Tom Lindley

Recognized for “innovative solutions to seemingly intractable environmental problems,” Tom Lindley has over 25 years experience assisting clients with project development and cutting edge environmental matters including strategic counseling; underground coal gasification (UCG) and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), chemical weapons, air, water, and hazardous waste and solid waste permits; water quality and supply; greenhouse gases/climate change; cleantech/greentech; endangered species; oil spills response; enforcement defense; litigation and trials; site investigations and remediation; audits and due diligence; and investigation of potential criminal matters.

Tom is actively involved with CERCLA (Superfund) investigation, remediation, and cost-recovery litigation; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Clean Air Act (CAA) permitting, compliance and litigation (including such matters as water quality trading and watershed permitting, ecosystem services, facility siting, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration, and NSR/PSD); the Oil Pollution and Rivers and Harbors Acts; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims; and nuisance, trespass, strict liability, and other tort claims; and business and real estate transactions and projects.

Professional Recognition

• Listed in The International Who's Who of Environment Lawyers, 2009
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2001 - present
• Listed in Chambers USA "Leading Lawyers: Environment" (Band 1), 2006 - Present 
• Listed in Lawdragon magazine as one of the "500 leading lawyers in the United States," 2005, and among the top U.S. lawyers, 2006 - Present
• Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers, 2006 - Present
• Environmental Excellence Award, Associated Oregon Industries for "innovative solutions to seemingly intractable environmental problems,"  2005
• Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell

Community Involvement

• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Advisory Board, Board Member, 2007 - Present; Board, Vice-Chair, 2009
• Willamette Partnership,  Board Member, 2005 - Present
• SOLV, Board President 2005 - 2006; Board Member, 1999 - 2008
• Associated Oregon Industries, Chair, Water & Cleanup Committee, 2004 - Present; 1996 - 2001
• Associated Oregon Industries, Chair, Sustainability & Incentives Task Force, 2000 - 2003; Co-author Oregon Sustainability Act of 2001
• Associated Oregon Industries, Chair, Environmental Crimes Task Force, 1992 - 1993; Co-author nation’s first environmental audit privilege law and revised felony provisions
• Associated Oregon Industries, Co-Chair, Brownfields Task Force, 1994 - 1996; Co-author Oregon’s Recycled Lands (Brownfields) Act and its Prospective Purchaser protections
• United Cerebral Palsy of Oregon and Southwest Washington, Board Member, 1987 - 2000; Secretary and Volunteer of the Year, 1998
• International Conference on Sustainability, The Netherlands, 1997
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, Member, U.S. Delegation, 1994
  

Related Employment

• Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law, Portland, OR, Adjunct Professor (Clean Air Act; Hazardous Substances) 1992 - 1996 
• IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, Adjunct Professor (Jurisprudence) 1978 - 1980 
• Clerk Extern, Hon. William J. Harbison, Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1976 - 1977
• Tennessee Division of Emergency Medical Services, Department of Public Health, 1972 - 1974