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Directory of Practitioners

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Steven Anderson
Best Best & Keieger, LLP

Best Best & Krieger, LLP is a full-service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys in nine offices across California and in Washington, D.C., The firm delivers effective, timely and service-oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals. BB&K is comprised of highly regarded lawyers focusing on virtually all practices of law. The firm serves as city attorney to more than 30 cities across California and as general and special counsel to special districts that focus on water, transportation, regional planning and resource conservation. For more than 100 years the firm has provided broad representation on complex legal areas such as environmental and natural resources law.

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Michael Berger, Esq.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Christopher Berka, Esq.
Perkins Coie, LLP
Christina Bruff
Law and Resource Planning Associates, P.C.

Law & Resource Planning Associates, P.C. (LRPA) is a full service law firm representing Clients throughout New Mexico and in the neighboring states of Arizona, Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma. LRPA’s unique legal talent and experience lie in the areas of natural resource, water and environmental law and related litigation. As an “AV” rated firm, LRPA enjoys Martindale–Hubbell’s highest rating.
LRPA’s Attorneys and Staff are committed to providing legal services specifically tailored to each Client’s individual needs. LRPA employs a multidisciplinary approach in providing legal services. To this end, Clients’ legal issues are analyzed simultaneously from both a legal and technical perspective. Our experience with this blended approach consistently results in issue-narrowing, comprehensive strategizing, and anticipation of rebuttal needs – all of which translate into faster and more efficient problem solving and Client cost savings.

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Kristen Castaños
Stoel Rives LLP

Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. law firm, with a full suite of transactional and litigation solutions for U.S. and international clients. Established in 1907, the firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 12 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia. Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies, among others. We represent businesses at all stages of growth, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, real estate, renewable energy and technology law.

Steven Clyde, Esq.
Clyde Snow & Sessions

Clyde Snow & Sessions, a full-service law firm with offices in Utah, California and Oregon, is dedicated to serving the legal needs of regional, national and international clients. Our legal expertise spans a wide range of fields. While continuing to be Utah’s premier water law firm, Clyde Snow attorneys are well respected in a broad range of litigation matters including white collar criminal defense, government and independent investigations, employment law, securities, complex business litigation, trusts and estates, corporate and tax law, banking and transactional matters, and domestic relations. Clyde Snow lawyers understand that certain situations call for experience, connections and expertise that reach beyond legal advice and counsel to achieve the best results for their clients.

Arthur Coon, Esq.
Miller Starr Regalia

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Michael Davis
Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC

With a 104-year track record of winning strategies, Gresham Savage is a leading business, litigation, real estate, environmental and land use law firm in Southern California. The firm’s over 50 attorneys, practicing in offices in San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Los Angeles, provide focused, cost-effective legal services to regional, national, and international companies.
Gresham Savage has a reputation for toughness, relentless execution, and exceptional results across a broad array of practice areas.
Gresham Savage’s expertise extends to employment, environmental, health care, land use, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, natural resources, real estate, transactional, and trusts and estates, and many other areas. We represent clients from many sectors, including mining, railways, transportation, real estate, retail and commercial development, redevelopment, health care, financial services, hospitality, energy, utilities, construction and banking.

Alex DeGood
Cox Castle & Nicholson, LLP

Cox, Castle & Nicholson’s Land Use and Natural Resources Practice is unparalleled in the western United States, with tremendous depth and breadth of expertise across the entire spectrum of land use law. We have successfully helped clients navigate through the permitting process for just about every kind of development project in existence, including mixed-use, in-fill, master planned communities, new towns, skyscrapers, apartments, hotels, wind farms. solar farms, landfills, recycling centers, quarries, power plants, hotels, hospitals, corporate and institutional campuses, manufacturing facilities, office buildings, warehouses, shopping centers, transportation improvements, and infrastructure. We also represent government agencies and quasi-governmental agencies such as cities, counties, water districts, special districts, hospital districts, and universities on a variety of large-scale planning efforts and major projects.

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Kristin Garcia
Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh

Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh represents clients in resolving environmental issues relating to land use development planning, remediation, federal and state permitting, and regulatory compliance. We team with environmental consultants, engineers, and insurance companies to create integrated strategic technical-financial-legal solutions. Our attorneys negotiate with regulators and practice before administrative boards including the air quality management districts and the state water boards. JDTP attorneys are routinely involved with the review, analysis, and preparation of defensible California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents and the related mitigation programs. The firm is a leading land use, zoning and planning law firm providing and represents numerous private landowners, major developers, citizen groups, public agencies, agricultural businesses, aggregate producers and real estate and finance companies for more than 30 years.

