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Mark W. Schneider

Perkins Coie LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2003
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Energy Law...
  • Website:
    http://www.perkinscoie.com
  • Location:
    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
    Seattle, WA 98101-3099
"Mark Schneider is an experienced litigator and environmental lawyer who has done consistently excellent work on many matters we have worked on together over a period of about 15 years. He is especially good in the area of client relations."
"Mark brings a wealth of experience, outstanding skills, and a genuine interest in his clients. Consistently, he is responsive, cost effective, and meets or exceeds our expectations. He has built a very strong reputation within our company and, yet, he tackles every new issue (small or large) as if it was his first opportunity to make a good impression on a new client."

-Steve Secrist (Puget Sound Energy), Bellevue

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Lawyer Bio

Mark Schneider is a partner in Perkins Coie's Litigation and Environment, Energy & Resources practices and the Chair of the firm's national Energy and Environmental Litigation group. In over 20 years of legal practice, he has focused on environmental, energy, natural resources, and land use counseling and litigation. Mark's practice involves the full range of environmental, energy, and natural resource issues. He assists clients with permitting, compliance, and regulatory matters under federal and state laws, including the Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National and State Environmental Policy Acts. He also represents clients in a wide variety of environmental litigation matters, including CERCLA and state Superfund actions and multiparty allocation proceedings; natural resource damage claims; defense of project permits, licenses, and other governmental approvals; government enforcement actions; investigations and white collar defense; toxic tort; insurance recovery; and citizen suits. Additionally, he assists clients with corporate and real estate transactions, due diligence investigations, brownfields redevelopment, audits, environmental management systems, and climate change issues.
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Education:

  • Dartmouth College, BA, graduated 1979

Bar Admissions:

  • Washington, Washington State Bar Association

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Litigation - Environmental, Seattle (2017)
  • Environmental Law, Seattle (2016)
  • Natural Resources Law, Seattle (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Natural Resources Law
 

Awards:

  • Named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Seattle Natural Resources Law Lawyer of the Year
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation; Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental; Natural Resources Law, 2003 - 2012
  • Listed in Corporate Counsel Edition of "Super Lawyers," 2009
  • Listed in Lawdragon magazine as one of the "500 leading lawyers in the United States," 2006
  • Listed as a Top Lawyer in Mergers & Acquisitions by Washington CEO/Avvo
  • Listed in Chambers USA, “America’s Leading Environment and Natural Resources Lawyers," 2005 - 2013
  • Listed in Washington Law & Politics, "Washington's Super Lawyers," 2001 - 2013

Federal Clerkships:

  • United States Court of Appeals
 

Lawyer Client Comments

"Mark Schneider is an experienced litigator and environmental lawyer who has done consistently excellent work on many matters we have worked on together over a period of about 15 years. He is especially good in the area of client relations."

"Mark brings a wealth of experience, outstanding skills, and a genuine interest in his clients. Consistently, he is responsive, cost effective, and meets or exceeds our expectations. He has built a very strong reputation within our company and, yet, he tackles every new issue (small or large) as if it was his first opportunity to make a good impression on a new client."

Steve Secrist, Puget Sound Energy, Bellevue

Firm Details

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Perkins Coie LLP
http://www.perkinscoie.com
 
Headquarters
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
Seattle, WA 98101-3099
(206) 359.8000
19 Office Locations
in 3 Countries

China

China

Beijing, China

Unit 2518-2521, South Office Tower

Beijing Kerry Center

One Guang Hua Road

Chao Yang District

Beijing 100020

China

86 10 6561 8188

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Shanghai, China

Hang Seng Bank Tower, 16F

1000 Lujiazui Ring Road

Pudong New Area

Shanghai 200120

China

86 21 6841 1188

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Taiwan

Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei 101 Tower

Suite F, 45th Floor

No. 7, Sec. 5, Xinyi Road

Taipei 11049

Taiwan

886 2 8101 2031

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United States

United States

Alaska

Alaska

Anchorage, AK

1029 West Third Avenue, Suite 300

Anchorage, AK 99501-1981

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(907) 279.8561

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Arizona

Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000

Phoenix, AZ 85012-2788

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(602) 351.8000

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California

California

Los Angeles, CA

1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700

Los Angeles, CA 90067-1721

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(310) 788.9900

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Palo Alto, CA

3150 Porter Drive

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212

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(650) 838.4300

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San Diego, CA

11988 El Camino Real, Suite 350

San Diego, CA 92130-2594

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(858) 720.5700

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San Francisco, CA

505 Howard Street, Suite 1000

San Francisco, CA 94105

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(415) 344.7000

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Colorado

Colorado

Denver, CO

1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400

Denver, CO 80202-5255

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(303) 291.2300

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

700 Thirteenth Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20005-3960

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(202) 654.6200

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Idaho

Idaho

Boise, ID

1111 West Jefferson Street, Suite 500

Boise, ID 83702-5391

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(208) 343.3434

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Illinois

Illinois

Chicago, IL

131 South Dearborn Street, Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60603-5559

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(312) 324.8400

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New York

New York

New York, NY

30 Rockefeller Plaza, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10112-0085

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(212) 262.6900

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Oregon

Oregon

Portland, OR

1120 Northwest Couch Street, 10th Floor

Portland, OR 97209-4128

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(503) 727.2000

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Texas

Texas

Dallas, TX

500 North Akard Street, Suite 3300

Dallas, TX 75201-3347

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(214) 965.7700

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Washington

Washington

Bellevue, WA

The PSE Building, Suite 700

10885 Northeast Fourth Street

Bellevue, WA 98004-5579

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(425) 635.1400

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Madison, WI

One East Main Street, Suite 201

Madison, WI 53703-5118

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(608) 663.7460

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Lawyer Case History

Key Tronic Corp. v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.  Represented Key Tronic at trial, on appeal, and in U.S. Supreme Court in action defining recovery of attorneys' fees under CERCLA. 766 F. Supp. 865 (E.D. Wash. 1991), rev'd, 984 F. 2d 1025 (9th Cir. 1993), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 511 U.S. 809 (1994)

Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance v. United States Army Corps of Engineers and Puget Sound Energy Inc

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.  Represented defendant-intervenor in challenge to Clean Water Act permit for hydroelectric project.  Won dismissal of lawsuit and affirmance of judgment on appeal. 2011 WL 1215605 (W.D. Wash.), aff’d, 683 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2012)

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Licensing and successful defense of challenge to FERC license for operation of hydroelectric project. 545 F.3d 1207 (9th Cir. 2008)

Boeing Co. v. Cascade Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.  Recovered past environmental response costs and future costs in CERCLA contribution action against neighboring landowner. 920 F. Supp. 1121 (D. Or. 1996), aff'd, 207 F.3d 1177 (9th Cir. 2000)

United States v. Dawn Mining Co.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.  Defended former mine operator in CERCLA action concerning former mining site in which former operator established liability of United States. 504 F. Supp. 2d 1050 (E.D. Wash. 2007)
 
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