Christopher Chellis Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- The Attorney General’s Honors Program- Environment and Natural Resources Division- Natural Resources Section

Laredo, Texas Area

Salem, Oregon

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Assisted in drafting and organizing a crime victims’ rights inter-agency initiative designed to address environmental justice concerns and the needs of environmental crime victims.- Provided legal research and support for special agents and lawyers in the Criminal Investigation Division, including advisory memos on recent circuit court cases touching on the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act and the use of FLIR thermal imaging cameras in search and seizure.- Drafted a memo addressing the EPA’s statutory responsibility to regulate certain hydraulic fracturing wastewater treatment residuals under the Underground Injection Control program’s more protective Class I standard for injection.

Portland, Or

- Provided legal research and support for the Department’s client agencies, including Bureau of LandManagement, Fish and Wildlife, Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Bureau of Reclamation.- Researched and wrote memos on the Wilderness Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, ESA analysis in the Ninth Circuit, the legislative history of the Elwha River Act, and organizational standing in the Interior Board of Land Appeals.- Drafted a memo and advised a BLM agent on negligent third parties and fire suppression costs under Oregon state law.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Researched and wrote memos on divisibility and indemnification in CERCLA and statute of limitations fornatural resource damages for the Environment and Natural Resources Division.- Drafted a complaint, brief, and memos concerning violations of the Clean Air Act by several seafood processing plants and vessels.- Participated in two moot courts before appellate arguments in CERCLA cases.

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Willamette Law Review, Executive Editor Environmental Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief Certificate in Sustainable Environmental, Energy.

Bachelor’S Degree, Film And New Media

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