J. Tom Boer

e-mail: jtb@bcltlaw.com

Tom Boer is an associate at Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP.  His practice focuses on environmental litigation and compliance counseling under both federal and state environmental statutes, as well as commercial and other litigation matters.

Before entering private practice, Tom spent seven years as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice and two and a half years as an attorney with the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of General Counsel. As an attorney with the Department of Justice, Tom prosecuted cases on behalf of the United States pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Oil Pollution Act, and the Park System Resource Protection Act. During his time with the government, Tom was recognized with a number of awards for his service, including the EPA Administrator’s Exceptional Service Gold Medal and three DOJ Special Commendations.

Tom’s professional expertise includes:

  • Representing clients in the defense and prosecution of cost recovery claims brought under CERCLA and state law

  • Representing clients in government enforcement actions arising out of state and federal environmental and land use statutes, including RCRA, the federal Clean Water Act, the federal Clean Air Act, and the Polanco Redevelopment Act

  • Defending administrative environmental enforcement proceedings

  • Counseling clients regarding compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws, including the federal Clean Water Act, the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, FIFRA, and state and federal solid waste laws and regulations

  • Counseling clients regarding acquisition, cleanup, sale and leasing of brownfields and contaminated properties

  • Counseling clients in connection with regulatory information requests brought pursuant to CERCLA, the Clean Air Act, and state law

  • Representing clients in toxic tort and common law environmental actions

  • Negotiating consent decrees, cleanup orders, and other administrative agreements

  • Counseling clients in connection with environmental regulatory rulemaking and permitting processes

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1998
    • Executive Articles Editor, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, 1997-98
    • Member, Moot Court Board, 1998; Quarter Finalist, Moot Court Competition, 1997 
  • Occidental College, B.A., Public Policy/Environmental Studies, cum laude, 1995
    • Class of 1995 Commencement Speaker

     

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