An environmental-law expert, Brooks won landmark victories against arbitrary regulations Bellevue, Washington; February 27, 2007: It is with sorrow that Pacific Legal Foundation reports that Principal Attorney Russell C. Brooks, managing attorney of PLF’s Pacific Northwest Office in Bellevue, Washington, passed away of a sudden heart attack on Sunday, February 25. He was 41. “PLF has lost a valued friend and a superb attorney, and America has lost one of the leading courtroom defenders of constitutional property rights, limited government, and a balanced approach to environmental protection,” said Rob Rivett, PLF’s president. Arguably the best-known public-interest lawyer in the Pacific...