Keith H. Hirokawa
Keith Hirokawa has extensive experience in a full range of local, state
and federal environmental and land use laws and regulations and on
controversies concerning the ownership and use of real property. He
primarily represents the interests of property owners, nonprofit
corporations, homeowners’ and neighborhood associations in
administrative hearings and all levels of the judicial system.
Keith has authored dozens of academic and professional publications
on various aspects of land use, property rights, natural resources
and environmental law. He is a frequent speaker on issues affecting
Washington and Oregon land use planning and has served for three
years on the faculty at the University of Oregon School of Law
teaching land use law.
Education
- L.L.M., Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, 2001
- J. D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1998
- M.A. (Philosophy), University of Connecticut, 2003
- B.A., Ursinus College, 1994, Magna Cum Laude
Awards and Honors
Jefferson-Fordham “Up & Comer Award,” American Bar Association, Jefferson Fordham Foundation and State & Local Government Section of the ABA, 2004
Selected Publications
- Co-authored with Janet C. Neuman, How Good is an Old Water Right? The Application of Statutory Forfeiture Provisions to Pre-Code Water Rights, 4 UNIVERSITY OF DENVER WATER LAW REVIEW 1 (2000).
- The Gap Between Informational Goals and the Duty to Gather Information: Challenging Piecemealed Review Under the Washington State Environmental Policy Act, 25 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 343 (2001).
- Some Pragmatic Observations About Radical Critique in Environmental Law, 21 STANFORD ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL 225 (2002), reprinted in ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND LAW (Golstein, ed.2004).
- The Prima Facie Burden and the Vanishing SEPA Threshold: Washington’s Emerging Preference for Efficiency Over Accuracy, 37 GONZAGA LAW REVIEW 403 (2001/2002).
- Dealing With Uncommon Ground: The Place of Legal Constructivism in the Social Construction of Nature, 21 VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JOURNAL 387 (2003).