DANIEL R. ADDISON

Daniel Addison, a founding principal of EMSNet, is an experienced environmental law practitioner specializing in Natural Resource Damages (NRD). Currently, Mr. Addison is approved national NRD panel counsel for AIG. He came to the firm from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) where he was a Special Counselor, Natural Resources. He was one of the primary architects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez settlement. This case is generally thought of as the case pioneering NRD law. During his time at NOAA, the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) regulations were promulgated.

Significant Representation NRD matters include:

• Exxon Valdez, AK
• Hudson River, NY
• Presidente Riveria, PA
• Elliott Bay, WA
• Blackbird Mine, ID
• Commencement Bay, WA
• Montrose, CA
• Equinox, LO
• Thea Foss, WA
• Middle Waterway, WA

Although Mr. Addison concentrates his practice in NRD, he also represents clients in administrative and judicial proceedings arising under NEPA, CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. He is skilled in the assessment of damages and environmental risk and compliance posture. He has been cited by California's Governor as one of the nation's leading experts on natural resources and spearheaded the state's recycling efforts.

Mr. Addison is the only attorney participating in NOAA's Cooperative Assessment Project (CAP). He is a former Assistant Editor of the American Bar Association's Natural Resources & Environment and is a frequent speaker on NRD and the Cooperative Damage Assessment Process. Mr. Addison has a BA and MA from the Claremont Colleges and a JD from the Catholic University of America.
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