Glenn Klein manages the firm's environmental and land use practice and specializes in those areas. After clerking for a federal judge, Glenn served as an Honors Attorney and then Assistant Attorney General with the Oregon Department of Justice. He currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Eugene and as general counsel for the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority. He is a past-Chair of the Environmental/Land Use Section of the Lane County Bar Association, and past president of the Oregon City Attorneys Association.

Memberships/Affiliations

Glenn is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Municipal Law and Administrative Law. He was also selected as an Oregon Super Lawyer for Environmental Law in Oregon Super Lawyers magazine in November 2006, 2007 and 2008. He has received an AV® rating by the Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory. He is admitted to the Oregon State Bar and is a member of the American Bar Association, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the Lane County Bar Association and the Oregon City Attorneys Association. Glenn has been appointed to the Law-Sustainability Study Task Force as a representative from the Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resource section. Glenn also speaks regularly on matters pertaining to Measure 37.

Education

A graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law, Glenn completed programs in environmental and natural resources law, and ocean and coastal law. He also obtained masters and bachelor degrees from environmental policy and environmental science programs.

PRESENTATIONS

"Ethics: Unique Dilemmas for the Local Government Attorney," League of Oregon Cities 81st Annual Conference (September 2006)

"Measure 37," International Municipal Lawyers Association 71st Annual Conference (September 2006)

"Measure 37," League of Oregon Cities Conference (November 10, 11 2005)

"Measure 37," American Public Works Association Fall Conference (October 11, 2005)

"Debriefing the Legislative Attempts," Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation Symposium (October 7, 2005)

"Measure 37: The Devil is in the Details," Oregon City Attorneys Association Annual Continuing Legal Education Program (May 6-7, 2005)

"Ballot Measure 37," Oregon Law Institute Measure 37 Summit in cooperation with Miller Nash LLP (January 5, 2005)

Ballot Measure 37 Workshop, Environmental Law Education Center (December 1, 2004)

"Measure 37," League of Oregon Cities Annual Conference (November 2004)

"Municipal Authority," 5th Annual Oregon Government Law Seminar (October 2004)

"Government Fundamentals for Elected Officials," Eugene, OR (September 24, 2004)

"From Nuts and Bolts to New Frontiers," Oregon Planning Institute (September 2004)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Author: "Measure 37: Some Preliminary Thoughts for Implementation by Cities" (November 2004)

Author: “Site Assessments,” Revision of the Oregon Environmental Law Handbook, Oregon Law Institute (2002)

Co-author: “Legislation and Governing Body Proceedings,” Government Law Handbook Update, Oregon Law Institute

Co-author: “Goals 1 and 2: The Process Goals,” OSB CLE Land Use Supplement, Oregon Law Institute (2000)

Author: “The Endangered Species Act & The Salmon Listings” Government Perspectives, OSB Section on Government Law (October 1999)

Author: “A Primer on the Endangered Species Act and the Salmon Listings,” City of Eugene’s website

Author: “DEQ Pre-Purchaser Agreement Enables City to Acquire a Former Mill Site,” and “Case Note: Knee Deep Cattle Company v. Bindana, Federal District Court Holds Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Barred Based on DEQ Enforcement,” Oregon Environmental & Natural Resources Law News, Oregon State Bar (January 1996)

Author: “Environmental Audits and Site Assessments,” 1994 Supplement to Environmental Law for Oregon Practitioners, Oregon Law Institute

Co-author (with Michael Newman): “Living with Ballot Measure 5: Maximizing Revenues and Minimizing Risks Article XI, Section 11b: A Road Map for Cities”

Co-author: “Public Contract Law,” Oregon Local Government Law, Oregon Law Institute (May 1991)