About Lori
Lori leads the firm’s Environmental practice and for more than 30 years has delivered winning litigation strategies and successful regulatory compliance advice to her clients. She is recognized as one of the nation’s top water quality lawyers and has defended clients against over 75 agency or citizen-suit enforcement actions. Her experience includes representing industrial facilities, manufacturers, agribusiness, retailers, developers, and local governments. She has defended her clients in cases involving some of the most complex water quality issues in the country.Lori has vast experience with the following:Federal and state Clean Water Acts and regulationsNPDES permits and water quality issuesState Waste Discharge PermitsStormwaterReuse and reclaimed waterWetlandsSection 404 (dredge/fill) permitsSection 401 Water Quality CertificationsHydraulic Project Approvals; aquatic leases and easementsTotal Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)Use Attainability Analysis and Site Specific CriteriaOffsets and tradingSafe Drinking Water ActRCRAEPCRA
Lori leads the firm’s Environmental practice and for more than 30 years has delivered winning litigation strategies and successful regulatory compliance advice to her clients. She is recognized as one of the nation’s top water quality lawyers and has defended clients against over 75 agency or citizen-suit enforcement actions. Her experience includes representing industrial facilities, manufacturers, agribusiness, retailers, developers, and local governments. She has defended her clients in cases involving some of the most complex water quality issues in the country.
Lori has vast experience with the following:
Practice Areas
Education
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Environmental, Seattle (2022)
- Recognized: Environmental Law
- Recognized: Litigation - Environmental
- Recognized: Natural Resources Law
- Special Focus: Administrative/Regulatory
- Special Focus: Clean Air Act
- Special Focus: Clean Water Act
- Special Focus: Enforcement Defense
- Special Focus: Environmental Permitting
- Special Focus: Plaintiffs/Citizen's Suits
- Chambers USA Leading Individual, Environment, 2014
- Best in the Business: Leading Lawyers in the Puget Sound Region, Seattle Business magazine, Environmental Law, 2013
- The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental Law, 2009-2015
- The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Environmental, 2012-2015
- 2011 BTI Client Service All-Star for Environmental Law
- 2010 Top Lawyer, Seattle Metropolitan magazine
- Washington Super Lawyers List, 2006-2007
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
- Recipient of Five American Jurisprudence Awards