Loren Dunn Email and Phone Number

Loren is a senior member of the Environmental Law practice group. He practices in the environmental law and litigation fields, and represents regional and national companies atlocations throughout the country. Loren’s environmental projects have involved hazardous waste and large multi-party toxics cleanup sites, including marine and fresh water sediment sites, landfills, and natural resource damages claims. He has also conducted extensive work obtaining permits for key facility operations. He has particularly deep knowledge of the following industries:manufactured gas facilities, regulated utilities, smelters and metals refineries, pesticide sites, and large area contamination sites.Before entering private practice, Loren worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters office as a senior policy economist. He received an agency merit award for excellent work on the development of the Agency’s hazardous waste program and its regulations. Loren has been repeatedly recognized as one of the leading environmental lawyers in the Northwest. He is a respected leader in handling complex environmental litigation, and remediation and restoration projects under CERCLA and state “little Superfund” statutes. He helped to pioneer the successful use of technical, large-group mediation to secure more efficient resolution and cleanup of large sites impaired by hazardous substance releases. He is co-chair of the ADR process of Portland Harbor – the largest Superfund site west of the Mississippi. He also has played a significant role in the development of Washington’s environmental regulatory system.