Cascadia Law Group

Environmental Attorneys in Seattle and Olympia

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Valerie Fairwell

May 17, 2021

We are excited to announce that Valerie Fairwell has accepted a position at T-Mobile where she will serve as Senior Corporate Counsel. In her new job, Valerie will provide legal advice and support for environmental and health and safety compliance issues across the entire T-Mobile organization. Of course, we are sad to see her go as Valerie has been a big part of the Cascadia team for almost a decade. But this was an opportunity too good for her to pass up and we love to see our colleagues elevated to new challenges. Congratulations Valerie!

Maia D. Bellon recipient of the Washington AWRA 2020 Outstanding Water Resources Professional Award

October 14, 2020

Maia D. Bellon was named Outstanding Water Resources Professional at the 2020 Annual Conference of the Washington Section of the American Water Resources Association. Maia was selected for this prestigious honor by the Washington AWRA for her significant and sustained commitment to the protection and wise management of the state's water resources throughout her 25 year career.

Matt Love Joins Cascadia

August 3, 2020

Cascadia Law Group is excited to announce that Matt Love has joined the firm as a partner. Matt’s practice will continue to focus on assisting clients in permitting and litigation matters involving federal and state natural resource and environmental law. The depth of his experience coupled with his knowledge of the needs of our clients makes Matt an exceptionally strong addition to our highly regarded environmental law practice.

Chambers & Partners places Cascadia in top tier

July 30, 2020

UK-based Chambers & Partners has published its annual global survey results, and their USA guide continues to rank our firm and lawyers at the top of our profession in the Environment category.

Chambers' USA survey subjects singled out Josh Lipsky, Tisha Pagalilauan, Matt Love, and Rod Brown for particular praise. Their researchers rank Rod as the only “Star Individual” environmental lawyer in Washington.

Raise the gold standard for salmon and orca

February 4, 2020

Wild. Beautiful. Awe-inspiring. These words capture the spirit and natural beauty of our beloved state and the incredible diversity of species that call it home. As Washington residents, we have a duty to be stewards of our great landscape. We served as the directors of the Washington state Department of Ecology for 12 of the last 15 years — and have dedicated our careers to protecting, preserving and restoring Washington’s natural resources and environment.

Maia Bellon Joins Cascadia

January 5, 2020

Cascadia Law Group is excited to announce that Maia Bellon will join the firm on February 1, 2020. In addition to practicing environmental and natural resource law, Maia will work on environmental policy development and problem solving with Cascadia's newly-formed consulting affiliate, Cascadia Policy Solutions.

Dennis McLerran given the 2019 S. Smith Griswold Outstanding Air Pollution Control Official Award

June 19, 2019

On June 27, 2019, Dennis McLerran received the 2019 S. Smith Griswold Outstanding Air Pollution Control Official Award. By vote of the Board of Directors of the Air & Waste Management Association, Dennis was selected to recognize his 30 years of service and leadership in building strong, diverse and inclusive cultures of public engagement that bring about results.

Cascadia Law Group welcomes Louis Russell

June 10, 2019

Cascadia is pleased to announce that Louis Russell has joined the firm as an associate attorney in our Seattle office.

Louis joins us from the chambers of the Honorable Theresa L. Fricke, District Judge for the Western District of Washington. He previously served as a law clerk for the Honorable J. Robert Leach for the Washington Court of Appeals, Division I.

Louis has worked as an intern for the Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco, CA and clerked at the California Attorney General.

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