Litigation Counsel for California State Agencies including California Coastal Commission, California Coastal Conservancy and State Lands Commission.Speaker on Site Remediation processes in California, remedy selection and land use for a variety of audiences.

Leads team of 72 to create STEMfestival for gifted and talented students from TK-8th grade.

Contributing author to California Environmental Law and Land Use regarding Hazardous Waste Permitting.

*Crafts CEQA compliance strategy for public agency projects, researches compliance issues and reviews environmental documents such as the initial study checklist.* Legal expert in land use covenants including training, drafting, negotiating, designing fact sheets, and drafting policy. *Regularly responds to discovery and Public Records Act Requests by interfacing with litigants, the public, and agency staff.* Solidifies positive relationships between community groups and our regulatory agency by responding to questions and communicating regarding complex and controversial issues.*Facilitates cleanup of contaminated properties by interfacing with developers, counsel and responsible parties regarding working with our regulatory agency. *Defends public agency against CERCLA contribution claim.*Reviews RCRA and Standardized Permits for hazardous waste facilities in California. Representative industries include used oil, storage, research laboratories with mixed wastes, and precious metals recycling. * Drafts hazardous waste permit appeals briefs.*Reviews and advises staff regarding the management of hazardous waste at permitted facilities within the permitting process.*Enforces the Hazardous Waste Control Law by advising inspectors, meeting with defendants, managing the work of the Attorney General's Office, advising task forces, ensuring timely payment of penalty amounts.*Advises supervisors regarding management of employees, drafting counseling memorandum, and the progressive discipline system.*Leads training on laws and regulations regarding Site Mitigation.* Experience includes: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Hazardous Substance Account Act (HSAA,) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA,) the Hazardous Waste Control Law (HWCL,) Prospective Purchaser Agreements, National Contingency Plan, Land Use Law, California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act (CLRRA.)

* Responsible for Business Law, Employment Law, Class Action Law, Unfair Competition Law cases.*Exhibited problem-solving and decision-making skills by spearheading Unfair Competition Law, Trademark Infringement, and Cybersquatting suits against illegal businesses resulting in injunctions and contempt proceedings. *Lead negotiator in Cybersquatting and Unfair Competition cases. *Drafted termination, severance, consulting, and non-compete agreements for high level managerial employees. *Drafted successful cease and desist letters. *Answered a variety of employment law based questions for business clients and Human Resources managers. *Successful in leading junior associates and support staff in completing large complex tasks.

*Practices law and motion for large complex cases in consumer law, toxic tort, ADA compliance, labor and employment law.*Performed transactional work in Business and Entertainment law by independently drafting: Non-disclosure agreements, producer agreements, joint venture agreements, incorporation documents, letters on behalf of clients. *Drafted response to cease and desist for Trademark infringement. *Demonstrated high level of skill with technology, oral communication, and written communication by researching, writing, and arguing complex motions for Wage and Hour class action suits and other high stakes litigation. *Researched, argued, and won Anti-SLAPP motion. Awarded over $12,000.*Performed all aspects of written discovery and depositions.

*Drafted and edited claims for foreign clients in accordance with Japanese Patent Office regulations. *Analyzed patent application, references, and rejection notices in order to redraft claims.

Aided research, drafting, and contract negotiation for Oroville Dam relicensing project.Researched and drafted legal briefs on copyright, CEQA, contract, refinance, professional responsibility, and California Constitutional issues.