Qualifications
J. Richard Forester specializes in land use, transportation, public policy, environment and related municipal, and administrative law. He provides consulting, mediation and facilitation services related to these areas of expertise under dba of Dispute Resolution Services, including:
Mediation: Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) cases, Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), public policy review, rule making, task forces
Urban growth management & financing
Impact fees/System Development Charges (SDCs)/urban renewal
Land use and transportation planning, access control & management
State agency coordination / facility siting
Hearing Examiner / Land use code interpretation and drafting
Land use representation: Local boards & Commissions, LUBA & Appeal Courts
Special Jurisdiction, Financing and Annexation Issues
State and municipal legislative assistance, rule writing
Due Process and all "Takings" related issues
Executive Assistant to a Portland City Commissioner from 1981 through 1986. Acted as a chief operating officer of a portfolio that included Bureaus of Planning, Buildings, and Transportation.
Executive Director of Multnomah Legal Aid Service from 1977 to 1981. Deputy Director of Multnomah Legal Aid Service: legislative experience and PUC rate case experience. As Staff Attorney he worked for legal services programs in Missouri and for the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute specializing in housing law, urban renewal, freeway location and environment.
Attorney and Mediator
Admitted:
Oregon, New York, Missouri, and Massachusetts
Member:
Oregon Mediation Association
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
American Planning Association
ADR, RELU and Government Law Sections of Oregon State Bar
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Transportation Research Board
Oregon State Public Policy Mediation Roster
