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Washington, DC 20005-3311
Washington

• Administrative Law
• Clean Water Act
• Endangered Species and Wildlife Protection - Environmental
• Environmental Litigation
• Infrastructure Projects
• Land Use and Natural Resources - Environmental
• NEPA and State NEPA - Environmental
• Ocean and Coastal Resources
• Pesticides
• Water Supply and Quality - Environmental
• Wetlands - Environmental

• Sewanee, The University of the South (B.S./Natural Resources, 1999)
• Vermont Law School (J.D., magna cum Laude, 2004)

• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• Supreme Court of Virginia
• U.S. Federal District Courts: Eastern District of Virginia; Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Courts of Appeals: Fourth Circuit; Tenth Circuit
• American Bar Association
• District of Columbia Building Industry Association

• Spanish

Parker Moore is a Principal in the Washington, D.C. office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. with an environmental, litigation, and regulatory practice focusing on land use issues involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and related natural resources laws.  Mr. Moore co-chairs the Firm’s Environmental Practice Group and the Firm’s NEPA, Wetlands, and ESA Section.

During his time with Beveridge & Diamond, Mr. Moore has counseled numerous private parties and public agencies in their NEPA compliance efforts.  He regularly assists stakeholders build administrative records for proposed projects capable of withstanding citizen suit challenges and has successfully defended major infrastructure, land development, and land use projects against such challenges.  Mr. Moore also represents local participating agencies and other stakeholders in negotiations with lead federal agencies to maximize the benefits of each project. 

Another cornerstone of Mr. Moore’s practice is advising landowners on the scope of federal jurisdiction over wetlands and other waters under the Clean Water Act.  He counsels project proponents nationwide through the CWA’s Section 404 permitting program, including mitigation compliance.  In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court cited an amicus brief he co-authored on behalf of national real estate and development associations in the controversial wetlands regulation case, Rapanos v. United States.  In the wake of that ruling, Mr. Moore has spoken frequently on the scope of CWA jurisdiction and has published numerous articles on the state of wetlands regulation and its impacts on land use interests.  

Another significant part of Mr. Moore’s water law practice involves counseling local, national, and international corporations, as well as local governments, on permitting and compliance strategies under the CWA’s NPDES program for stormwater discharges from construction activity and industrial activity.  As state and federal government enforcement under the NPDES program has increased over the past several years, Mr. Moore has helped Fortune 50 and 100 companies develop permitting and discharge compliance programs to be implemented both at site-specific and national levels.  He also has played a primary role in negotiating consent decrees with EPA and several different states to address discharges of stormwater and wastewater.  

A final component of Mr. Moore’s practice involves representing landowners and project proponents in a full range of matters arising under species protection laws, including the ESA, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.  Mr. Moore has successfully defended clients from federal enforcement under the ESA and MBTA and has led internal investigations for private companies and trade associations to evaluate potential exposure to MBTA liability and develop strategies to minimize that exposure. 

Before joining the firm in 2004, Mr. Moore clerked at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Robert H. Hodges of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

Mr. Moore received a bachelor of science degree in Natural Resources from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.  He graduated magna cum laude from Vermont Law School, where he was an articles editor for the Vermont Law Review.  Before receiving his law degree, he served as a wetlands ecologist for a private environmental consulting firm.  In that capacity, Mr. Moore performed extensive onsite evaluation and consultation involving complex federal, state, and local environmental issues including CERCLA, the Clean Water Act, the ESA, the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act, and construction regulatory compliance. 

Mr. Moore has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Edition 2013 as a Rising Star.