Claudia M. Newman - Seattle, WA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994
    J.D.
    Honors: Order of the Barrister

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1988
    B.A.
    Major: Mathematics and Philosophy

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Bricklin & Gendler, LLP, Associate Attorney

Published Works

Articles

• City of Chicago v. Environmental Defense Fund: Searching for Plain Meaning in Unambiguous Ambiguity, (Co-author with Richard J. Lazarus), 4 N.Y.U. Envtl. L. J., 1995
  

Bar Admissions

• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• Washington
• Missouri

Other Affiliations

• Washington Conservation Voters -- King County Chapter, 1996 - 2003 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Washington Conservation Voters -- King County Chapter, 1997 - 1999 (Co-Chair)
• Joint Legislative Task Force on Energy Facility Siting, 2000 - Present (Member)
• Code Enforcement Task Force for King County Council, 1997 - Present (Member)
• Referendum 48/No on "164", 1995 (Legal Committee)
• Northwest Fund for the Environment, 2011 - 2019 (Board of Trustees)
• Washington Environmental Council, 2008 - 2014 (Board of Directors)
• Cascadia Green Building Council, 2007 - 2010 (Board of Directors)
• WSBA ADR/ELUL Land Use and Environmental Mediation Committee, 2012 - Present (Member)
• Washington State Dept. of Ecology SEPA Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 2012 - 2013 (Member)