The Law Office of Peter D. Mohr
One SW Columbia Street, Suite 1110 - Portland, OR 97258

Oregon Environmental, Energy, and Water Law Attorney

The Law Office of Peter D. Mohr primarily advises clients in areas of environmental, energy, natural resources, and related real property law, with an emphasis in water law.

Oregon Water Law Practice

Attorney Peter Mohr possesses extensive experience in matters involving all aspects of Oregon water law. The firm’s water law practice includes, but is not limited to:

• Water rights adjudication / creation and protection
• Analysis of water rights for municipal, agricultural, industrial, commercial, or conservation uses
• Advising clients in the purchasing and/or selling of water rights
• Participating in administrative rule makings that directly or indirectly effect the use, acquisition, and protection of water rights and related interests
• Participating in legislative activity that directly or indirectly concerns the use, acquisition, and protection of water rights and related interests
• Creating, seeking agency approval, and implementing mitigation plans and water exchanges to address new water demands
• Advising clients on the risks and implications of Ballot Measure 37 on existing and new water rights

Environmental Law Practice

The firm’s environmental practice emphasizes advising clients on projects subject to regulation under the Federal Clean Water Act and related state laws which concern:

• Storm water drainage management issues
• Wetlands regulation / dredge and fill permitting and exemptions
• Participation in incentive-based federal water quality programs
• Creation of wetlands mitigation banks and purchase and sale of mitigation credits

Real Property Law Practice

The firm’s real property practice typically concerns:

• Preparation of real property purchase and sale contracts
• Completion of due diligence as a condition of closing, and purchase and sale of real property including:
  • Site analysis coordination concerning environmental risk assessment
  • Preparation of escrow instructions for real property purchase and sale contracts
  • Advising lenders on matters of risk assessment and development of comprehensive security agreements relating to transactions reliant on the maintenance and development of water resources
  • Preparation of easement and right-of-way agreements for telecom, water supply, public utility, and other access reliant uses
  • Advising purchasers and lenders on implications of Ballot Measure 37 on transactions involving acquisition, maintenance, protection and development of water resources

Contact a Lawyer
Please contact us at the Law Office of Peter D. Mohr. Our firm can be reached by phone at (503) 221-5222, by e-mail, or by filling out the intake form on the Contact Us page.

 The Law Office of Peter D. Mohr represents businesses, non-profits, and individuals throughout eastern Oregon, western Oregon, and central Oregon including Yamhill County, Marion County, Clackamas County, Jefferson County, Deschutes County, Crook County, Jackson County, and the cities of Portland, Hillsboro, McMinnville, Oregon City, Salem, Bend, Prineville, Madras, and Medford, as well as clients in Colorado and Washington.

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