Mr. Parkinson's practice focuses on environmental law, including real estate transactions involving contaminated properties, cleanup and cost recovery actions under state and federal superfund law, national resource damages claims, and stormwater and wetlands issues. Mr. Parkinson is Chairman of the American Bar Association Committee on Superfund and National Resource Damages and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of General Contractors of Washington. He has been named to the "League of Justice" by Washington CEO Magazine as one of "Washington's Most Amazing Attorneys" and is listed as a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics Magazine. He graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and clerked for the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Education:
Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude (1991)
Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; M. Phil., (1988), M.A., (1986)
- National Graduate Fellowship
- Herbert H. Lehman Graduate Fellowship
Whitman College, B.A., magna cum laude (1984)
Admissions:
- State and Federal Courts of Washington
Professional Associations/Recognition:
- Washington State Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
- Top Washington Attorney - Washington CEO Magazine
- “Super Lawyer” — Washington Law & Politics
- Lawyers Helping Hungry Children (former Chair)
Articles and Seminars:
- Author, 2003 Washington Real Property Deskbook, Supplement on Natural Resource Damages
- Co-author, 2003 Washington Real Property Deskbook, Supplement on the State Superfund Law
- Various CLE papers on cleanups under State and Federal law and environmental issues in real estate transactions, commercial leases, and construction.
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