Mona Nemat

Associate

Riverside
3750 University Avenue, Suite 400
P.O. Box 1028

TEL: (951) 826-8215
Mona.Nemat@bbklaw.com

Ms. Nemat joined the law firm of Best Best & Krieger LLP in 2007 as an Associate with the Eminent Domain Practice Group. She also belongs to the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Prior to joining Best Best & Krieger, Ms. Nemat was an associate at McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, a boutique law firm in Orange County specializing in water law and land use planning. There, Ms. Nemat’s practice included representation of municipalities, special districts, business entities and individuals in matters of public law, eminent domain, water rights, and environmental and land use issues, with a focus on litigation. At Best Best & Krieger, Ms. Nemat primarily assists public entities in acquiring property through the use of eminent domain. She also focuses on relocation issues that often accompany such acquisitions and on disputes involving loss of business goodwill as a result..

During law school, Ms. Nemat worked as a legal research assistant at the Sacramento County Public Defenders Office. In addition, Ms. Nemat clerked for the Real Estate Section at McDonough Holland & Allen, one of the largest law firms in Sacramento. Ms. Nemat was the recipient of the Witkin Legal Institute Award for Academic Excellence in Legal Writing, the Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum Scholarship, the Sacramento County Bar Association Fellowship, and the UC Davis School of Law Public Service Certification. She was also a teaching assistant for both legal writing and legal research. During her undergraduate studies, Ms. Nemat interned for the Honorable Tam Nomoto Schumann at the Orange County Superior Court.

Ms. Nemat has co-authored articles for the California Water Law and Policy Journal, including the feature article in May 2005 with Arthur G. Kidman titled, Win Some, Lose Some; the War Over Water in the Santa Clarita Valley. She has also co-authored another article for the Journal about the threat the invasive quagga muscles pose to California’s water supply in March of 2007.

Ms. Nemat obtained her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Social Behavior as well as in Criminology, Law & Society from the University of California, Irvine in 2001. She obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Davis in 2004. She belongs to the Orange County, Riverside County, California, and American Bar Associations.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California, 2004

Education

• JD,University of California, Davis
• BA,University of California, Irvine