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ROBERT
VAN BROCKLIN
Robert Van Brocklin concentrates his law practice in land use law,
energy development and project siting, and in federal, state and
local legislative and administrative law and policy matters. In
land use, Bob has assisted industrial, commercial, retail, residential,
surface mining and other clients on comprehensive plan, zoning,
conditional use, annexation, urban growth boundary, development
review and other matters. In energy development he has represented
clients to site gas fired and renewable energy generation facilities.
Bob has assisted clients in a wide range of legislative and administrative
proceedings in the Northwest and at the federal level. He has written
and successfully lobbied into law numerous changes to federal, state
and local rules, regulations and policies. He has appeared and testified
at congressional and state legislative hearings and at federal,
state and local rulemaking and contested case hearings and has represented
clients in informal administrative law disputes and policy formulation
matters.
Bob is active is many civic and charitable activities, including
the Portland Business Alliance Board of Directors; Portland Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (past member); Portland Schools
Foundation Board of Directors (Vice Chairman); Portland Public Schools
Bond Measure Campaign (Co-Chairman); Regional Arts and Culture Council
(member); Portland Center Stage Board of Directors (Secretary);
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Board of Directors (past member); Oregon
Symphony Association Board of Directors (past member); Duniway Educational
Foundation Board of Directors (past Chairman); Northwest Business
Committee for the Arts Board of Directors (past member); member,
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Portland; and Head Coach, Sellwood Titans
Women’s Basketball Organization.
Prior to joining the firm, Bob served on the legislative staff of
U.S. Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon; on the professional staff of
the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation,
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space; and as Director
of Government Affairs for the City of Portland.
Bob has a J.D. (1980), and a B.S. (1997) from the University of
Oregon.
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