Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, A Law Corporation

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Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard was established in 1959 with a focus on water and water-related resource law. Founders Stanley Kronick and Adolph Moskovitz first met in 1950 as staff attorneys for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, where they formulated a water allocation plan that reversed California's water policy and became the basis for the water and hydroelectric projects implemented by Governor Edmund G. Brown. The complexity of legal and governance issues related to water quickly led KMTG into other areas of public agency law, intensifying the firm's experience throughout the complicated network of regulatory agencies and at every level of the state and federal court systems, including the United States Supreme Court. As the firm's expertise expanded, the diversity of its client base grew. Today, KMTG attorneys collectively represent school and community college districts, water districts, cities, counties, local and state government agencies, special districts, joint powers authorities and joint powers insurance authorities, landowners, wineries, private individuals, small to mid-sized businesses and publicly traded companies.

Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Banking Law, Business Law, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Education Law, Eminent Domain, Energy, Environmental Law, Government, Government Contracts, Insurance, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Municipal Law, Natural Resources, Public Finance, Real Estate, Redevelopment Law, Taxation, Water Law, and Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Voters' Requests to Withdraw Signatures from Recall Petition Need Not Have Declaration of Circulator and May Be Used To Withdraw Subsequent Signatures on Recall Petition
Mona Ebrahimi, November 10, 2009
In Carson Citizens for Reform v. Kawagoe, (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 2 Dist., October 13, 2009), a California Court of Appeal considered the validity of requests by voters to withdraw their signatures from a petition to recall a local mayor. The Court of Appeal held that the requests to...

Removal of Buildings Is a "Work of Improvement" For the Purposes of a Mechanical Lien
Amara Harrell, Karina K. Terakura, October 30, 2009
In <i>United Rentals Northwest v. Snider Lumber Products</i>, (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ---, Cal.App. 5 Dist., June 18, 2009) a California Court of Appeal considered whether an equipment rental company that rented equipment to a subcontractor for the removal of kilns from a property, but was...

California Environmental Quality Act Does Not Require City to Complete and Consider an Environmental Impact Report Prior To Rejecting A Proposed Project
Mona Ebrahimi, Daniel J. O'Hanlon, Jon E. Goetz, Kristin A. Hagan, October 22, 2009
In Las Lomas Land Company v. City of Los Angeles, (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 2 Dist., September 17, 2009), the Court of Appeals held that the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") does not require a City to complete and consider an environmental impact report...

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