxics and hazardous water, eastside ecosystems, the Columbia River Gorge, and federal environmental issues. Mark Sidran, Of Counsel at McKay Chadwell, PLLC, has been practicing law for 28 years. He previously served 12 years as Seattle’s elected City Attorney. As City Attorney, he oversaw an active land use group and created an environmental practice group. Elaine L. Spencer is a shareholder at Graham & Dunn PC, where she focuses on general trial practice with an emphasis on land use, forest practices, water rights, Indian treaty rights, and condemnation. John Zilavy is the Legal Director of 1000 Friends of Washington, a statewide public interest group working to keep overdevelopment from destroying rural areas, while making cities and towns great places to live. |