Attorneys

Scott Jerger's practice focuses on environmental law, construction law and real property disputes. Scott is an active litigator and his trial experience includes litigating complex environmental cases in federal and state court. Scott represents environmental clients across the United States. Scott also actively litigates construction and commercial cases in state and federal courts.

Scott joined Field Jerger in 2003, after receiving a master's degree in environmental and natural resources law. Prior to entering private practice, Scott served as an environmental and regulatory attorney for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the City of El Paso, Texas.

Scott's clients include the Sierra Club, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, Columbia Riverkeeper, and Northwest Environmental Defense Center as well as construction contractors, homeowners, landowners, and plaintiffs and defendants in every order of business dispute.

He is frequent author and regular speaker on environmental topics. His publications include:

• EPA's New CAFO Land Application Requirements: An Exercise in Unsupervised Self-Monitoring, published in the STANFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL, 23 Stan. Envtl. L. J. 91 (2004).

Recent speaking engagements include:

• State Challenges to new NPDES CAFO Permitting, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, Oregon, 2006.
• Protecting Oregon's Eastside Forests, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, Oregon, 2006.
• Implementation of the 2003 CAFO Rules, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, Oregon, 2005.
• Animal Factories: How to hold these polluters accountable, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, Oregon, 2004.
• Legal Issues involving Oregon Local Governments, National Business Institute, 2003.

Education:
LL.M., cum laude, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, 2003
J.D., University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1997
B.A., cum laude, University of Texas at Austin, 1992

Professional Organizations:
Oregon State Bar
Texas State Bar, inactive
Multnomah Bar Association
Real Estate and Land Use Section of the Oregon Bar
Construction Law Section of the Oregon Bar
Executive Committee, Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club

Admitted to Practice:
State Court of Oregon
State Court of Texas
United States District Court for the District of Oregon
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Interests:
Surfing, rock climbing