Dustin T. Till
Dustin Till is a senior associate at Marten Law Group’s Portland, Oregon office, where his practice focuses on energy and environmental litigation. He has successfully represented clients in a broad range of energy and environmental matters, including: litigating energy rates before the Bonneville Power Administration, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal; defending challenges to energy infrastructure projects; and negotiating settlements in complex hazardous waste cleanup matters. In addition to his litigation practice, Dustin has managed environmental due diligence disclosures for mergers involving industrial manufacturing facilities, and provided regulatory advice on environmental liabilities related to property transactions.
As a member of Marten Law Group’s Climate Change Practice Group, Dustin provides clients with strategic advice on the opportunities and risks presented by emerging federal, state, and local efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Dustin provides expert commentary on global warming litigation, legislation, and regulation for Lexis Nexis.
Dustin earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Western Washington University. He was a full-time extern to the Honorable Thomas Zilly, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Dustin’s representative experience includes:
- Represents regional air quality permitting agency in litigation involving whether an air operating permit for a coal-fired power plant must include limits on carbon dioxide emissions.
- Represents large industrial power consumer in power rate litigation before the Bonneville Power Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Successfully defended a public utility district in a SEPA lawsuit involving challenges to a power transmission line project in Eastern Washington, including litigation before the Washington Court of Appeals.
- Advised regional trade association on emerging national and local climate change initiatives impacting commercial and residential real estate markets in preparation for 2009 legislative session.
- Represented clients in complex, multi-party CERCLA litigation involving private party cost allocation and EPA cost recovery efforts. Litigated issues before the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and successfully negotiated CERCLA Ability-to-Pay settlement.
- Managed environmental due diligence for fourteen PVC manufacturing facilities as part of a successful $418 million merger.
- Successfully defended residential developer in a Clean Water Act citizens suit involving alleged wetland fills.