Paige Gosney
Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh

Jackson DeMarco Tidus Peckenpaugh represents clients in resolving environmental issues relating to land use development planning, remediation, federal and state permitting, and regulatory compliance. We team with environmental consultants, engineers, and insurance companies to create integrated strategic technical-financial-legal solutions. Our attorneys negotiate with regulators and practice before administrative boards including the air quality management districts and the state water boards. JDTP attorneys are routinely involved with the review, analysis, and preparation of defensible California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents and the related mitigation programs. The firm is a leading land use, zoning and planning law firm providing and represents numerous private landowners, major developers, citizen groups, public agencies, agricultural businesses, aggregate producers and real estate and finance companies for more than 30 years.

Prof. Brian Gray
Emeritus Professor of Law UC Hastings College of Law

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Matthew Henderson
Miller Starr Regalia

Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for 50 years. The firm also has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 3d, a 12-volume treatise on California real estate law. “The Book” is the most widely used and judicially recognized real estate treatise in California and is cited by practicing attorneys and courts throughout the state.
We have 40 attorneys in our Walnut Creek, San Francisco and Newport Beach offices, all of whom concentrate on real property matters, making us one of the largest real estate law practices in California. Our firm has expertise in all real property related legal matters including transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, construction, management, title, environmental, and land use, in addition to full-service litigation and dispute resolution services.

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David Ivester
Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP, San Francisco, California

Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP was formed in 2005 by experienced lawyers dedicated to excellence in the practice of land use, environmental, and natural resource law. The firm regularly guides clients through the land use and environmental regulatory maze and related court proceedings. We help clients develop and implement a wide range of projects (commercial, residential, mixed-use, resource use, energy, and water) and resolve title and boundary issues. We have special expertise in handling administrative matters with agencies exercising regulatory authority under the California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Historic Preservation Act, California Coastal Act, California Water Code, California Fish and Game Code, the public trust doctrine, and local general plans and zoning ordinances.

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Doug Kenney, Ph.D.
Professor University of ColoradoGetches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

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Arthur Littleworth, Esq.
Best Best & Krieger, LLP

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Sarah Mack
Tupper Mack Wells, PLLC

Tupper Mack Wells PLLC, in the area of water law, represents public sector and private sector clients in water resource planning and development. Our work includes water right permitting, due diligence for water right acquisition, water right transfers, water system plan updates, mitigation, watershed planning, adjudication, and appeals. The firm also assists utilities, businesses, associations and local governments with water quality permitting and compliance. We represent clients in several complex disputes involving stormwater regulation and NPDES permits.

Wesley Miliband
Stoel Rives, LLP

Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. law firm, with a full suite of transactional and litigation solutions for U.S. and international clients. Established in 1907, the firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia. Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies, among others. We represent businesses at all stages of growth, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, real estate, renewable energy and technology law. We achieved 34 prestigious national tier rankings in the 2016 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® ”Best Law Firms” survey.

Andre Monette
Best Best & Krieger, LLP

Best Best & Krieger, LLP is a full-service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys in nine offices across California and in Washington, D.C., The firm delivers effective, timely and service-oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals. BB&K is comprised of highly regarded lawyers focusing on virtually all practices of law. The firm serves as city attorney to more than 30 cities across California and as general and special counsel to special districts that focus on water, transportation, regional planning and resource conservation. For more than 100 years the firm has provided broad representation on complex legal areas such as environmental and natural resources law.

Thierry Montoya
Alvarado Smith, PC

Founded in 1993, Alvarado Smith is a Professional Corporation with offices throughout California that include Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco and affiliated offices in Mexico. Alvarado Smith provides reliable legal counsel to many major companies and public entities. We are a full-service law firm and specialize in employment, real estate, environmental, intellectual property, corporate law, and financial institutions. We distinguish ourselves from other firms by carefully listening to each and all of our clients’ needs. When approached with an issue, we confront the problem from numerous different perspectives. This method yields to us the most innovative—and most importantly, effective—resolutions for all our legal matters.

R. Clark Morrison, Esq.
Cox Castle and Nicholson, LLP
Shannon Morrissey
Stoel Rives, LLP

Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. law firm, with a full suite of transactional and litigation solutions for U.S. and international clients. Established in 1907, the firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia. Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies, among others. We represent businesses at all stages of growth, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, real estate, renewable energy and technology law. We achieved 34 prestigious national tier rankings in the 2016 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® ”Best Law Firms” survey.

