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Professional Experience
For over 19 years, Ms. Diamond has focused on a range of environmental compliance and permitting issues, with a unique background that includes both in-house and private practice experience. Ms. Diamond´s areas of expertise include air and water quality; hazardous and mixed waste; multi-party Superfund sites; the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); underground storage tanks; ordnance; and environmental justice issues. She also provides environmental due diligence for real estate and merger/acquisition transactions. Ms. Diamond also advises clients on health and safety matters under Cal-OSHA and Fed-OSHA, as well as representing clients at informal conferences and Cal-OSHA Appeals Board hearings. Prior to joining Weston Benshoof, Ms. Diamond was in-house counsel for eight years at The Boeing Company, with previous experience as in-house counsel at Pacific Enterprises (Sempra Energy) and as an Associate at McKenna & Cuneo in Los Angeles.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1986 Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal Connecticut College, B.A. (cum laude), 1977
Admissions
State Bar of California; U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California
Professional Memberships and Activities
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Environmental Section; California Bar Association, Environmental Section and Business Law Section; American Bar Association Ms. Diamond is fluent in French. | 