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Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments
Mr. Hagström has been awarded an AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell and selected as one of the Bay Area’s top lawyers by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine. He was also selected by his peers as one of the top five percent of Northern California environmental attorneys. He Chaired the Sedgwick LLP Hydraulic Fracturing Task Force and was Co-Editor of its Hydraulic Fracturing Digest.
Mr. Hagström has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Environmental Claims Journal since 2012. He was an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Policy and Decision Making (2009-2012 and 2014) at the College of Marin and was appointed to the college’s Planning and Resource Allocation Committee.
Mr. Hagström is on the Advisory Board of the University of San Francisco’s Environmental Law Student and Alumni Society, which brings together alumni, students and faculty interested in environmental, energy and natural resources law. Mr. Hagström received Sedgwick’s Mentor of the Year award in 2009 and continued in that role at Edlin Gallagher Huie + Blum, where he also Co-Chaired the firm’s Environmental Practice.
Mr. Hagström was a member of the Executive Board for the Environmental and Water Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco (1995-2009). He was elected Vice-President of the Northern California Professional Environmental Marketing Association for the 2010-2011 term. From 1990 to 1993 he served as the Sedgwick representative to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Environmental Educations Committee and the California Manufacturers Association Environmental Quality Steering Committee in Sacramento.
Mr. Hagström has spoken and published extensively on issues related to groundwater contamination, water quality, cost recovery, and hydraulic fracturing. He is the editor and a contributing author for “Perchlorate: A Scientific, Legal and Economic Assessment,” (Lawyers and Judges Publishing, March 2006). He also served as a member of the National Groundwater Association Environmental and Water Law National Speakers Panel and continues to serve on the Advisory Board of the Environmental Claims Journal.
Representative Matters,
Publications and Presentations
Representative Matters
- USEPA v. Babbitt Ranches, LLC (2021- present)
- BASF v. APC Investments et.al. ( USDC CD CA 2018- present)
- Santa Clarita Valley Water District v. Whittaker Corporation (USDC CD CA 2021)
- Orange County Water District v. Sabic et. al. (Orange County Superior Court 2021)
- NCRWQCB v. Sonoma Luxury Resorts ( Administrative Enforcement 2020)
- DTSC v Thermostat Recycling Corporation ( Administrative Enforcement 2021)
Publications
“Produced Water – Emerging Challenges, Risks and Opportunities,” Co-author, Environmental Claims Journal, Volume 28, Issue 2 (May 2016)
“Hydraulic Fracturing: Environmental Issues ACS Symposium Series 1216,” Chapter 8 in ACS Symposium Series’ The Legal and Economic Implications of Hydraulic Fracturing Bans (January 2016)
“Fracking Update,” Sedgwick’s Hydraulic Fracturing Digest (May 2014)
“State Legislation vs. Municipal Home Rule Over Fracking,” Law360, New York (March 24, 2014)
“Divisibility and Apportionment Under CERCLA in 2013—More Fiction Than Fact,” BNA Toxics Law Reporter, June 6, 2013 (republished from Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report, May 17, 2013
“Fact or Fiction: Apportionment and Divisibility Under CERCLA,” Daily Journal, April 22, 2013
“Environmental Groups Claim Further Environmental Review Needed to Address Fracking Impacts,” Sedgwick’s Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update (February 2013)
“Hydraulic Fracturing: Identifying and Managing the Risks,” Environmental Claims Journal, May 2012
“Hydraulic Fracturing: Identifying and Managing the Risks,” Environmental Claims Journal, May 2012
“Hydraulic Fracturing Litigation Is on the Rise,” Sedgwick’s Hydraulic Fracturing Digest, September 2011
“Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale – Strategies for Legal and Regulatory Compliance,” Navigating Legal Issues around the Marcellus Shale (Aspatore Books, Thompson Reuters Publishing, 2011)
“Managing the Challenges of Climate Change Regulation for the Built Environment,” Inside the Minds: The Legal Impact of Climate Change (Aspatore Books, Thompson Reuters Publishing, 2010)
“Climate Change, the Next ‘Hot’ Topic in Product Liability Litigation,” Defense Research Institute, December 2008
“Muddy Waters,” Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine article reviewed in Natural Resources & Environment, ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Spring 2008, Vol. 22, No. 4.
Presentations
“Environmental Aspects of Unconventional Oil & Gas Production & Hydraulic Fracturing,” 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, California (March 13-17, 2016)
“Municipal Bans on Hydraulic Fracturing: Reasonable Regulations or Takings without Compensation,” California Ground Resources Association – Hydraulic Fracturing, Part Two: Practitioner and Legal Perspectives, March 11, 2015
“Trespassing on Your Neighbor’s Property: Directional Drilling and Flowback Fluid Disposal,” Water Law Institute Hydraulic Fracturing Conference, Chair, January 23, 2015
“The Fight Over Water Quantity, Quality and Rights,” 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 10-14 2014
“Evolving Science and Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing,” Panelist, 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2014
“The State of Hydraulic Fracturing,” Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists, July 15, 2014
“Regulation of Underground Contamination in Oil and Gas Production at Sites,” webinar panel, ELI Professional Practice Seminar Series, June 24, 2014
“The State of Hydraulic Fracturing,” Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Oakland, CA, May 13, 2014
Pro Bono Work
Mr. Hagström was an arbitrator for the City and County of San Francisco’s Homeless Shelter and Assistance Program.
Admissions
9TH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS;
U.S. DISTRICT COURT (C.D. CAL.);
U.S. DISTRICT COURT (E.D. CAL.);
U.S. DISTRICT COURT (N.D. CAL.);
U.S. DISTRICT COURT (E.D. MICH.)
Education
J.D. (1990) UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW
- President and Public Program Director Environmental Law Society
- Am. Jur. Nom. California Land Use Planning
- Best Oralist Pace National Environmental Moot Court
M.S. (1978) UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Sedimentation and Stratigraphy. Thesis funded by U.S. Naval Grant.
B.A. (1976) BOSTON UNIVERSITY
- Student Senator
- Chair of BU Harvard Model United Nations Delegation