Catherine Mukai, P.E.
Ramboll Environ, Inc.

Catherine Mukai has expertise in air emissions and concentration impact assessment, using fundamental skills in emissions estimation, regulatory analysis, air dispersion modeling, and health risk assessments. Ms. Mukai has provided permitting, compliance, and litigation support for industrial stationary sources and quantified emissions and concentration impacts from mobile sources, rail, and marine sources, as well. Ms. Mukai has successfully applied for permits for stationary sources of air pollution and GHG in many states and California air districts, under New Source Review and Prevention of Significant Deterioration programs. She has also prepared air quality technical reports for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) impact analyses of Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Resources.

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Jennifer Nijman
Nijman•Franzetti LLP
Meredith Nikkel
Downey Brand, LLP

Clients turn to Downey Brand for efficient and practical legal advice. We have built a reputation of understanding the industries and businesses of our clients and working with them to advance their business goals. Founded in California’s capital city of Sacramento, Downey Brand is strategically positioned to serve clients in business, natural resources and litigation matters throughout California, Northern Nevada and beyond. As a preeminent full-service law firm, we offer counsel in more than 25 areas of civil practice including water, agriculture, corporate, civil litigation, business planning, bankruptcy, employment, construction, real estate, trusts and estates and family law. We focus on providing these services to public corporations, governmental entities, privately held companies, family-owned businesses and individuals. Our clients’ industries include financial institutions, agricultural producers, forest products, retail, construction, real estate, public agencies and non-profit organizations.

Paul Noto
Patrick Miller & Noto, PC

For over 30 years, Patrick Miller & Noto has been a leading water rights law firm that provides innovative solutions to our numerous and diverse clients who depend on water. We understand the critical need for water in various industries, including agriculture, municipal water, resort development and various businesses, and we have expertise in litigation as well as out of court negotiation in order to find the best and most cost effective solutions for our client’s water related needs. When looking for a water lawyer it’s important to hire a water attorney and firm, which only practices in the water field.
One of the firm’s founding partners, Ramsey Kropf, was recently appointed as the Deputy Solicitor for Water, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, D.C. Our firm name has been changed to reflect Ramsey’s move from the private sector.

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Daniel O’Hanlon
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, LLC

Kronick is a full-service law firm with a dedicated legal team of more than 40 attorneys that collectively represent a large and diverse mix of private business and public sector clients throughout California in over 25 legal disciplines.

Since its founding in 1959, Kronick has been recognized statewide for its unsurpassed expertise in water rights and water resources law. Our accomplished team of water attorneys advise clients on the multitude of laws and regulations that govern water use in California. Kronick successfully assists both public and private entities in obtaining, developing and protecting their rights to quality, reliable water supplies. Increasingly, this involves negotiating complex regulatory and environmental laws that govern water diversion, use and management.

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Kate Poole
Natural Resources Defense Council

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DEBORAH QUICK, ESQ
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP

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Antonio Rossmann, Esq.
Rossmann & Moore, LLP

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Danielle Sakai
Best Best & Krieger, LLP

Best Best & Krieger, LLP is a full-service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys in nine offices across California and in Washington, D.C., The firm delivers effective, timely and service-oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals. BB&K is comprised of highly regarded lawyers focusing on virtually all practices of law. The firm serves as city attorney to more than 30 cities across California and as general and special counsel to special districts that focus on water, transportation, regional planning and resource conservation. For more than 100 years the firm has provided broad representation on complex legal areas such as environmental and natural resources law.

Jonathan Shardlow
Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC

With a 104-year track record of winning strategies, Gresham Savage is a leading business, litigation, real estate, environmental and land use law firm in Southern California. The firm’s over 50 attorneys, practicing in offices in San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Los Angeles, provide focused, cost-effective legal services to regional, national, and international companies.
Gresham Savage has a reputation for toughness, relentless execution, and exceptional results across a broad array of practice areas.
Gresham Savage’s expertise extends to employment, environmental, health care, land use, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, natural resources, real estate, transactional, and trusts and estates, and many other areas. We represent clients from many sectors, including mining, railways, transportation, real estate, retail and commercial development, redevelopment, health care, financial services, hospitality, energy, utilities, construction and banking.

