Daniel Olivas Email & Phone Number

I have been an attorney with the California Department of Justice since 1990 (I was in private practice prior to that). In January 2018, I was appointed as the Senior Assistant Attorney General for the Land Use and Conservation Section in the Public Rights Division. The section represents more than two dozen client agencies including the State Lands Commission, the Coastal Commission, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and ten conservancies.I earned my undergraduate degree in English literature from Stanford University, and law degree from UCLA. While in law school, I served as editor-in-chief of the Chicano Law Review, and Co-chair of the La Raza Law Student Association. When I'm not practicing law, I am a fiction writer, poet, book critic, playwright, and editor. My 12 books include "Chicano Frankenstein: A Novel" (Forest Avenue Press, 2024); "My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions" (University of Nevada Press, 2024); "How to Date a Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories (University of Nevada Press, 2022); and "Crossing the Border: Collected Poems" (Pact Press, 2017). I have written for many publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, Jewish Journal, The Guardian, and Alta Journal.Specialties: Civil litigation in both California and federal courts; writs of mandate; administrative procedure; appellate practice.[The statements made in this LinkedIn account do not represent the views or positions of the California Department of Justice.]