Practice Areas - Environmental Litigation
- Litigation
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| University | Washington & Lee University, B.A., cum laude, 1966 |
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| Law School | University of California, Berkeley, J.D., 1969 |
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| Admitted | 1970, California; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Bar Association of San Francisco; Alameda County and American (Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry and Sections on: Corporations, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Natural Resources Law; Taxation) Bar Associations; State Bar of California. |
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| Born | San Antonio, Texas, June 21, 1944 |
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| Reported Cases | City of Stockton et al. v. The Superior Court of Sacramento County (Civic Partners Stockton LLC) (California Supreme Court, December 3, 2007), 42 Cal. 4th 730 (2007). Cordoza et al. v. Pacific States Steel Corporation, 320 F.3d 989, 1076 (9th Cir. 2003). |
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| ISLN | 902231946 |
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| Transactions | Unanimous decision of California Supreme Court on December 3, 2007, on behalf of major Central Valley city and its redevelopment agency expanding applicability of Government Code pre-litigation claims requirement against all local public entities to contract claims, and defeating $22 million in claims against our public entity client; Unanimous decision in Ninth Circuit on behalf of major Northern California city and its redevelopment agency in complex multi-party litigation removing and surcharging federal court Special Master, clarifying scope and process of federal court post-judgment reorganizations, and saving our public entity client over $39 million; Successfully represented major Bay Area port in connection with over $5 million in contractor's claims in complex litigation with subcontractors and sureties, in which obtained terminating sanctions against all claims by subcontractor; Successfully represented major Bay Area airport in complex contract litigation with major tenant, including recovery of over $125,000 in attorney fees for our client; Successfully represented major national chemical manufacturer in complex multi-party federal court litigation involving six-acre industrial property and adjoining area in Oakland, California contaminated by series of industrial users since the 1860's; Represent owners of major contaminated sites in California in regulatory and litigation matters, including: Redevelopment Agency of major East Bay city in successful remediation and redevelopment of contaminated 66 acre former steel mill site into over 300 homes and townhouses, involving close interaction with California Department of Toxic Substances Control and local governmental entities, which completed project received the California Redevelopment Association Award of Excellence; owner of two former copper mines in Redding, California concerning acid mine drainage in Lake Shasta, under jurisdiction of the Regional Water Board; multi-national chemical company former owner of contaminated site on which the Los Angeles Unified School District has constructed a $54 million middle school, in responding to California Department of Toxic Substances Control requirements and multi-party litigation; major manufacturer in responding to soil and groundwater contamination from its former aircraft parts facility in Burbank, California involving complex EPA consent order; and former manufacturer of landing gear assemblies in defending complex litigation involving contribution of contaminated waste to former landfill and municipal incinerator site in Pomona, California; Represented a developer and manufacturer of laser scanning systems and modeling software products in a $78 million merger with publicly traded Swiss corporation; Represented subsidiary of major international cement company in acquiring, expanding and later dispersing for over $15 million of its lightweight aggregate manufacturing operations in California; Represented fiduciaries owing over $100 million of Southern California real property concerning environmental and land use approvals and resale for residential development; Included multiple foreclosures, and complex title and regulatory issues; Represented the management group of a major regional real estate brokerage company in their successful leveraged buyout of the company for a cash price in excess of $5 million; Represented national fabric distributor in connection with $13 million stock sale. |
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