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Thomas Alan Bloomfield
The Gallagher Law Group, P.C.
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Thomas A. Bloomfield is an experienced environmental attorney, negotiator and trained mediator. Tom is adept at understanding technical and financial issues and efficiently using that information to best represent the legal interests of his clients and, as a neutral, to help parties resolve disputes. He is skilled at bringing together parties with diverse interests to solve complex problems in a manner that best achieves the objectives of the stakeholders and avoids unnecessary litigation and protracted disagreements. Throughout his career, Tom has represented private businesses, governmental entities, individuals and non-profit organizations.
Practice Areas
- Environmental Law
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
Additional Practice Areas
- Mining Law
- Climate Change
- Mediation
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
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- Colorado
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- 9th Circuit
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- D.C. Circuit
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Senior Attorney
- The Gallagher Law Group, P.C.
- Current
Education
- Harvard Law School
- - present
- Honors: Visiting Scholar
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- UCLA School of Law
- Law Degree (1992)
- Honors: Order of the Coif
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- Dartmouth College
- B.A. (1988)
- Honors: Cum laude
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Awards
- AV Preeminent Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- National Superfund Team of the Year
- US EPA
- For the Operating Industries, Inc. ("OII"), Site
- Gold Medal, Individual, Exceptional Service
- US EPA
- EPA Administrator (Iron Mountain Mine settlement)
- Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Performance and Invaluable Assistance In Support of the Activities of the Environment and Natural Resources Division
- United States Department of Justice
- Federal Employee of the Year
- US EPA
- Civil Law Enforcement Category, Federal Executive Board (Bay Area)
Professional Associations
- Dartmouth Association of the Rockies
- Trustee
- - Current
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- The Trust for Land Restoration
- Advisor to the Board
- - Current
- Activities: Tom has advised a historic Colorado mining town concerning a voluntary cleanup program for mine waste. The negotiations involve the state regulatory agency and a large mining company, and the parties are working to create an innovative approach to manage historic contamination throughout the town in a cost effective manner that protects public health and the environment.
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Activities: Member of the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
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- Colorado Bar Association
- Member
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- California State Bar # 163533
- Member
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Policy Guidance for Identifying and Effectively Managing Perpetual Environmental Impacts from New Hardrock Mines
- Environmental Science & Policy, 13 (2010) 558-566
- The Topsy Turvey World of CERCLA – Unknown Law – Uncertain Science
- 37th American Bar Association Annual Conference on Environmental Law, Keystone, CO March 2008
- Environmental Risks in the Global Economy
- Corporate Counsel Quarterly, April 1995, at 72-73A
- Rhetoric or Reality: The Impact of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Federal and State Environmental Laws
- 35 Santa Clara L. Rev. 1143-70 (1995)
- Trade and the Environment: The Next Wave of Environmental Issues for Latin American Business
- Latin American Law and Bus. Rep., November 1993, at 1-2, 8.
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