RICHARD W. GOEKEN
rgoeken@saltmanandstevens.com

Current Practice

Richard W. Goeken is a principal with Saltman & Stevens, P.C. specializing in government contracts law, with a focus on the use of natural resources, access to federal lands, compliance with federal regulations, and litigation. Mr. Goeken represents a variety of clients in their dealings with federal agencies and departments, including the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the National Park Service in connection with government contract preparation, contracting for biomass from public lands, participation in programs designed to encourage use of renewable biomass, compliance with regulations, governmental takings claims, and litigation. Mr. Goeken has handled numerous cases involving the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act, the Endangered Species Act, and other federal environmental and land use statutes. Mr. Goeken has extensive experience in claims resolution, including appellate experience in the United States Supreme Court and before the United States Courts of Appeals and trial court experience before the United States District Courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the Boards of Contract Appeals. Mr. Goeken also has experience with a variety of Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures, including arbitration and mediation.

Professional Memberships

Mr. Goeken is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia as well as the District of Columbia Bar’s Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section.

Education and Professional Qualifications

Conference Participation and Publications

Mr. Goeken has participated in presentations to forest products industry groups. Mr. Goeken is a contributor to Legal Briefs, a Saltman & Stevens, P.C. publication addressing new developments in federal timber law; authored Conflict Looms Over Federal and State Regulation of Access to Federal Oil & Gas Leases on Split-Estate Lands, Rocky Mountain Energy Reporter, December 2005, Vol. 2, No. 7, authored Environmental Litigation Threatens the Rights of Federal Oil & Gas Leaseholders, Rocky Mountain Energy Reporter, January 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1; contributed to The Government's Liability For Actions Of Its Agents That Are Not Specifically Authorized: The Continuing Influence of Merrill And Richmond, 32 Public Contract Law Journal 775 (2003); and Fifth Amendment Takings of Rights Arising From Agreements with the Federal Government, Public Contract Law Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Winter, 2000).