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Robert N. Caldwell

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rcaldwell@gth-law.com
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Phone: 253.620.6506
 Fax: 253.620.6565

Wells Fargo Plaza, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100
Tacoma, Washington 98402

Primary Areas of Practice

Natural Resource and Environmental Law, with an emphasis on project permitting and regulatory approval; federal Indian law; Water Law, including Rivers and Harbors Act and Clean Water Act issues; Endangered Species Act; Clean Air Act

Education

J.D., Northwest School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, 1998
Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resource Law

B.A., University of Nevada, Reno, 1995
Graduated with High Distinction

London University, 1994

Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, 2002

Admissions

Washington State Courts
Federal District Court, Western District of Washington
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Washington State Bar Association

American Bar Association

Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association

Professional History

  • Joined Firm in 2001
  • Executive Director, Center for Environmental Law and Policy, 1998-2001
  • Professional Land Surveyor; California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, 1976-1993
  • U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Veteran; 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1967-1969

Representative Cases/Transactions

  • Currently providing SSA Marine, Inc. strategic and legal advice on long-term terminal development involving a joint venture with the Puyallup Indian Tribe
  • Currently providing strategic and regulatory advice to Wallula Engery Resouce Center for combined cycle coal gasification plan for combined carbon capture and geologic sequestration
  • Postema v. Dept. of Ecology hydraulic continuity cases
  • Key member of team that negotiated the Central Puget Sound Water Resource Management Strategy for Governor Locke
  • Represented a large regional municipality regarding water rights issues
  • Developed a new and innovative watershed improvement strategy designed to resolve existing environmental, agricultural, and regulatory issues
  • Co-counsel to one of the largest privately held timber companies on natural resource and environmental issues

Community Activities

  • Pierce County Volunteer Legal Services, GTH Coordinator
  • Rainier Chapter of American Red Cross, Board of Directors

Honors, Publications & Presentations

  • Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
  • Six-Packs for Subdivisions: The Cumulative Effect of Washington's Domestic Well Exemption, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Winter 1998)
  • Presentation on “Municipal Water Use Time and the Law,” for Lorman Education Services (2007)
  • Numerous presentations and lectures on water resource issues in Washington