Rolf R. von Oppenfeld

Environmental, Mediation
2633 East Indian School Road, Suite 400
Phoenix, Arizona 85016


Environmental

Admitted

1982, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, Federal Claims Court; 1998, Texas

Law School

George Washington University, J.D., with highest honors, 1982

Law School Graduation Year

1982

College

Lawrence University, B.A., cum laude, 1978; American University, B.S., Chemistry/Biology, 1979

Memberships

Maricopa County and American (Member: Natural Resources Section; Public Contracts Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona (Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section); State Bar of Texas; Air & Waste Management Association; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute.

Biographical

Order of the Coif. Member, Mortar Board. Recipient, U.S. Law Week Award, George Washington University, 1982. Lead Author: Arizona Environmental Law Handbook, Govt. Inst., 1997, 1999; Co-Author and Section Editor, Arizona Environmental Law Manual (1995, 1999 & 2002 ed., publ. State Bar of Az.) Chapters on: Environmental Audits, Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization; Common Law Claims in Citizen Environmental Lawsuits. Co-Author: Realigning The Firm's Compensation System to Changing Market Forces, Law Governance Review (1996). Author: Preparing for a Clean Water Inspection, Published in Environmental Management Review, (Vol. 41, 1996). Author: Chapter entitled Environmental Science in the Legal System, for the book Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health & Technology, publ. 2000, McGraw Hill; Permit Exemption Strategies for Onsite Waste Processing Facilities, Published by Business and Legal Reports, Inc. in Environmental Compliance, September 1998. Co-Author: Through the Looking Glass: Regional Haze and Visibility Considerations for Industry, 31 Environmental Law Reporter 10957 (2001); A Primer on New Source Review and Strategies for Success, 32 Environmental Law Reporter 11091 (2002). Contributing Editor, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section (ENRLS) Newsletters, 1995—. Author: EPCRA Chapter in Govt. Inst. Envtl. Handbook, Vol. 15, 1999. Multimedia Exposure Modeling in the Courtroom, ELR April, 1999; The Common Law Impetus for Advanced Control of Air Toxics, ELR Jan., 1999; Legal Requirements for Proving the Fugitive VOC's Emissions Defense to an Alleged PSD Permit Violation, BNA Envir. Rptr., Dec. 11, 1998; Defeating Environmental Civil Penalty Claims Through the Use of the Federal Stature of Limitations Defense, Chemical Waste Lit. Rptr. Nov., 1998; Strategies for Limiting Engineers' Potential Liability for Indoor Air Quality Problems. Journal of the A&WMA, Oct., 1998; Minimizing the Risks Created by an Emissions Inventory, Published in the A&

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