Author Description
Brien Flanagan is an associate in Schwabe’s Portland office. Mr. Flanagan focuses his practice on environmental and natural resources law as well as commercial litigation. He has litigated cases involving the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, Oregon Superfund, Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act and Washington’s State Environmental Policy Act. Recently, Mr. Flanagan won a multimillion dollar summary judgment award for insurance coverage of environmental liabilities. He regularly consults on environmental risk and liability issues for mergers and acquisitions, real estate, energy, and natural resources transactions. His efforts include conducting due diligence investigations and risk analysis for industrial property purchases, leases and natural resources development projects, as well as analyzing workplace environmental safety and liability issues and assisting with permitting issues. Mr. Flanagan lends a significant portion of his time and efforts to pro bono legal work through Schwabe’s legal clinic, a low-income legal clinic which serves the Hispanic population in east Multnomah County.
