Since 1982, Jon has been exclusively involved in resolving the environmental problems of real estate developers, landowners, lenders, manufacturers, mining companies and others under federal, state and local environmental programs.

He has handled the environmental aspects of over 150 large commercial, industrial and residential real estate developments located throughout the United States. This work includes resolving problems related to property acquisition, financing and sale, contamination, wetlands, endangered species, human health, archaeological and historic resources, agency requirements, and environmental insurance.

Jon also has significant experience counseling and defending clients in environmental enforcement actions at the federal, state and local levels, and has testified as an environmental law expert. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in California and Arizona, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

From 1982 through 1989, he was an Enforcement Counsel for the U.S. EPA and an Assistant Attorney General with the State of Arizona. He is the author of a number of professional articles regarding environmental law topics and is a regular speaker at professional environmental conferences.

Jon was recognized in American Lawyer’s The San Francisco Recorder in November 2003 as the San Francisco Bay Area’s “go to” lawyer for contaminated property redevelopments. He was also recognized in the 2003 edition of Outstanding Lawyers of America listing, in the 2000 edition of Who’s Who in American Law, and as an AV-rated (highest) attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. He was a member of the State Bar of California Environmental law Section Executive Committee, 2001-04, and Chair of the San Francisco Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section in 1999 and 2000.

INDUSTRY SECTORS:

• Banks
• Cities
• Commercial Real Estate Developers
• Construction Materials Suppliers
• Environmental Consultants
• Government Agencies
• Health Care
• Hotels
• Industrial Real Estate Developers
• Insurance Companies
• Landfills
• Landlords
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Multifamily Real Estate Developers
• Office Building Owners
• Ports
• Residential Real Estate Developers
• Retailers
• Schools
• Shopping Center Owners
• Tenants

CASE STUDIES:

• 130 acre Landfill site as $400 million Business Park, Brisbane and South San Francisco, CA
• 483 acre Agricultural Site to Distribution Center, Stockton, CA
• Agricultural Site to Single Family Housing, Brentwood CA
• BFI Landfill Case
• Camp Parks Army Base to Multiple Office Mid-Rises, Dublin, CA
• Cleanup of former Tronox defense site, Henderson, NV
• Condominium Development Site, Sunnyvale, CA
• Dairy Sites to Industrial, Chino, CA
• Defense Plant to Business Park, Santa Clarita, CA
• Defense Plant to Upscale Housing, Fullerton, CA
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Cupertino, CA
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Federal Way, WA
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Las Vegas, NV
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Medford Oregon
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Paramount, CA
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Reno, NV
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Silverdale, WA
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Truckee, CA
• Dry Cleaner Cleanup, Tustin, CA
• Electrical Resistive Heating Cleanup Contract, San Diego, CA
• Electronics Manufacturing Plant, to mixed use (retail, apartment and condominium), Irvine, CA
• Electronics Manufacturing Site to $300 million Hospital, San Carlos, CA
• Emeryville Redevelopment Agency v. Robinson, et al.
• Federal Superfund Site to Multi-Family Housing, Sunnyvale, CA
• Federal Superfund Site to Single Family Housing, Scotts Valley, CA
• Former Sewage Sludge to Housing Development, Riverside County, CA
• Gas Station Cleanup, Anaheim CA
• Gas Station Cleanup, Fullerton, CA
• Gas Station Cleanup, Medford, CA
• Gas Station Cleanup, Oakland, CA
• Gas Station Cleanup, Pomona, CA
• In Re Petition of Meridian Gold Corporation
• Maher Parcels, San Francisco, CA
• Manufacturing Plant, El Cajon, CA
• Newspaper Printing Plant to $100M High Rise Office Tower, San Jose, CA
• Oil Field Site to $300 Million Upscale Housing Development, Santa Barbara, CA
• Oil Field Site to Upscale Housing Development, Orange County CA
• Pellegrini v. Technichem, et al.
• People of the State of California v. Kyocera America, Inc.
• Sherron Teal v. Borg-Warner Corporation, et al.
• Shopping Center Acquisitions
• State Superfund Site to $120 million Office Building Complex, St. Paul, MN
• Steel Mill to Big Box Center, Emeryville, CA
• Steel Products Warehouse to $92 million Apartments, Emeryville, CA
• TEAM Enterprises, Inc. v. Century Centers, LTD, et al
• Television Manufacturing Plant to $80 million Business Park, Melrose Park, IL
• Union Station to $200 million High Rise Office Towers, Seattle, WA
• United States v. Bradley Mining Company
• Water Heater Manufacturing Plant to Twin Office Mid-Rise, Westlake, Village, CA
• Schutte & Koerting, Inc. v. United National Insurance Company
• Schutte & Koerting, Inc. v. California Regional Water Quality Control Board for San Diego Region