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Climate Change Law - Directory of Practitioners

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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.

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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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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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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.

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.

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Robert Wilkinson
UC Santa BarbaraBren School of Environmental Science and Management