Martin T. Jones
Martin T. Jones focuses his practice on environmental, real estate and land use law. For more than 30 years, he has provided legal advice regarding environmental, real estate and land use issues such as superfund (CERCLA and WQARF), Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), underground storage tanks, Endangered Species Act, NEPA, Phase I and Phase II environmental due diligence, Brownfield remediation, hazardous materials surveys, prospective purchaser agreements, renewable energy, solar power, Notices of Violation (NOVs), permitting and entitlements. He possesses extensive experience in complex commercial transactions involving residential, commercial and industrial real estate acquisitions and dispositions.
Before joining Ridenour Hienton, Mr. Jones was the senior environmental partner for ten years at Gust Rosenfeld, P.L.C., and served as assistant attorney general for the State of Arizona, Environmental Enforcement Section for four years, where he was responsible for the management and coordination of potential responsible party investigations at all state superfund sites within Arizona.
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- Government Regulation and Compliance
- Real Estate, Zoning and Environmental
- University of Evansville (B.A., 1974)
- Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1978)
- Arizona (1980)
- Washington (1998)
- Indiana (1978, inactive)
- State Bar of Arizona (member, Environmental & Natural Resources Section)
- Maricopa County Bar Association (member, Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section)
- American Bar Association (member, Environmental Energy & Natural Resources and Real Property Sections)
- Environmental Information Association
- Featured Speaker, “Solar Power and Net Metering,” 2014 Gatekeepers’ Regulatory Roundup, Scottsdale, AZ
- Roundtable Host, “Solar Power Purchase Agreements,” International Conference of Shopping Centers, San Diego, CA (October 2013)
- Featured Speaker, “Environmental Issues,” Real Estate Loan Enforcement Seminar, Phoenix, AZ (February 2013)
- Featured Speaker, “Legal Issues: Hydraulic Fracturing,” 2012 National Conference of the Environmental Information Association, San Diego, CA (March 2012)
- Featured Speaker, “Going Green, the Benefits and the Trade-Offs,” Maricopa County Bar Association, Sedona, AZ (October 2011)
- Featured Speaker, “Financing Sustainability: Making Sensible Choices,” National Center for the Learning Environment, Mesa, AZ (May 2011)
- Featured Speaker, “Energy Savings Agreements and Solar Power Purchase Agreements,” Arizona Association of School Business Officials (May 2011)
- Featured Speaker, “Going Green, the Benefits and the Trade-Offs,” 2011 National Conference of the Environmental Information Association, Savannah, GA (March 2011)
- Featured Speaker, “It’s Not Easy Being Green – Benefits & Difficulties with Alternative Energy Sources,” Gatekeepers Regulatory Roundup, Scottsdale, AZ (February 2011)
- Featured Speaker, “Going Green, the Benefits and the Trade-Offs,” Southwest Regional Conference of the Environmental Information Association, Las Vegas, NV (September 2010)
- Keynote Speaker, “Can the Cost of Environmental Regulation Exceed the Benefits,” 2010 Gatekeepers Regulatory Roundup (January 2010)
- Roundtable Host at Fall 2009 International Conference on Shopping Centers, “Environmental Due Diligence in Real Estate Transactions”
- Featured Speaker, “Greenhouse Gases: The Past, the Present, the Future,” Maricopa County Bar Association (2009)
- Featured speaker, “Top 45 Land Use Cases and Their Significance Today,” National Business Institute’s Continuing Legal Education seminars (November 2008)
- Featured speaker, “Phoenix- Land Use Law: Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning: Environmental Due Diligence,” National Business Institute’s Continuing Legal Education seminars (May 2008, 2010)