Victor helps clients address their environmental concerns, ranging from emerging contaminants to natural resource management and land use.
Victor is a Senior Associate in the Portland Office. In litigation, he handles complex disputes implicating federal statutes like the National Environmental Policy Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and Federal Tort Claims Act. In the regulatory sphere, he advises clients on the quickly evolving federal and state regulatory frameworks surrounding PFAS, a pervasive emerging contaminant.
Prior to joining Marten, Victor clerked for the Honorable James Sweeney II in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and for the Honorable Harris Hartz in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Victor graduated from Stanford Law School, where he was a Public Interest Fellow and a leader of a community law pro bono project.
- Advises textile and apparel manufacturers, outdoor recreational product manufacturers, food product manufacturers, retailers, and other industries on PFAS regulatory compliance at the federal and state level.
- Represents municipal water providers across the country in multi-district litigation on groundwater contamination caused by U.S. military’s use of fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam.
- Counsel to agricultural client in challenges to a land exchange, with implications for global food security.
Education & Clerkship
J.D., Stanford Law School (2020)
B.A., Stanford University (2017)
Law Clerk for the Honorable James Sweeney II, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (2020)
Law Clerk for the Honorable Harris Hartz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2021)
Admissions & Memberships
State Bar of Colorado
State Bar of Oregon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Publications & Presentations
- Contributing Author, PFAS Deskbook, 2023
- Victor Y. Xu & James B. Pollack, PFAS and Greenwashing Litigation: It's Not Easy Being Green, 38 ABA Nat. Res. & Env't 3 (Winter 2024).
- Panelist, American Apparel and Footwear and Association, Environmental Committee Meeting, "Preparing to Comply with PFAS Bans and Reporting Requirements," Oct. 2023
- Panelist, American Apparel and Footwear and Association, Footwear Workshop, "Here Today, Gone in 2025," June 2023 (PFAS regulatory overview)