Todd O. Maiden
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Todd is a partner and a member of the firm’s Environmental team within the Global Regulatory Enforcement Group. He is also a member of the Energy team. His practice focuses on environmental matters, including litigation, regulatory counseling, and support of numerous corporate and real estate transactions. He regularly represents clients before federal and state agencies on a variety of hazardous waste, water, air and NEPA/CEQA issues. Admitted to the bars in California, Washington and Illinois, he has prosecuted and/or defended civil and administrative actions before federal and state tribunals. He currently represents multi-party defendant groups in complex groundwater toxic tort and Superfund cost recovery actions. Todd also advises on certain international environmental issues such as climate change, REACH, RoHS and WEEE issues, ISO 14000, Basel Convention and matters involving certain Pacific Rim jurisdictions. He is counsel to the Board of Directors for the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environmental and Health Studies at the East-West Center. He is currently active in several trade associations that monitor both federal and state legislation and regulatory developments. Todd has co-authored and contributed to several books focused on international environmental issues, and is a frequent speaker on a variety of environmental subjects.
Speeches / Presentations
- Presenter, Trends and Developments in the EUDirective on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals, California Manufacturers and Technology Association – San Diego, CA (November 2007)
- Chair, Seminar on Climate Change Issues and Policy, Peking University – Beijing, China (October 2007)
- Presenter, Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (January 2007)
- Presenter, Climate Change: Trends and Developments, California Manufacturers and Technology Association (December 2006)
- Contributor, "International Environmental Auditing"
- Presenter, European R.E.A.C.H. Chemical Program, Chemical Industry Council (November 2005)
- Presenter, Climate Change Issues, Pacific Basin Consortium for Environmental and Health Studies (September 2005)
Experience
| 2005 | Reed Smith |
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| — | Seyfarth Shaw LLP |
| — | Baker & McKenzie |
| — | Judicial law clerk to the Hon. Harry V. Peetris, Special Master for U.S. v. Stringfellow, et al., a seminal CERCLA case |
| — | Judicial law clerk to the Hon. David V. Kenyon, United States District Court, Central District, California |
Legal Education
| 1985 | LL.M., University of Southern California Law Center (joint work at USC Institute for Marine and Coastal Studies) |
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| 1984 | J.D., University of Southern California Law Center Editor, Journal of Law and the Environment |
Undergraduate Education
| 1981 | B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University |
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Professional Admissions / Qualifications
- California
- Washington
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court - Central District of California
- U.S. District Court - Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court - Western District of Washington
Professional Affiliations
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association
- American Bar Association (Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section)
- California Bar Association (Environmental Law Section)
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health, East-West Center, University of Hawaii (Counsel to the Board of Directors)
- Chemical Industry Council of California
- California Manufacturers and Technology Association
- Conference of California Public Utility Counsel