Areas of Practice

Environmental law and planning

  • Land use and Planning including CEQA, Subdivision Map Act/Government Code, NEPA and Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act (LAFCO proceedings)
  • Takings
  • Needle exchange regulation under California H&S Code §121349-121349.3
  • Water Supply Analysis (SB 221, SB 610, Urban Water Planning Act)
  • Natural resource protection (Federal and State Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, FLPMA)
  • Consumer protection and toxics (e.g. Proposition 65, Unfair Competition Law (Bus and Prof. Code § 17200)
  • Power Plant licensing and siting (“CEC”) (Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act (Warren-Alquist Act), Pub. Resources Code, § 25000 et seq., CEC Regulations)

Other Areas of Practice

  • Landlord tenant law and advocacy
  • Appellate advocacy
  • Public records (Public Records Act, FOIA)
  • Civil rights/police misconduct