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Experience
Assist clients in acquiring and preserving various land use entitlements including preparation of a vested rights submission in support of expanding an aggregate mine and responding to claims that a use permit expired.
Assist clients in complying with the California Environmental Quality Act including authoring a mitigated negative declaration for the construction of a dam; drafting sections of an environmental impact report dealing with climate change; analyzing and commenting on administrative draft environmental impact reports and their supporting technical studies; and CEQA litigation.
Assist clients in complying with the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act.
Conduct environmental and regulatory due diligence for various mining operations.
Draft mining, grazing, and agricultural leases.
Assist in responding to enforcement actions brought by Regional Water Quality Control Boards.
Successfully responded to a local air district's claim that an authority to construct expired.
General
Former Law Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, Land/ Natural Resources Section.
Former Legal Intern for the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Memberships
Sacramento County Bar Association, Member
Power Association of Northern California, Member
Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento, Member
Urban Land Institute (ULI), Member
North State Building Industry Association, Member
United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Admitted to Practice
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis, School of Law (J.D., 2006)
University of California, Davis (B.A., 1996)
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