Duncan M. Greene

Attorney

As a member of CH&’s Land Use group, Duncan provides strategic advice and support to private and public clients on land use, development, and real property issues. He has in-depth knowledge of local, state, and federal land use and environmental entitlements processes, including experience with state and federal environmental laws such as SEPA/NEPA, the Growth Management Act, the Land Use Petition Act, the federal Clean Water Act, and the state Water Pollution Control Act. With over two decades of experience, he helps landowners and developers minimize risk, avoid pitfalls, overcome problems, and obtain critical project approvals, such as planning and zoning entitlements, wetlands and in-water construction permits, and shorelines approvals.

When litigation is necessary, Duncan defends approvals in local, state, and federal administrative and judicial proceedings, and he defends clients facing enforcement actions brought by state and local regulatory agencies such as the state Department of Ecology.

Duncan also represents clients in real property transactions issues such as the purchase and sale of land and water rights, development agreements, boundary line modifications, leases, licenses, and easements, and in real property litigation. His project development work often includes negotiating aquatic leases and other authorizations granted by the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for use of state-owned aquatic lands, and he has litigated against DNR in cases involving aquatic leases and upland leases. At the intersection of land use and real estate, he has extensive experience with project impact mitigation, mitigation banks, land conservation, and conservation easements.