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Experience
Natural Resources and Agricultural
Lead trial counsel for consortium of Sacramento Valley water contractors in defense of Endangered Species Act claims regarding chinook salmon and Delta smelt.
Lead counsel for Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency in defense of challenges to flood control improvements affecting Sacramento River tributaries.
Lead counsel for homeowner group in prosecution of claims against a county and developers for damages arising out of 2005 flooding.
Lead litigation counsel for Monterey County in defense of recreation contract claims arising from proposed Salinas Valley Water Project.
Co-lead litigation counsel for Monterey County in CEQA challenge to residential and commercial development projects.
Lead trial counsel, Santa Maria Valley Groundwater Basin adjudication (successful representation of plaintiff against claims of prescriptive water rights).
Lead litigation counsel representing a Kern County Water District defending a CEQA challenge to a proposed water transfer.
Lead litigation counsel in an action by a consortium of Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Agencies challenging U.S. Bureau of Reclamation rate policy.
Lead litigation counsel defending Monterey County Water Resources Agency against CEQA, Public Trust Doctrine and Constitutional challenges to Salinas Valley Water Project
Lead litigation counsel for Sacramento Municipal Utility District challenging Trinity River water allocation decision under NEPA, ESA and Reclamation Law.
Lead trial counsel representing agricultural interest in inverse condemnation and nuisance recovery against State of California and local flood control agency arising from 1997 floods.
Lead litigation counsel for Southern California developers successfully defending against NEPA and ESA-based injunctions to halt projects.
Lead litigation counsel representing Sacramento-Yolo Port District in defense of Inverse condemnation claim arising out of 1997 floods.
Co-lead litigation counsel representing American River Flood Control District in defense of inverse condemnation claims arising out of 1986 and 1997 floods.
Lead litigation counsel for East Bay Area water district defending CEQA challenge to issuance of Regional Water Quality Control Board permit for implementation of treated waste-water program.
Lead litigation counsel for consortium of Northern California and Delta real parties in interest in defense of CEQA challenges to State Water Resources Control Board Decision 1641 regarding allocation of Bay-Delta water quality standards.
Consulting litigation counsel representing Delta developer in dispute concerning impacts on utility easement from conversion of land from agricultural uses to water storage uses.
Lead/supervising counsel for Northern California county in CEQA litigation concerning relationship between local fire district assessment ordinances and changes to county's general plan.
Lead litigation counsel for Northern California aggregate mining interests in CEQA/ESA litigation arising from county permitting ordinances and related provisions of county's general plan.
Co-lead litigation and trial counsel for Monterey County Water Resources Agency in validation actions testing standby and water project assessment ordinances.
Lead litigation counsel for Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District in litigation testing rights and obligations of overlying and appropriative users to store, extract and transfer water from groundwater basin.
Lead litigation counsel representing Las Vegas Valley Water Authority in Arizona District Court and Ninth Circuit NEPA and ESA litigation relating to operations of Lake Mead storage and flood control facilities.
Lead counsel for private Northern California hydrodeveloper in power purchase agreement litigation against PG&E.
Lead counsel representing irrigation districts, regional water agencies and state agencies in major irrigation and drainage litigation.
Counsel for Department of Conservation in civil enforcement of Recycling Act, including prosecution of civil RICO claims.
Lead counsel for agricultural interests in contract disputes arising from state water bank program.
Lead counsel for regional water agency in litigation relating to state water quality contract.
Lead counsel for various reclamation and flood control districts, mutual water companies and public agencies in water rights, irrigation, drainage, maintenance easement and right of way, assessment and collection cases.
Lead counsel for private Northern California hydroelectric developer in water rights and real property disputes.
Lead trial counsel for major telephone utility in inverse condemnation litigation.
Lead counsel for agricultural interests in major pesticide crop damage litigation. | 