Practice emphasizes natural resources, environmental and energy law.
Responsible for broad range of legal and policy matters in cabinet level agency with oversight responsibility for California natural resource departments and boards. Extensive experience relating to application of CEQA to forestry permits and with expansion of Redwood National Park. Lead counsel responsible for establishing industrial effluent limitation regulations and revision of pesticide registration regulations. Provided overall direction and support for non-profit environmental science and public policy research organization. Successfully obtained required governmental approvals for six major industrial projects and prepared financing legal opinions concerning regulatory compliance.