Thomas C. Jensen
- Washington, D.C.
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Tom is a nationally recognized practitioner in natural resources and environmental law.
Thomas Jensen provides litigation and regulatory counsel as well as legislative and executive branch advocacy to clients in the environment, energy, and natural resources sectors. He assists clients involved with energy and water pipelines, electric transmission projects, transportation facilities, hydropower and other energy generation assets, and other capital-intensive infrastructure projects. Tom currently serves as lead outside regulatory and litigation counsel to a major interstate electric transmission project and a major interstate natural gas pipeline project, and also recently led the successful permitting and siting effort for a 500 kV interstate electric transmission project.
Tom’s clients span the business, government, and nonprofit sectors, reflecting his credentials in both the legal industry and the public sphere. He served as majority counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and was the associate director for natural resources on the White House Council on Environmental Quality. He has also written numerous pieces of legislation that have been enacted into federal law and has published and lectured widely in the field.
Developers of innovative energy projects and environmental initiatives seek Tom’s insight into protected natural and cultural resources, public lands and marine areas, takings law, and the National Environmental Policy Act. Tom leads teams involved in siting; property and right-of-way acquisition; federal, state, tribal, and local permitting; settlement negotiations; and litigation.
Education & Credentials
Education
- Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., 1983
- University of Southern California, B.A., History, 1980
Bar and Court Admissions
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District of Columbia
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Related Employment
- Holland & Hart LLP, Washington D.C., Partner, 2012-2019
- SNR Denton, Washington D.C., Partner, Chairman of Firmwide Committee on Sustainability, 2004-2012
- Troutman Sanders LLP, Washington D.C., Partner, 1997-2004
- White House Council on Environmental Quality, Washington D.C., Director for Natural Resources, 1994-1997
Professional Recognition
Who’s Who Legal: Environment
Listed in Legal Leaders: Washington D.C. & Baltimore’s Top-Rated Lawyers
Martindale-Hubbell®, AV Preeminent® Rating(AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)
First Distinguished Environmental Law Graduate, Lewis & Clark Law School
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Klamath River Renewal Corporation, Director
- Arlington County Board, Economic Commission, Member
- Washington, D.C. Bar Association, Member
- Energy Bar Association, Member
- Lewis & Clark Law School, Alumni Board, Member
- The Peregrine Fund Board, Member
