He has worked on significant regulatory reform efforts involving state programs in hazardous waste management, contaminated sites, ESA-related permitting issues and changes to the federal Superfund program. He is the coauthor of major brownfields-related amendments to MTCA. Prior to joining Stoel Rives Tom’s career has included time as Senior Port Counsel at the Port of Seattle; assistant professor at Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (Georgia); research biologist at the Washington State Game Department, Applied Ecology Division; and research biologist at Icthyological Associates in Delaware.