Steven G. Jones
Steve Jones has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America (2010) and has also been listed annually as an environmental “Super Lawyer ®” by Washington Law and Politics Magazine (2004-2009). He is the chair of the firm’s litigation department. Steve’s practice includes both private and public clients, and he has particular expertise in CERCLA (Comprehensive, Environmental, Response, Compensation and Liability Act), the Clean Water Act, particularly obtaining and defending project permtis, the Federal Torts Claim Act, and solid waste and nuisance issues. His litigation experience also includes land use issues under SEPA (State Environmental Permitting Act), NEPA (National Environmental Permitting Act), and Washington’s Growth Management Act.
Steve writes and speaks frequently on environmental and land use issues and has been asked to be a presenter at the American Bar Association’s Annual Conference on Environmental Law (Keystone) in 2009. He has contributed to chapters to both the Association of Washington Businesses’ Environmental Compliance Handbook and the Washington State Bar Association’s Real Property Deskbook. He is the former editor of the American Bar Association’s Superfund and NRD Litigation Committee Newsletter. Steve also currently serves on the Executive Board of the Washington State Bar Environmental Land Use Section.
Steve’s representative experience includes:
- Currently working on permitting expansion of a the largest composting facility in the Pacific Northwest, including the introduction of anerobic digestion and an associated co-generation factility using captured methane from the new digesters. This project is being partially funded through federal grants for alternatie energy production.
- Lead counsel in the defense of a public utility district’s (“P.U.D.”) proposed environmental impact statement to develop and solve long-standing transmission and distribution problems in the Methow Valley area in Eastern Washington, one of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the State of Washington. Assisted in the preparation of the environmental impact statement for the project and in mitigating the environmental impacts of seven different installation alternatives for P.U.D. Successfully defended the EIS and the overall project at both the trial court and at the Court of Appeals.