Overview
Chris Dolan helps clients operate successfully within environmental laws and regulations. He specializes in environmental and natural resources litigation, environmental review, administrative proceedings, permitting, and compliance matters.
Environmental Litigation
Chris is a skilled and reliable advisor when clients face environmental litigation related to:
- The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- State statutes
- Contractual environmental indemnity provisions
He specializes in complex factual development and expert team management during litigation. Chris also liaises between clients and federal and state administrative agencies, including the EPA and the Bureau of Land Management.
Industry Expertise
Chris has significant experience working with clients in the animal agriculture, oil and gas, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining the firm, Chris worked as a McCleary law fellow with the Human Rights Campaign. Before beginning his legal career, he was executive director of Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drives, an organization that collected food for Twin Cities food shelves.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Minnesota
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Education
Georgetown University Law Center
J.D. Dean's List (2006)
The College of Saint Scholastica
B.A. summa cum laude (2001)
Experience
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February 2018 1 min read3M Reaches Settlement Over Alleged Environmental Damages ClaimsProduct Liability Litigation & Dispute Resolution Toxic Tort Litigation Environment & Energy
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2018 1 min readFlint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC v. Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., et al.Real Estate & Construction Product Liability Environmental Compliance Litigation & Dispute Resolution Class Actions
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May 2010 1 min readAgricultural Company Wins Dismissal of Natural Resource Damages on Summary JudgmentProduct Liability Environmental Compliance Litigation & Dispute Resolution Appellate
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Looking Back at the Obama Environmental Legacy
Guest, Notice & Comment: Faegre Baker Daniels Environmental Podcast, March 2017 - Next Generation Trustees/Next Generation Boards
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, National Conference of Trusteeship, Washington, D.C., April 2016 - 2013 NRDA Practitioner Meeting
Natural Resource Damages Association, Houston, Texas, December 2013
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Child Custody
- Civil Rights
Professional Associations
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association — Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section (Former Council Member)
Civic Activities
- City of Saint Paul Human Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — Former Commissioner
- College of St. Scholastica — Trustee, 2016-18 Chair-Elect
Honors
- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal — Business of Pride, 2019
- Faegre Baker Daniels — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2014-19
- Minnesota Super Lawyers — Rising Star, Environmental Litigation, 2016-18
- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal — Diversity in Business Award, 2015
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association — Equality and Justice Award
- Minnesota Lawyer — 2012 Attorney of the Year
- National LGBT Bar Association — Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Award
- KARE-11 – Eleven Who Care Award
- Jefferson Awards for Public Service – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting a Local Community