Jeffrey T. Selser

Trees, land, wind, and water: these are the focus of Jeff Selser’s natural resources legal practice, and he is widely praised for his no-nonsense, results-oriented approach to solving client issues. As chair of the firm’s Timberlands Group, Jeff’s expertise has been called upon across the United States and Latin America, making him one of the most active and experienced timberland lawyers in practice today. Jeff has negotiated and closed many of the nation’s largest and most complex land transactions, but he also represents clients in more local projects, such as the purchase and sale of family-owned farms and small woodlots, resolution of title issues and boundary disputes, and a broad range of other real estate and land use matters. Jeff also has significant experience in wind power development, frequently representing landowners and wind energy producers in structuring wind leases, easements, and other operational agreements, as well as permitting grid-scale and community-based projects. In addition, Jeff’s natural resources focus has made him a “go-to” lawyer for representing landowners in the negotiation of a wide range of conservation easements (including working forest, agricultural/farmland, and waterfront easements), wetland mitigation banks, and other ecosystem-services agreements.