Jessica K. Ferrell
Jessica practices environmental and natural resource litigation. She represents public and private clients in cases arising under the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, CERCLA, MTCA, and other federal, state and local environmental laws. She also writes and speaks frequently on marine and endangered species issues.
Representative cases include:
- Represents fishing and processing companies in challenge to National Marine Fisheries Service allocations for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod fishery under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
- Represents New Mexico municipality and county in CERCLA cleanup.
- Represents Washington municipality in CERCLA and MTCA cost recovery and contribution action to recover remediation costs for wellfield contaminated by adjacent military base. Prosecuted claims against the military and its defense contractors, helped obtain insurance coverage to cover cleanup costs, and helped obtain order requiring federal government to allow local governments to help structure the cleanup. 416 F.Supp.2d 1015 (E.D. Wash. 2005).
- Successfully appealed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of Alaska landowners’ permit application under the Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act.
- Represents refining company in large environmental bankruptcy case dealing with issues arising under the Bankruptcy Code and CERCLA.
- Advises Washington recycling and composting company on compliance with federal, state and local environmental laws.
- Prosecuted and defended claims in several matters to recover environmental cleanup costs under CERCLA and MTCA. Representative cases involved former military bases, National Guard facilities, airports, landfills, smelters, refineries, gas stations, dry cleaners, and salvage and recycling facilities.