Attorneys at Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP

J. Tom Boer

Tom Boer is an environmental associate with 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.

Tom’s professional expertise includes:

Prosecution and defense of cost recovery claims under CERCLA and state law
Negotiating consent decrees, cleanup orders, and other administrative agreements
Prosecution of claims under federal environmental law, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and the Oil Pollution Act
Environmental regulatory rulemaking process

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