Northwest

About Us

Print this page Email this page Share on Facebook

Home > About Us > Offices & Staff > Offices > Northwest

Northwest Office

Northwest: About Our Work

Lush evergreen forests and salmon streams mingle with thriving population centers in the Pacific Northwest. The region boasts many national parks and forests, along with major rivers that serve as economic lifelines to local communities. Our Northwest office safeguards the natural resources of the region by limiting logging in its ancient forests and restoring its iconic salmon runs. We also work to protect communities in the Northwest from pesticide exposure and air and water pollution.

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1987
Number of staff: 13
Appeals court: Ninth Circuit

Office Information

705 Second Avenue, Suite 203
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 343-7340
nwoffice @earthjustice.org

Vice President for Litigation
Patti Goldman

Managing Attorney
Todd True

Attorneys
Kristen Boyles
Janette Brimmer
Amanda Goodin
Jan Hasselman
Steve Mashuda

Legal Assistants
Catherine Hamborg

Systems Administrator
Lisa Lange

Office Manager/Litigation Assistant
Cheryl McEvoy

Press Secretary
John McManus

See bar admissions of our legal staff

Office Spotlight

The Forest and the Trees
By the 1980s, the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest were falling at a breathtaking rate and would have disappeared altogether in not many more years. A lawsuit to protect the northern spotted owl -- followed by litigation to force the federal agencies to follow the law -- cut the rate of logging dramatically. Tom Turner explains.
Read more.

Recent Victories

Endangered Bird Trumps Chainsaws
Old growth forest habitat protected -- for now
Updated: July 3, 2008

Kalama Coal Plant Kiboshed
Permit for dirty coal plant in Washington State denied
Updated: February 20, 2008

Northwest Salmon Protections Saved
Federal efforts to weaken regulations governing logging on steep, landslide-prone hillsides successfully rebuffed
Updated: May 1, 2008

View all Northwest victories

Recent News

Washington State Approves Coal Plant Pollution
Conservation groups today objected to a proposal by the state of Washington to allow a dirty old coal plant to skirt...

EPA Takes First Step in Addressing Risk Posed by Toxic Pesticide Drift
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a first step today in addressing the harmful effects of pesticide...

Conservation Advocates Seek EPA’s Help to Clean Up Washington Coal Plant
Conservation and energy groups today filed a petition with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the...

View all Northwest news

Recent Cases

Stockwater Exemption
On June 30, 2009, Earthjustice's Seattle office filed suit in state court in Washington, on behalf of third and fourth...

Centralia Coal Plant Permit
In the fight against coal plants, most progress by the environmental community in recent years has been to stop new plants...

Klamath River: Salmon Protection
Earthjustice challenges long-term irrigation plan in midst of largest fishkill recorded in the Pacific Northwest.

View all Northwest cases

Earthjustice: Because the earth needs a good lawyer