Since 1997, attorney Babak Naficy has served the environmental public interest community throughout California, in both state and federal courts. Naficy works collaboratively with community groups and regional environmental organizations to find legal solutions and strategies to tackle intractable environmental and planning problems. Whether you are a seasoned environmental organization grappling with regional issues or a nascent neighborhood group fighting a local project, Naficy will usually be able to assist you by drawing on his decades of experience and knowledge of environmental law. Naficy’s areas of expertise include the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), planning and zoning laws, the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, NEPA and Proposition 65.
Beginning about three years ago, Naficy expanded his practice to include representation of state-accredited Syringe Exchange Programs and other social justice issues such as the increasingly common criminalization of homelessness in California.
