Jeffery W. Ring

Practice Group(s): Environmental Law and Litigation

Bateman Seidel Miner Blomgren Chellis & Gram, PC
Stanley M. Samuels, Senior Counsel

Education & Credentials
J.D., University of Oregon School of Law, 1976

Bar Admissions
Oregon, Washington, Idaho

Mr. Ring brings to the firm over 30 years of experience in environmental and natural resources law, ocean law, regulatory compliance, water rights, mining law, as well as a broad range of major case litigation experience in the areas of general commercial law, civil rights, environmental law, real property, land use and natural resources. During the course of his career, Mr. Ring has represented both private and public entities before federal, state and local regulatory authorities, boards, hearing officers and administrative judges. That work, together with his work in federal and state courtrooms throughout the United States, has involved all environmental media, health and safety concerns, energy generation, environmental management, public and private infrastructure construction, new manufacturing facility permitting, municipal drinking water and sewage, marine terminal and airport construction, public records and meetings, public official and employee ethics, real estate disputes, public and private housing, Superfund, air, water and waste permitting, environmental professional liability, environmental disclosure requirements, toxic torts, and criminal environmental defense. Mr. Ring focuses on bringing innovative, cost-effective and cost-reducing counseling and compliance strategies to the regulated community.

A significant component of Mr. Ring’s practice involves work as an integrated component of client teams that include public entity staffs and managers, industry associations, private client managers and employees, technical consultants and experts, and elected officials. Mr. Ring’s work has included counseling, litigation, federal and state regulatory work and public entity and private company compliance work in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Montana, Alaska, Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina and litigation in those and a number of other states and U.S. territories.

Mr. Ring’s past experience in the private sector includes ten years as a partner in the San Francisco headquartered firm of Heller Ehrman; and five years as a partner in the Seattle headquartered firm of Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates) and five years in-house with the Port of Portland, Oregon.. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Ring was employed by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s offices in Boise and Miami as a senior trial lawyer representing the United States and a number of federal departments, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of Defense, Commerce, State and Housing and Urban Development. While with the Justice Department, Mr. Ring was a senior instructor with the Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, teaching federal lawyers trial practice skills, and at the FBI Academy teaching federal agents environmental investigation techniques. Since entering private practice, Mr. Ring has been a frequent instructor and lecturer at seminars as well as law and graduate schools.

COURT ADMISSIONS

• U.S. District Court for the Districts of Idaho, Oregon, Eastern Washington, Western Washington, Southern Florida, Central California, Northern California
• Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh and District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court