He regularly represented clients before federal and state agencies on a variety of hazardous waste, water, air and environmental impact/land use, as well as carbon footprint affecting global warming.

Complementing his core practice area, Todd was also a member of the firm’s Retail & Consumer Goods group, where he advised on product warning and sustainability labelling requirements and options for a wide variety of consumer product and food and beverage clients.
Although based on the West coast, Todd represented clients on matters nationwide. His overseas work was diverse, with particular experience in the Pacific rim/ASEAN jurisdictions.

Todd participated in several trade associations that monitor and help to shape proposed federal and state environmental legislation and regulatory developments. He co-authored and contributed to several books focused on international environmental issues and was a frequent speaker on a variety of environmental subjects. He was counsel to the Board of Directors for the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environmental and Health Studies at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii.