ALLAN B. BAKALIAN

Phone:  425.454.3374
Fax: 425.454.0087
Cell:  425.985.6527 
Email: abakalian@hansonbaker.com
Legal Assistant: Cathy Anderson – canderson@hansonbaker.com

PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE

• Land Use and Environmental
             Contaminated Property Transactions
             Eminent Domain
             Environmental Insurance Coverage
             Environmental Litigation and Appeals
             Hazardous Waste Management, Enforcement and Compliance
             Land Use, SEPA, GMA and Project Development
             Storm Water, Wetlands and Water Resources
             Superfund Site Clean Up
• Real Estate

Allan’s practice focuses on environmental matters, real estate and land use, regulatory compliance, hazardous waste clean up, natural resource protection and environmental litigation.  He has practiced environmental law for over twenty years in the public and private sectors.  Allan was an Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle, Senior Corporate Counsel for Univar USA, a multi-national corporation, and has been advising and representing clients in private practice since 2001.  He has counseled and successfully represented individuals and businesses in numerous environmental, land use, enforcement, permitting and real estate matters and disputes, administrative appeals and litigation. 

EDUCATION

J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 1983

Honors and Certificate in Environmental Law

B.A., St. Lawrence University, cum laude, 1980

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Successful Oregon Supreme Court appeal and reversal of a $126,500 civil penalty assessed by the Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality.
  
• Successful Pro Bono representation of Save a Valuable Environment in a Shorelines Appeal regarding the commercial development of wetlands along North Creek in Bothell, WA, which subsequently led to the siting and construction of the University of Washington Cascadia College campus on the upland portion of the site with mitigation enhancements for salmon and the wetlands.

ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS

Allan is a frequent speaker on environmental, real estate and natural resource topics.  His most recent presentations have been on Stormwater compliance, the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and private contribution claims under MTCA and CERCLA.

Speaker: SEPA: State Environmental Policy Act in Washington, Lorman Education Services
Seattle, August 21, 2008.  For more information:  http://www.lorman.com/seminars/seminar_details.php?pid=187690

Tacoma, August 26, 2008.  For more information:  http://www.lorman.com/seminars/seminar_details.php?pid=187691

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

East King County Bar Association, Member
King County Bar Association, Member
Washington State Bar Association, Member
Oregon Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Member

BAR / COURT ADMISSIONS

Admitted to Washington, 1984
Admitted to Oregon, 1985
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Western Districts of Washington, District of Oregon
Admitted to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

PERSONAL

Allan enjoys skiing, camping and traveling with his family.  He has coached youth soccer and is active in a number of non-profit environmental organizations.