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