EXPERIENCE:

ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGE LAW, LLPC., St. Paul, Minnesota (Nov., 2006-present).   President and Founder of private environmental law practice.  Focus: Harmonizing Business and Environment.  Major client: Ecolab Inc.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1997-present) Adjunct Professor of Law, Business/Environmental Law Seminar.

UNIVERSITY of ST. THOMAS, College of Business, Department of Law and Ethics, St. Paul, Minnesota (2007) Adjunct Instructor, Environmental Law.

ECOLAB INC., St. Paul, Minnesota (2003-06)
Senior Corporate Counsel for environmental, health, safety, regulatory and real estate matters. Provided global legal advice in regulatory compliance, policy, environmental sustainability, M&A/transactions, dispute resolution, and managed agency negotiations. Responsibilities included: Environmental; Chemical; Food and Drug; Pesticides; Occupational Safety and Health; Transportation; Real Estate; Consumer Product Safety regulations. Managed global Superfund/site remediation program.

BRIGGS and MORGAN, PA , Minneapolis, Minnesota (2002-03)
Shareholder: Private Practice of Environmental Law. All facets of environmental law, EHS regulatory affairs, preventive counseling, dispute resolution, environmental and natural resource policy development, environmental security. Major Client: 3M.


3M, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, St. Paul, Minnesota (1979-02)
Assistant General Counsel for global environmental regulatory matters.
Accomplishments and Expertise:

• $50MM+ net from innovative cost recovery efforts.
• EHS due diligence in global M&A and real estate.
• Environmental, Safety and Health audit programs. 
• Water, air, waste, and recycling regulatory requirements. 
• Permits and negotiations, variances/appeals with administrative agencies. 
• Site remediation claims and litigation management.
  
• Council for radiation and Nuclear Regulatory Commission matters.
  
• Formal and informal client education.

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, Washington, D.C. (1977-79)
Multi-Regional Attorney: Litigation, claims, determinations, policy and regulations involving wastewater grants and contracts in the Atlanta and Chicago Regions.
Assistant Regional Counsel, Region V: Environmental, general legal issues, Chicago, Illinois (1975-77)
Legal Administrative Specialist, Region V, Enforcement Division (1973-75).

EDUCATION: 

• Master of Arts, Sociology (1972)
• Student Union Board of Directors 
• Bachelor of Arts (1971), Sociology/Political Science. Student Union Program Executive Committee