About

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

Stoel Rives’ Environmental, Land Use & Natural Resources (ELUNR) practice is a central component of the firm’s national platform, advising clients on complex regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters across the United States. With more than 60 lawyers across offices in Alaska, California, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Washington, D.C., the team brings experience across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory regimes and continues to see sustained growth in both client base and matters.

Representing a diverse client base spanning energy, natural resources, agribusiness, manufacturing, real estate, construction, and financial services, the firm’s ELUNR practice is known for its integrated approach to environmental and natural resource law, combining compliance counseling, permitting, litigation, and transactional support. Lawyers advise on matters involving air and water quality, land use and development, natural resource production and management, and environmental compliance under federal, state, and local regulatory regimes, including contaminated lands, waste management, wetlands, federal lands permitting, environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions, and insurance recovery tied to environmental liabilities.

Chambers Review

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Environment - USA - Nationwide

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Known for their strong Pacific Northwest roots, Stoel Rives offers expert counsel in permitting, compliance and regulatory advice across the US, with notable experience handling air, water and hazardous waste proceedings for coalitions and trade associations. The firm regularly appears before state and federal courts on behalf of clients in complex litigation, including natural resources damages claims, civil enforcement actions and toxic tort disputes.

Work Highlights

  • Stoel Rives advised Deschutes Basin Board of Control on water rights matters and compliance with the Endangered Species Act

Strengths

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Members

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David E Filippi

David E Filippi

Head of Department

Elizabeth Ewens

Eric Martin

Jennifer Spaletta

Melissa Foster

Michael Mills

Rachel Cox

Thomas Braun

Timothy Taylor

Veronica Keithley

Clients

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City of Los Angeles

City of Medford, Oregon

Grimmway Enterprises, Inc.

Hilcorp Alaska LLC

Idaho Power

Olympic Game Farm

Oregon Water Resource Congress

Pacific Seafood Company

PacificCorp

Perdue Agribusiness LLC/Perdue Farms, Inc.

Portland General Electric

Industries

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Agriculture and Food Processing

Chemicals

Construction & Materials

Energy Facilities

Forest Products and Timberlands

Irrigation Districts and Water Supply

Manufacturing

Mining

Oil and Gas

Ports

Primary and Secondary Metals

Pulp and Paper

Recycling and Waste Treatment