Background
O’RJORDAN, West was born on June 3, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
O’RJORDAN, West was born on June 3, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Arizona (Bachelor of Arts, 1969. Juris Doctor, 1972); George Washington University (Master of Laws, Environmental Law, 1979).
Working as a partner of Davis WRIGHT TREMAINE. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Arizona. 1974, District of Columbia, United States. District Court for the District of Columbia and United States.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1977, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, Idaho, United States.
District Court, District of Idaho and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1979, United States. Claims Court.
Lead Article, The Future of Civil Monetary Penalties. Two Federal Safety Statutes Compared," 29 West Virginia Law Review 171, 1977. Article, "The Minimum Management Requirements of Forest Planning," 17 Envtl.
L. 643, 1987. Co-author: Article, "Of Mice and Men: The Admissibility of Animal Studies to Prove Causation in Toxic Torts," 25 Idaho L.R. 521 (1989). Article, "The ESA: A Practitioner’s Point of View," Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 4, No. 4, Spring 1990. Deputy Attorney General and Division Chief, Natural Resources Division, State of Idaho, Office of the Attorney General, 1978-1980.
Idaho State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association. Environmental Natural Resource and Administrative Law.