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Firm: Shenker and Bonaparte, LLP

1500 South West First Avenue   630 , Portland , Oregon 97201

Practice Areas: Civil ,Environmental ,Intellectual Property

Firm: Pearl Legal Group, PC

1010 NW Flanders Street Suite 200 , Portland , Oregon 97209

Practice Areas: Environmental , Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt, P.C.

s 16001900 Pacwest Center   1211 Southwest Fi , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Environmental ,Water

Firm: Stoel Rives

900 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 2600 , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Environmental , Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Rudy R. Lachenmeier

121 SW Morrison St Ste 415 , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Asbestos , Discrimination, Environmental , General Practice, Insurance , Professional Malpractice, Personal Injury

Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2300   1300 Southwest Fifth Avenue  97201 , Portland , Oregon 97201

Practice Areas: Environmental ,Intellectual Property

Firm: Cable Huston LLP

1455 SW Broadway Ste 1500 , Portland , Oregon 97201

Practice Areas: Energy , Environmental , Municipal , Telecommunications , Contracts & Agreements, Contracts & Agreements

Firm: Bodyfelt Mount

319 SW Washington Street, Suite 1200 , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Corporate , Environmental , Insurance , Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Insurance, Insurance

I am an attorney and partner at Portland, Oregon-based Bodyfelt Mount LLP, where I practice general civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance coverage, products liability, environmental law, toxic tort, and professional liability matters.  I joined the firm as an associate in 1986, and became a partner in 1991.  I worked as an associate at Velure & Bruce in Eugene, Oregon, for two years before moving to Portland.. I spent six weeks in trial on one of the five environmental coverage cases that went to trial in Oregon. In 2009, I tried one of the few construction defect cases to be tried in Oregon, which was also a six-week trial. In addition, I tried a three-week product liability "repetitive motion” trial in Seattle, Washington.. I have taken part and held positions in many organizations including:  Hollyrood School Foundation (2005-2007); Vice Chair of Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Coverage Practice Group (1996-2001); Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners (1995-1998 and Chair, 1997-1998); Member of Federal Practice & Procedure Committee (1991-1993 and 1995-1997); and Session Elder, First Presbyterian Church (2010-present).. I have lectured for the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (1998, 1997, 1995, 1993); spoken twice for Bad Faith Litigation in Oregon (1997, 1995); and, presented at the Oregon Law Institute (1994). I co-authored Insurance (Ch. 4, Necessity of an Insurable Interest, 2003, 1996); co-edited Damages (2007, 2002, 1998); and, authored Pleading and Practice, (Ch. 41, Post-Trial Matters, 1998, 1994).. I have been listed as an Oregon Super Lawyer from 2007 to the present. I also serve regularly as an arbitrator on non-court mandated cases for the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

Firm: Black Helterline LLP

Southwest Broadway , Portland , Oregon 97205

Practice Areas: Environmental ,Land Use & Zoning,Natural Resources,Real Estate

Firm: Ball Janik LLP

101 SW Main Street , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Environmental , Land Use & Zoning, Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

Firm: Ball Janik LLP

101 SW Main St Ste 1100 , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Environmental , Land Use & Zoning, Natural Resources, Land Use & Zoning

Southwest Fifth Avenue , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Administrative ,Appellate ,Environmental ,Land Use & Zoning,Municipal ,Zoning, Planning & Land Use

Firm: Stoel Rives LLP

Southwest Fifth Avenue , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Environmental

2300   1300 Southwest Fifth Avenue  9720 , Portland , Oregon 97201

Practice Areas: Environmental ,Natural Resources,Real Estate ,Water

1120 Northwest Couch Street   10th Floor  9720 , Portland , Oregon 97209

Practice Areas: Environmental ,Labor ,Products Liability

Firm: Black Helterline LLP

Southwest Broadway , Portland , Oregon 97205

Practice Areas: Environmental ,Immigration & Naturalization ,Land Use & Zoning,Real Estate

