Experience

Greg Corbin is a partner of the firm in the Resources, Development & Environment practice group and a co-leader of the firm's Forest Products Industry practice. Greg represents forest products industry clients in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including all aspects of timberland sales and acquisitions, 1031 exchanges, easements and other real property issues, timber harvest and timberland management contractual matters, log export restrictions, regulatory compliance and permitting, and many of the day-to-day operational issues faced by the forest products industry. Greg also represents clients in major project permitting efforts and natural resource-related litigation, with a special emphasis on timberlands, federal public lands, fish and wildlife, water rights, and land use and development issues. His regulatory experience includes permitting and compliance issues under the National Forest Management Act, Oregon and Washington Forest Practices Acts, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and state water and land use laws. Greg holds a masters of forest science degree, is a professional member of the Society of American Foresters and an active member of many forestry trade associations. He also frequently writes and speaks on issues affecting the forest products industry, water rights, and endangered species issues.

Judicial clerk to the Honorable Susan M. Leeson, Oregon Supreme Court, 1999-2001; summer associate, Stoel Rives LLP, 1999; judicial externship with the Honorable Robert E. Jones, U.S. District Court, 1998-1999; associate editor, Environmental Law; law clerk, Oregon Department of Justice Appellate Division and Natural Resources Section of General Counsel Division, 1997-1999. Greg was a research scientist before attending law school. His research included field and laboratory investigations of forest ecology and primate demography and behavioral ecology, as well as field and laboratory investigations of reproductive physiology and technology.

Representative Work

Forest Products Industry Work

• Represented private timberland company in bid process, negotiation and sale of approximately 115,000 acres of timberland in Oregon, 2008.
• Counsel to consortium of landowners in litigation and administrative challenges concerning revisions to U.S. Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plans, 2008-2009.
• Counsel to forest industry trade group in protests and negotiations concerning U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service timber sales programs, 2006-2009.
• Represented public timber REIT in acquisition of approximately 179,000 acres of timberland in multiple Idaho counties, sale of approximately 25,000 acres in Arkansas, and other timberland real property matters in corporate reorganization, 2007-2008.
• Represented timberland and mill owner concerning real estate aspects of a $150 million secured loan facility, 2008.
• Represented private timber REIT in real property and timberland management aspects for a $1.0 billion secured loan facility, 2007-2008.
• Represented foreign asset management company in due diligence, financing, and acquisition of a public timberland REIT comprising over 650,000 acres of timberlands in Oregon and Washington and numerous mill and manufacturing facilities, 2006-2007.
• Represented private forest products company in sale of approximately 10,000 acres of timberland in Washington, 2006.
• Represented private timberland owner in sale of approximately 82,000 acres of timberlands in Washington, 2006.
• Negotiation of agreements with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and private landowners on behalf of non-profit land and water trust organization, 2005-2007.
• Represented private timberland owner in sale of approximately 147,000 acres of timberlands in Washington to multiple buyers, 2005.
• Represented private forest products company in multiple sales of approximately 130,000 acres of timberland in Northern California, 2004-2006.

Permitting & Compliance Work

• Counsel to multiple parties in administrative litigation seeking certification of water rights in the Klamath Basin General Stream Adjudication, 2001-2009.
• Counsel to non-profit association of landowners in negotiations with the Klamath Tribes and irrigation districts concerning the multiparty Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, 2007-2009.
• Counsel to mineral sands developer in acquiring permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Oregon's wetland fill-removal law, and ESA Section 7 consultation, 2007-2009.
• Counsel to destination golf course developer in acquiring permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Oregon's wetland fill-removal law, ESA Section 7 consultation, and land use approvals, 2007-2009.
• Counsel to wind energy developer in obtaining Section 404 Clean Water Act permit and associated Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation, 2006-2009.
• Counsel to municipal water utility concerning acquiring and transferring water rights, obtaining limited licenses, and obtaining an exemption from the Oregon Water Resources Commission's basin plan, 2005-2009.
• Represented landowner in negotiations with U.S. Forest Service concerning water rights and point of diversion transfer on National Forest land, 2007.
• Represented energy developer seeking a site certificate from the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council for a gas-fired power plant, 2004-2007.
• Represented landowners in multiple filings for compensation under Oregon Measure 37, 2005-2007.
• Represented landowner in opposition to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat designation under the Endangered Species Act, 2006.
• Represented landowner before Oregon Water Resources Department and Oregon Water Resources Commission in opposition to agreement affecting client's property, 2006-2007.
• Represented multiple wind energy developers seeking site certificates from the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to construct and operate commercial wind farms in Oregon, 2001-2006.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Professional Member, Society of American Foresters and Executive Committee Chair for Policy and Legislation, Portland Chapter
• Member, Oregon Forest Industries Council
• Member, American Forest Resources Council
• Member, Washington Forest Protection Association Legal Committee
• Member, American Bar Association (Forestry and Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Sections)
• Member, Oregon State Bar Association (Administrative Law and Environmental and Natural Resources Sections)

