Natural Resources & Manufacturing
The Natural Resources & Manufacturing Industries Team at Graham & Dunn shares a core belief that in an industry buffeted by rapid change and increasing regulatory complexity, to be highly skilled in the practice of law is not sufficient to consistently deliver successful results for clients.
What is required is to be equally steeped in the substance of the law, coupled with deep, personal knowledge of the industry. The kind of knowledge that comes from being licensed professional engineers, or from having developed the National Inspector Training Program for the EPA, or from having such extensive knowledge of wildlife biology and forest practices that clients benefit from a level of insight and understanding that far surpasses a purely legal approach. This is the kind of unique skill set The Natural Resources & Manufacturing Industries Team at Graham & Dunn brings to bear to achieve successful, cost-effective results for clients.
In addition to sharing a core belief about the absolute requirement for deep knowledge of the industry and the law, the team is structured with a bias for leanness. Team members are additive, not redundant, when collaborating. The result is an unusually efficient legal practice focused on achieving desired outcomes for clients, not building leverage.
The Team’s core industry skills are focused in the following practice areas:
- Environmental Compliance and Permitting
- Forest Practices
- Land Use and Growth Management
- Anti-trust
- Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Labor and Employment
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Business Litigation
- Construction
Team Leader: Elaine L. Spencer
Team Members: Clemens H. Barnes, Douglas C. Berry, Nicholas D. Drader, K. Michael Fandel, Maren K. Gaylor, Stephen H. Goodman, Estera Gordon, Zachary R. Hiatt, J.J. Leary jr., David C. Lundsgaard
