Qualifications

J. Richard Forester specializes in land use and related municipal and administrative law including transportation and public plocy.   He provides consulting, mediation and facilitation services related to these areas of expertise under dba of Dispute Resolution Services, including:

• Mediation: Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) cases, Urban Growth Boundary (UGB), public policy review, rule making, task forces
• Urban growth management & financing
• Impact fees/System Development Charges (SDCs)/urban renewal
• Land use and transportation planning, access control & management
• State agency coordination / facility siting
• Hearing Examiner (Over 900 decisions) / Land use code interpretation and drafting
• Land use representation: Local boards & Commissions, LUBA & Appeal Courts
• Special Jurisdiction, Financing and Annexation Issues
• State and municipal legislative assistance, rule writing
• Due Process and all "Takings" related issues

Executive Assistant to a Portland City Commissioner from 1981 through 1986. Acted as a chief operating officer of a portfolio that included Bureaus of Planning, Buildings, and Transportation.

Executive Director of Multnomah Legal Aid Service from 1977 to 1981. Deputy Director of Multnomah Legal Aid Service: legislative experience and PUC rate case experience. As Staff Attorney he worked for legal services programs in Missouri and for the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute specializing in housing law, urban renewal, freeway location and environment.

Attorney and Mediator

Admitted:

Oregon, New York, Missouri, and Massachusetts

Member:

Oregon Mediation Association 
American Planning Association
ADR, RELU and Government Law Sections of Oregon State Bar
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Transportation Research Board
Oregon State Public Policy Mediation Roster