Ken Hodson is an environmental attorney with broad experience in federal Superfund matters, environmental due diligence, hazardous waste, underground storage tanks and other federal, state and local regulatory matters. Mr. Hodson also has considerable "Brownfields" experience and has negotiated Prospective Purchaser Agreements on behalf of both public and private sector clients. Mr. Hodson has served as the Chairman of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the Arizona State Bar and currently contributes to the Arizona Bar's Environmental Law Manual as an editor and author.

• Chairman - Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, 1993-1994.
• Chairman-Elect-Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, 1992-1993.
  
• Budget Officer - Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, 1992.
  
• Member - Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, 1991.
  
• Secretary - Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, 1990-1991.
  
• Budget Officer - Executive Council, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, 1989-1990.
  

PUBLICATIONS
Arizona Environmental Law Manual State Bar of Arizona, Chapter, Environmental Due Diligence and Real Estate Transactions, Section V, Chapter 5.1, 1995, 1999, 2002.

Arizona Attorney Article, Hodson, Wolf, The Web of Environmental Liability in Commercial Transactions, Vol. 31, No. 7, March 1995.

Arizona Law Review Article, Hodson, McGiffert, Bayardi, The Prosecution of Corporations and Corporate Officers for Environmental Crimes: Limiting One's Exposure for Environmental Criminal Liability, 34 ARIZ. LAW REV. 553 (1992).

Arizona Attorney Article, Hodson, Vieregg, Environmental Crime Now Means Prison Time, Vol. 29, No. 4, December 1992.

EDUCATION
University of Texas - Austin, Texas. The School of Law and the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs. Texas Law Review, Note Editor. Joint degree program; J.D./M.P.A., August, 1984.

University of Washington - Seattle, Washington. B.A. in Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude B.A. in History, Magna Cum Laude, 1978

PERSONAL
Born Flint, Michigan

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW EXPERIENCE

Federal Superfund:

• Motorola 52nd Street Site - represent PRP in negotiations with EPA

• Silicon Valley TCE Release - represent landowner in CERCLA cost recovery litigation against PRPs

• South Indian Bend Wash - representation of PRP in negotiations with EPA

• Hassayampa Landfill - coordinating counsel for transporters

• 19th Avenue Landfill - representation of potentially responsible party (generator)

State Superfund (WQARF): represent potentially responsible parties located within WQARF sites. Representation includes negotiations with Department of Environmental Quality and environmental consultants regarding the adequacy of proposed remedial measures and site closure.

Real Estate Due Diligence: advise clients with respect to the appropriate investigative and remedial measures that may be required in connection with the acquisition of real estate. Representation includes due diligence efforts undertaken in connection with the acquisition of large tracts of land, office buildings and commercial property.

Underground Storage Tanks: represent various industrial and commercial clients in connection with the investigation and remediation of underground storage tank sites. Representation includes conducting contractual negotiations with environmental consultants.

Landfills: represent landfills in connection with potential State and Federal Superfund liability, RCRA compliance matters and other regulatory and permit issues.

SEMINARS

Faculty Member - CLE International, "Arizona Eminent Domain-Environmental Issues", May 2001

Chairman - "Real Estate Due Diligence," State Bar Convention, June, 1997. *

Chairman - "Underground Storage Tanks," October, 1996. *

Chairman - "Contaminated Property; Expedited Cleanups Under New ADEQ Program," February, 1996. *

Chairman - "The `Alternative' Cost of Ignorance Seminar," July 1995. *

Chairman - "Cost of Ignorance IV - Assessing Liability for Potential Environmental Hazards in Real Estate Transactions," March 1994. *

Chairman - "Clean and Green: The Costs and Benefits of Preserving the Natural Environment," June 1993. *

Chairman - "Environmental Criminal Law," June 1992. *
Faculty Member - "Cost of Ignorance," May 1992. *

Chairman - "Environmental Hazards in Real Estate Transactions," March 1992. *

Chairman - "Environmental Criminal Law," July 1991. *

Chairman - "Cost of Ignorance III- Assessing Liability for Potential Environmental Hazards in Real Estate Transactions," November 1990. *

Chairman - "Arizona's Water Law: Overview & Current Topics," April 1990. *
Faculty Member - "RCRA, The Teenage Years," April 1989. *

Chairman - "Understanding the Central Arizona Project," January 1989. *
Faculty Member - "The Cost of Ignorance," March and September 1988. *

*Seminar sponsored by State Bar of Arizona