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Hong N. Huynh

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Title: Partner
Location: Portland

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Professional Experience

Hong N. Huynh joined Miller Nash in 2000. She focuses her practice on environmental, natural resource, telecommunications, and energy law. Hong has extensive experience in environmental and natural resource law, gained by assisting public and private clients on transactional, compliance, and litigation matters. She has defended clients in environmental enforcement actions and Superfund litigation as well as advised them through cleanup and permitting regulatory programs, assisted them in the sale and purchase of contaminated properties and businesses, and helped them recover environmental costs from insurance companies. She has worked with many utility companies, including telecommunications, cable, transportation, and energy companies, as well as trade associations on regulatory and transactional matters and has appeared on their behalf before public utility commissions.

Before joining Miller Nash, Hong worked in the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, in Washington, D.C., where she advised her clients on water, energy, and natural-resources issues.

Professional Activities
Hong is admitted to practice in Oregon. She is an active member of the section of Environment, Energy, and Resources of the American Bar Association, the Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Federal Communications Bar Association, and the Multnomah Bar Association. She was recently selected to be on the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources section. The Portland Business Journal recently named Hong as one of Oregon's 2008 "Forty Under 40."

Civic Activities
Hong formerly sat on the steering committee of the Northwest Environmental Conference and currently serves on the editorial board of Natural Resources & Environment, an American Bar Association quarterly publication. In addition to being a member of the Oregon Minority Lawyers Association, she is a Region 5 delegate for the House of Delegates, and a former member of the Oregon State Bar Affirmative Action Committee.

Education
Hong earned her bachelor's degree in biology and literature at Pacific University. She received her law degree from the University of Oregon, where she was co-executive editor of the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation.

Personal Activities
Hong was born in Rach Gia, Vietnam, and speaks Vietnamese. She enjoys hiking, backpacking, and playing tennis.

Presentations and Publications

Hong is a frequent author, speaker, and moderator on environmental liability and natural resources issues, including:

Author, "Administrative Forces in Land Use Planning and Growth Management: An Analysis of the Roles of Oregon's and Washington's State Agencies," 12 J Envtl Litig 115 (1997)
Coauthor, "Environmental Liability Issues," a chapter in Administering Trusts in Oregon (OSB CLE 2000 & Supp 2007)
Author, "Environmental Liability and Real Estate Transactions," a chapter in Fundamentals of Real Estate Transactions (OSB CLE Supp 2001)
Coauthor, "NPDES Permits & Endangered Species Act Compliance," an article in the Oregon Insider, Issue 296 (May 15, 2002)
Author, "NRD Claims: The PRPs' Perspective on the Coeur d'Alene Tribe v. Asarco Decision," an article in the Winter 2004 edition of OutLOOK, published by the Oregon State Bar's Environmental & Natural Resources section
Author, "EPA Finalizes All Appropriate Inquiries Rule Governing Environmental Due Diligence," an article in Northwest Public Power Association Bulletin (Dec. 2005)
Author, "Insurance Proceeds to Fund Investigation and Remediation of Historic Environmental Contamination," published by Miller Nash LLP (2006)
Author, "Increasing Control of Industrial Stormwater Discharges in Oregon," an article in the Winter 2006 edition of Natural Resources & Environment, published by the American Bar Association
Author, "Environmental Groups Are Targeting Industrial Storm Water Permit Holders", published by Miller Nash LLP (2007)
Author "Laws Shield Land Buyers From Liability for Site Contamination," an article in the Portland Business Journal (Feb. 28, 2008)
Speaker, Environmental Enforcement and Compliance for Fruit Processors, Presented at the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives Annual Fruit Industry Seminar November 6, 2008, Hilton Garden Inn in Yakima, Washington
Moderator, The State of Renewable Energy in Oregon portion of the Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Section CLE on "The Promise of Development: Natural Resource Issues in a New Economy" at Seventh Mountain Resort on May 7-8, 2009
Speaker, Internal Audits: How to Conduct Them and How to Protect Them, Presented at the Environmental Crimes and Penalties Seminar July 14, 2009, The Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon
Editor of the Summer 2009 issue of Natural Resources & Environment, a publication of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.