Industries

Conducting business in the Pacific Northwest presents unique challenges for municipalities, developers, utilities and companies of all types. Our diverse geography, which includes varied critical habitats, endangered species, significant water, mineral, forest and agricultural resources, stringent growth management policies, leading climate change initiatives, overlapping tribal land jurisdiction, and precedent-setting conservation measures, present a complicated environmental setting in which land use and ownership must operate.

GordonDerr helps clients solve - and often avoid - problems by providing a full range of legal services from strategic market entry to regulatory and transactional advice through trial and appeal. The firm's multi-disciplinary approach allows efficient and comprehensive solutions for clients interested in, or impacted by, environmental circumstances affecting business operations.

From water rights distribution to wind and solar energies, from wetland mitigation banking to mining operations and conservation easements, the firm possesses a keen understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in the use, protection, and use of the region's natural resources.