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Douglas A. Codiga

Of Counsel
dcodiga@sil-law.com
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Direct: 808.523.6047

Topa Financial Center
745 Fort Street, Suite 1500
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Environmental, Land Use, and Climate and Sustainability

  • Environmental permitting and regulatory proceedings for $200 million renewable energy project
  • Regulatory proceedings before the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission concerning energy policy on behalf of a clean energy advocacy organization
  • Environmental due diligence and lease review for $44 million oil company transaction
  • Advise university on compliance with environmental review laws for research permits and approvals
  • Two-year mediation of complex, multi-party enforcement action involving Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, citizens suit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and six other federal, state, and county agencies
  • Administrative proceedings and litigation involving $11 million Waikiki municipal development project
  • Advise landowners concerning environmental lease provisions
  • Resolution of Clean Water Act section 404 wetlands violations and litigation involving municipal sewage treatment plants
  • Litigation of CERCLA cost recovery actions and defense of multimillion dollar claims under federal and state underground storage tank laws
  • Negotiation of NPDES and Clean Air Act permits and defense of violations and penalty proceedings
  • Incorporation of non-profit wildlife research organization

Education

LL.M., Yale Law School, 1999

J.D. with Environmental Law Certificate, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, 1994

M.A., Religion, University of Hawaii, 1991

B.A., University of California Santa Barbara, 1984

Admitted to Practice

U.S. District Court
District of Hawaii
State Court of Hawaii

Professional and Civic Activities

Visiting Professor, Shinshu University (Japan), Climate Change and Clean Energy Law and Policy in Hawaii and the Asia Pacific Region

Guest lectures, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law School and Renmin Law School (Shanghai, China), Clean Energy Law and Policy in Hawaii and the Asia Pacific Region

Presenter, Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Conference (Singapore), Innovative Clean Tech Policies in the Asia Pacific Region

Presenter, HSBA International Law Section, Climate Change Law and Policy: What Every Lawyer Should Know

Presenter, University of Hawaii Environmental Law Program Colloquium Series, Hawaii Clean Energy Law and Policy: Recent Developments

Moderator, Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo, Commercialization of New Energy Technologies

Moderator and presenter, Hawaii Conservation Alliance Conference,  Act 234: Hawaii's Climate Change Law

Presenter, Urban Land Institute, Climate Change Law in Hawaii

Adjunct Professor, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii (International Environmental Law; Wildlife and Natural Resources Law)

Instructor, U.S. Department of Defense, Marine Mammal Protection Act

Instructor, Fundamentals of Hawaii Environmental Law

Publications

Codiga, D. (co-author with M. Slavin and J. Zeller), "Honolulu's Clean Energy Future," in Sustainability Principles, Practice, and Perspective in America's Cities (Island Press) (forthcoming)

Codiga, D. (co-author with M. Burkett and D. Hwang), Climate Change and Regulatory Takings in Coastal Hawaii, University of Hawaii Sea Grant and Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy (forthcoming)

Codiga, D. "The Greening of Hawaii Building and Construction Law," Hawaii Bar Journal (August 2010)

Codiga, D. "Hawaii Clean Energy Law and Policy," Hawaii Bar Journal (Sept. 2009)

Codiga, D. "Act 234: Hawaii's Climate Change Law," Hawaii Bar Journal (May 2008)

Codiga, D. (co-author with C. Jarman), "Hawaii Environmental Law," Matthew Bender Environmental Law Practice Guide (2002)

Codiga, D. (co-author with L. Munger and N. Conroy), Hawaii Environmental Law Handbook, 2nd ed., 1996