KCBA Environmental & Land Use Section Annual Half-Day CLE
“Environmental Litigation & Policy Updates and Current Issues in Washington”
Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., One Union Square, 600 University Street, Seattle
Union Square Boardroom
April 19, 2018
4.00 Law & Legal CLE Credits
Also available via Webcast
TOPICS
Trees & Urban Growth
Water Rights
CWA and Northwest Aquaculture
Air space and environmental liability mitigation
The Culverts Case
AGENDA
11:30-12:00pm Registration and Lunch Provided
12:00-12:05pm Welcome and Overview
Joe Terrenzio & Anthony Marangon, Chair & CLE Chair, KCBA ELUS
12:05-12:50pm Tree Related Property Rights in an Era of Urban Growth: Recent Updates to Washington Tree Laws and Their Implications
Bethany Kelsch, Carson Noel PLLC
Carlen McKee, Levy von Beck Comstock
12:50-1:40pm Water Rights Issues in Washington: Hirst and Senate Bill 6091
Tacy Hass, Foster Pepper
Joseph Brogan, Foster Pepper
1:40-1:55pm Break
1:55-2:45pm Getting Pacific Northwest Aquaculture Out of Deep Water - Clean Water Act Legal Challenges and Liability Reduction Strategies
Erika Holsman, Beveridge & Diamond
2:45-3:30pm Can Environmental Liability Disappear Into Thin Air? Air Space Condos as an Environmental Liability Mitigation Strategy
Andy Rigel, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S.
3:30-4:20pm U.S. v. Washington: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Stevens Treaties include an Obligation to Protect Fish Habitat from Degradation
Julie Wilson-McNerney, Perkins Coie
4:20pm Evaluations and Adjournment
4:20-6:00pm Networking Social/Happy Hour