Kenneth P. Dobson
Of Counsel
Mr. Dobson has extensive courtroom experience in commercial litigation focusing on environmental cost recovery, construction defects, indoor air quality, bankruptcy, creditors' rights, and judgment enforcement. He also provides regular environmental planning and regulatory compliance advice to corporate and government clients on complex issues involving land use, water rights, environmental permitting, and hazardous and solid waste management.
Mr. Dobson's legal assistant is Jennifer Muller (mail to: jmuller@northwestlaw.com).
Areas of Practice
- Environmental Litigation
- Indoor Air Quality and Toxic Torts
- Construction Disputes
- Environmental Compliance and Permitting
- Landlord Tenant
- Real Property Disputes
- General Business Litigation
- Contaminated Sites
- Construction Law
- Environmental Compliance and Permitting
- Solid and Hazardous Waste
- Real Estate Disputes
- Creditor's Rights
- Land Use and Zoning
- Administrative Law
- Water Rights
- Condemnation
- Indian Country Issues
Litigation Percentage
- 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2000
- U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2000
Education
- Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont
- Maters of Studies in Environmental Law (Cum Laude) - May, 2000
- Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - May, 2000
- Honors: Class Rank: 11/132 (Top 9%)
- Honors: Academic Excellence Awards, Highest Grade Products Liability (Spring 2000)
- Honors: Appellate Advocacy (Spring 1999)
- Honors: Dispute Resolution (Spring 1998)
- Honors: Trial Advocacy Advisory Board, 1999-2000
- Honors: Environmental Moot Court Advisory Board, 1998-1999
- Honors: Trial Team (2000)
- Law Review: Vermont Law Review, Senior Managing Editor, 1999 - 2000
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
- B.S. - 1993
- Honors: Dean's List: Spring 1993
- Honors: Dean's List: Fall 1992
- Honors: Dean's List: Fall 1991
- Major: Journalism/History
Published Works
- Chapter on Hazardous Waste Management, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DESKBOOK, (Co-Author), OSB ed., 2002
- Chapter on Hazardous Waste Management, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DESKBOOK, (Co-Author), OSB ed., 2006
- Courts Define When Landowners Must be Compensated for Restrictions on Timber Harvesting on Private Lands, OUTLOOk, OSB ENR section ed., Summer, 2004
- Note, Methods and Motives for Imposing Strict Liability on Parties Hiring Independent Contractors to Transport Hazardous Materials in the State of Florida, 24 Vt. L. Rev. 1297, 2000
Classes/Seminars
- Sick Buildings, Ticor Title Commercial Seminar Series, 2009
- Environmental Compliance for Design Professionals, HalfMoon Seminars, 2008
- Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems, Lorman Education Service, 2007
- Environmental Considerations in Real Estate Transactions, Oregon State Bar Young Lawyers Section, 2005 - 2006
- FED Court: The Vexing Issues, Oregon Law Institute, 2005
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The American Association for Justice, Member
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Multnomah County Bar Association, Member
- Oregon State Bar, Member, Environmental and Natural Resources and Indian Law Sections
