Thomas Alan Bloomfield

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.

• Mining Law
• Climate Change
• Mediation

• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Invoice Agreements

California

Since 1993

Colorado

Since 2003

9th Circuit

Since 2007

D.C. Circuit

Since 2004

Senior Attorney

The Gallagher Law Group, P.C.

Current

Harvard Law School

1991 - present

Honors: Visiting Scholar

UCLA School of Law

Law Degree (1992)

Honors: Order of the Coif

Dartmouth College

B.A. (1988)

Honors: Cum laude

AV Preeminent Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

2014

National Superfund Team of the Year

US EPA

2002

For the Operating Industries, Inc. ("OII"), Site

Gold Medal, Individual, Exceptional Service

US EPA

2001

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

2001

Federal Employee of the Year

US EPA

2001

Civil Law Enforcement Category, Federal Executive Board (Bay Area)

Dartmouth Association of the Rockies

Trustee

2014 - Current

The Trust for Land Restoration

Advisor to the Board

2008 - 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.

American Bar Association

Member

2003 - Current

Activities: Member of the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources and the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section

Colorado Bar Association

Member

2003 - Current

California State Bar  # 163533

Member

1993 - Current

Policy Guidance for Identifying and Effectively Managing Perpetual Environmental Impacts from New Hardrock Mines

Environmental Science & Policy, 13 (2010) 558-566

2010

The Topsy Turvey World of CERCLA – Unknown Law – Uncertain Science

37th American Bar Association Annual Conference on Environmental Law, Keystone, CO March 2008

2008

Environmental Risks in the Global Economy

Corporate Counsel Quarterly, April 1995, at 72-73A

1995

Rhetoric or Reality: The Impact of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Federal and State Environmental Laws

35 Santa Clara L. Rev. 1143-70 (1995)

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.

1993