1000 SW Broadway Ste 1400 , Portland , Oregon 97205

Practice Areas: Corporate , Environmental , Insurance , Litigation

Patrick focuses on litigation and transactions involving environmental, natural resources, toxic tort and real property issues. He has extensive experience representing clients in court and before administrative agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. He has particular expertise in matters involving contaminated properties and water quality issues. Patrick emphasizes big picture strategies in order to prevent problems before they occur, while working in a focused, efficient manner to solve problems after they arise.His practice includes: • Water quality permitting       Clean water act       NPDES and 404 permits       Oregon WPCF permits. • Brownfield/contaminated properties     Regularly serves as counsel to purchasers and sellers of contaminated properties regarding environmental liabilities under federal and state law.. • Natural Resources/Food Safety/Agriculture    Advising clients regarding natural resource law issues, such as forestry and grazing practices and clients in the food and beverage industry regarding regulatory compliance. Representative Work. • Business DisputesRepresented trucking company in lawsuit against national financial institution; successfully recovered remedial action costs incurred in cleaning up property contaminated by past owners/operators.Represented an entity being sued by a former member for, among other items, wrongful expulsion from the LLC, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.  Plaintiff sought in excess of $6 million in damages. After a week long arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators, Patrick obtained a complete defense decision, and a six figure award on counterclaims brought on behalf of his client.. • Brownfields / Transactions Involving Contaminated PropertiesRepresent Oregon developer regarding its purchase, development and potential sale of a large waterfront property that was contaminated by operations of former paper mill owner/operator.Represented a major shipping company in one of the largest Brownfield acquisitions in Oregon history.  The client acquired property within a Superfund site for redevelopment.  The firm advised the client with respect to due diligence, obtaining innocent purchaser status, and retaining non-liable status during redevelopment activities.  We also drafted and negotiated related contracts (Purchase and Sale Agreement, retention of general contractor), and in related wetlands, tax abatement and other regulatory issues. Continue to advise this entity regarding expansion of its facility and in negotiations for the purchase and development of other properties around the Northwest.. We represent a County government that acquired a large contaminated property via tax foreclosure, providing counsel regarding liability protection and remediation of the property.. •  Citizens Suit DefenseRepresented a landfill operator in the defense of a citizen suit action based on the Clean Water Act and RCRA, resulting in settlement of the action on favorable terms and financed with insurance funds.Have represented multiple parties defending citizen lawsuits alleging violations of Clean Water Act NPDES stormwater permits.. •  Cost Recovery / Contribution DefenseCurrently representing an individual who owned a property upon which tannery waste had been deposited many years prior to his purchase, but which was not discovered until several years after he sold the property. A developer that purchased the property to construct a subdivision sued our client and others in the chain of title after our client, as well as involved lenders and the tannery owner.  In a protracted litigation with significant financial exposure, Patrick successfully negotiated favorable settlements with the plaintiff, and with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in a parallel action.  He continues to represent this individual during a third party's appeal of the settlement with DEQ.. •   Food SafetyProvided counsel to a bottled water company regarding labeling requirements.•  Health Care Facility Construction and Cost Recovery The firm first advised a community hospital on a fast track design/build remedial system in conjunction with construction of a new facility.  The property was heavily contaminated by fuel releases from an adjacent gas station.  The firm sued the Responsible Party and obtained full recovery of past costs and a mechanism to recover future costs.  Patrick continues to advise the hospital on ongoing remediation and cost recovery issues. •  Industrial Groundwater ContaminationThe firm represented Cascade in Boeing v. Cascade at trial and on appeal in the 9th Circuit, and then represented Cascade Corp. in City of Portland v. Boeing and Cascade, a $20 million claim for damages to the Portland well field.  Patrick continues to represent Cascade in a $30 million, multi-decade clean up and ongoing remedial cost allocation issues with Boeing. •  Landfill RegulationAssisted a landfill owner/operator with landfill permitting, regulatory and compliance matters.  •  Regulatory Enforcement DefenseRepresented numerous clients defending enforcement actions brought by EPA and the Oregon DEQ, including an international seafood company contending with alleged Clean Air Act violations and an Oregon based trucking company defending allegations of Clean Water Act violations due to a tanker truck spill.. •  Remedial ActionRepresented a former bulk fuel facility operator in negotiations with the property owner and Washington Department of Ecology to propose and perform a remedial action plan to clean up petroleum releases.  The site was complicated by the fact that it sits on the Tacoma Coal Gasification Superfund Site and that the coal tars form part of the confining unit between the upper and lower aquifers.. •  SuperfundRepresented an international paper products company in obtaining a favorable settlement of a claim for contribution brought under federal Superfund law at the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site.. •  Toxic TortSuccessfully defended many clients in asbestos and other toxic tort litigation, including manufacturers and distributors of boilers, building supplies, apparel and other asbestos containing products, and the defense of claims arising from alleged exposure to silica and formaldehyde.. •  Water Rights Advised numerous clients regarding water rights issues, including representation of an Eastern Oregon property owner involved in an Oregon Department of Water Resources administrative adjudication brought by a neighbor seeking to terminate the client's water rights based on the alleged non-use by a prior owner

Firm: Shenker and Bonaparte, LLP

1500 SW 1st Ave Ste 630 , Portland , Oregon 97201

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Insurance , ,

Firm: Parsons Farnell & Grein LLP

1030 SW Morrison Street , Portland , Oregon 97205

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Environmental , Products Liability, Litigation

I am an attorney and litigator, licensed in Oregon and Washington, in Portland Oregon and a partner in a boutique firm. I practice chiefly in the area of insurance coverage litigation on the policyholder side, representing businesses and individuals in disputes with insurance companies.  My experience includes first-party property claims, bad faith claims, Directors & Officers coverage disputes and Employment Practices Liability claims.  I have tried cases in federal and state courts and handle appeals as well.  I also litigate business disputes of many types.  Prior to entering private practice I was law clerk to a federal trial judge in the Eastern District of Washington.

300 Pioneer Tower   888 Southwest Fifth Avenue , Portland , Oregon 97204

Practice Areas: Corporate ,Environmental ,Products Liability