Presentations

• Co-chair and presenter, "What's a Tree Worth?: The Business of Forest Carbon," Stoel Rives LLP Seminar Series, Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters, Oct. 24, 2008
• Co-chair and presenter, "Pacific Northwest Timberlands: A Changing Industry," Feb. 28 & 29, 2008
• Co-chair and presenter, "Business Opportunities: Initiating Dialog Between the Forestry and Renewable Energy Industries," Stoel Rives LLP Seminar Series, World Forestry Center, Jun. 28, 2007
• "Measure 37's Impact on Forestry," various presentations, 2004-2005
• "Forestry and The Clean Water Act," Clean Water Act Conference, 2004
• "The Intersection of the ESA and Water Law," Oregon Water Law Conference, 2004
• "Section 7: Does the Process Still Work?", The Endangered Species Act Turns 30, 2003
• "The ESA and Wetlands Regulation", Wetlands Conference, 2003
• "Habitat Conservation Plans and the "No Surprise Rule" – The Present and Future of HCPs: With or Without "No Surprises," presented at the American Bar Association 34th Annual Conference on Environmental Law
• Presentation, "Oregon Water Law Primer," Oregon Water Law Conference, 2001

Civic Activities

• Pro bono representation of persons seeking asylum in the United States
• Member, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Technical Advisory Committee
• Mentor, law student Mentor Program of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College
• Mentor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
• Member, Yale Alumni Society of Oregon

Publications

• "Endangered Species Act Update," The Water Report Issue #12, Feb. 2005
• Co-author, "ESA Incidental Take Authorizations," Oregon Insider Issue #360, Jan. 2005
• Co-author, "ESA Incidental Take Authorizations," Oregon Insider Issue #360, Jan. 2005
• Co-author, "Forestry Industry Court Cases," Oregon Insider Issue #332, Nov. 2003
• "Regulatory Takings In Oregon," Oregon Insider Issue #331, Nov. 2003
• Co-author, "The ESA Today, Outlook," Oregon State Bar, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Winter 2002
• Co-author, "Scenic Resources & Project Development," Oregon Insider, Issue #308, Nov. 2002
• Co-author, "Odor and New Project Development," Oregon Insider, Issue #306, Oct. 2002
• Co-author, "Noise and New Project Development," Oregon Insider, Issue #305, Oct. 2002
• Co-author, "The Federal and Oregon Endangered Species Act," Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Oregon State Bar, 2002 & Supp.
• Co-author, "Law and Science in the Klamath Basin: Keeping Your Eye on The Law," Outlook, Oregon State Bar, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Spring 2002
• "Klamath Basin Update II: US v. Adair," Oregon Insider, Issue #292, Mar. 2002
• "Klamath Basin Update," Oregon Insider, Issue #290, Feb. 2002
• "A Case to Watch: Does Government Compliance with the ESA Take a Water Right?," 7 Big River News 5 (Northwest Water Law and Policy Project, summer 2001)
• Co-author, "Salmon and the Endangered Species Act: Lessons From the Columbia River Basin," 74 University of Washington Law Review 519, 1999
• "The Forest Service's Response to Biodiversity Science," 29 Environmental Law 377, 1999

Education

• Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, J.D., 1999, cum laude
  Natural Resource and Environmental Law Certificate
• Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, M.F.S., 1994
• Xavier University, B.S., 1990, cum laude, biology

Admissions

• Oregon
• U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

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