At a Glance
Wendy works with public and private clients on matters involving water law, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the Endangered Species Act and more.
Wendy was part of a team of attorneys who secured a trial court judgment in the Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication.
Wendy has extensive experience representing clients subject to AQMD rules and regulations.
Wendy Y. Wang works with public and private clients on matters involving water law, Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act, Proposition 218, Air Quality Management District rules and regulations, and public works projects. She also has significant experience in commercial litigation and contract agreements.
Wendy regularly represents water suppliers. She was part of the successful team that secured a jury verdict that water suppliers had acquired prescriptive groundwater rights to the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin during times of groundwater shortage conditions. That trial is believed to be the first jury trial over groundwater rights in California.
Wendy was also part of the team of attorneys that secured a trial court judgment in the Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication, the largest groundwater rights case ever in California and perhaps in United States history. After 16 years of litigation involving approximately 70,000 landowners, including two separate classes, a judgment was entered determining who has the right to pump water from the Antelope Valley groundwater basin and establishing a long-term sustainable management plan.
Wendy has extensive experience representing clients subject to AQMD rules and regulations, and successfully negotiated settlement agreements between public agencies and AQMD regarding penalties and notices of violation. She appeared before the AQMD hearing board on petitions for abatement proceedings and regularly advises clients on AQMD rules and relevant California Health and Safety Code provisions.
Wendy grew up in Orange County and now lives in Los Angeles. She considers herself an adventurous foodie.
Wendy is fluent in Mandarin. She is admitted to practice law in the State of California.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D.
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.
Legal Alerts
Sep 4, 2015
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Amended
SB 13 Provides Clarifications and Revisions to SGMA
Legal Alerts
Jul 21, 2015
Draft Basin Boundary Regulations Released
Public Comments Due Sept. 4
Authored Articles & Publications
Mar 20, 2015
California’s Emergency Drought Measures
By Wendy Y. Wang
Legal Alerts
Mar 17, 2015
California’s State Water Resources Control Board Renews and Imposes Stricter Emergency Water Conservation Regulations
Limits on Outdoor Irrigation and New Reporting Requirements Included to Address Ongoing Drought
Legal Alerts
Jan 27, 2015
State Board Issues Notice of Potential Curtailment of Surface Water Rights Diversions
Recent Rainfall Not Enough to Stop Drought Emergency Measures
Authored Articles & Publications
Dec 9, 2014
City of Angels the City of Water
By Eric Garner and Wendy Wang
- “Local Agencies React to Basin Boundaries Rule With Calls for Clarification, Collaboration,” BBKnowledge, Sept. 21, 2015
- “California Water Leaders Testify at Capitol on Water Bond,” BBKnowledge, Feb. 12, 2015