Harvey Sheldon
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

At Hinshaw, our team of lawyers can provide a wide variety of sophisticated legal advice and counsel. Hinshaw is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers. We offer a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, corporate and business law, environmental, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, and wealth preservation and taxation matters. Our attorneys provide services to a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include construction, financial services, health care, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Our clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.
Hinshaw was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago. We have offices in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and London.

Allison Smith
Stoel Rives LLP

Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. law firm, with a full suite of transactional and litigation solutions for U.S. and international clients. Established in 1907, the firm has nearly 400 attorneys operating out of 12 offices in seven states and the District of Columbia. Representative clients include financial institutions, public and private utilities, energy and renewable energy companies, developers, manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, universities, agribusinesses, software companies, food and beverage companies, charitable foundations, telecommunications and forestry companies, among others. We represent businesses at all stages of growth, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Stoel Rives is a leader in corporate, energy, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment, land use and construction, litigation, natural resources, real estate, renewable energy and technology law. http://www.stoel.com/index.aspx

David Smith
Stice & Block, LLP

Drawing on both in-house expertise and large-firm legal experience, the attorneys at Stice & Block LLP have the proven ability to practically and creatively take real estate projects though all phases: from due diligence and acquisition through entitlement, development, leasing and disposition, including all aspects of venture formation, risk management and project finance.

Beyond our technical experience, our attorneys bring people skills, negotiation expertise, facilitation abilities and solution-oriented thinking to help find cost-effective resolutions to complex issues and to keep simple issues simple. We help our clients strategize, negotiate and innovate to achieve their goals. We bring people to the table and build relationships across the table to help get the job done and the deal closed.

Michele Staples, Esq.
Jackson Tidus, LLC
Amy Steinfeld, Esq.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Chris Stiles
Remy Moose Manley, LLP

Since the 1980s, when they first started litigating environmental issues, Remy Moose Manley, LLP’s attorneys have provided litigation, counseling and regulatory services in all areas of environmental law. Our vast experience in all aspects of environmental law will provide your organization with a broad and comprehensive resource to fit your specific needs.

Remy Moose Manley, LLP, represents public agencies, private entities and public interest groups on a wide variety of matters related to land use planning and the acquisition of permits and other entitlements. Our many years of experience encompass a broad scope of activities and laws, including: assistance with site acquisition and due diligence; amendment and adoption of general plans, community plans, specific plans, redevelopment plans and zoning ordinances; interpretation and application of the State Planning & Zoning Law, the Subdivision Map Act, the Williamson Act, State and Federal Endangered Species Acts, the Coastal Act, and other related land use statutes.

Lee Storey
The Storey Lawyers, PLC

Our legal team has a well-deserved reputation of excellence in providing smart, sensible, and cost-effective legal and business solutions for our clients.
We serve a wide range of clientele, and every client relationship is valued greatly and treated with dignity and respect. Each engagement benefits from the depth and breadth of our expertise.
The firm has unparalleled expertise in the areas of environment law and water rights, and Indian law issues. The firm also represents clients in the areas of: acquisitions and divestitures; business law; climate change and sustainability; commercial litigation; corporate and contractual disputes; corporate governance; drafting of commercial contracts; environment and natural resources; joint ventures and strategic alliances and licensing.

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Daniel Timmons
Marten Law, PLLC

Marten Law has built a national reputation as a leader in environmental and energy law. Our team of lawyers includes recognized authorities in alternative energy, climate change, air quality, hazardous and solid waste, water resources and water quality, fisheries, environmental review and permitting. We focus on one practice area, so that we can be the best at it in the country. This has allowed our firm to represent clients in some of the most important energy and environmental matters nationally, including: Permitting the first clean coal plant designed to capture 90% of its emissions and sequester captured carbon dioxide into the ground; Resolving claims in the largest environmental bankruptcy proceeding in history; Representing controversial public and private development projects, including airports, mines, and wind developments; and Initiating and defending rate challenges for major power consumers.

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Andrew Waldera
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC

With offices in Boise, Twin Falls and Challis, our team serves the diverse needs of clients throughout Southern and Central Idaho. Sawtooth Law is strategically located to provide superior service to producers and organizations related to Idaho’s key resources – agriculture, natural resources, recreation, and water.
Our attorneys are licensed to practice law in state and federal courts in Idaho and Washington, and before the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Moreover, our attorneys have unique experience in handling legislation at the Idaho statehouse and water rights matters in the Snake River Basin Adjudication and before the Idaho Department of Water Resources.

Robert Wilkinson
UC Santa BarbaraBren School of Environmental Science and Management
Kristina Woods, Esq.
Ashland, Inc.