Matthew Lavrinets

Matthew Lavrinets Matthew Lavrinets is an associate in the Oakland office and a member of their Litigation Practice Group.Matthew is a former Deputy Attorney for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), where he worked in the San Francisco legal division on all phases of litigation, including trial and appeal, and provided counsel with respect to both relatively straightforward and complex legal matters. In particular, he advised on issues involving CEQA, NEPA and the California Public Records Act, and obtained favorable results in areas such as eminent domain, inverse condemnation, and other real property matters.Matthew is a member of the state bars of California and Oregon.EDUCATIONUniversity of San Francisco Law School Juris Doctor, 2003, Zief Scholarship Recipient, Intellectual Property Law Certificate Recipient University of Wisconsin, Madison Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science, 2000 SIGNIFICANT CASES AND TRANSACTIONS Lyles v. State of California (2007) 153 Cal.App.4th 281Served as appellate counsel for the State of California. This case provided important guidance for public entities regarding the statute of limitations for inverse condemnation and nuisance claims in cases that involve isolated property damage.