Authored Articles & Publications Apr 30, 2019
"California Water," Third Edition
Eric Garner’s Updates to Text on Historical, Legal and Policy Issues Affecting California Water Use
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Eric Garner’s Updates to Text on Historical, Legal and Policy Issues Affecting California Water Use
Association of Environmental Professionals
Served Senior Positions with the Army Corps of Engineers and the White House
Effective Jan. 1
Critical Habitat for Endangered Species Decision
Firm Welcomes Four New Attorneys to Group
Riverside Lawyer Magazine Features the RCBA Barristers' Past President
Daily Journal Again Recognizes the CEQA Law Veteran
The Bill is Due: Now What? Infrastructure, Pensions and the Environment
A BB&K Premier Event
Association of Environmental Professionals
Managing Partner Eric L. Garner Interviewed by the Water Education Foundation
BB&K Partners Gene Tanaka and Shawn Hagerty Win in California Appellate Court
By Ana Schwab
By John Freshman and Ana Schwab
CLE International's 4th Annual California Wetlands Conference
Daily Journal’s Annual List of California’s Best Female Attorneys
Annual List Lauds Young Professionals in the Community
Five BB&K Partners Receive Honor
Partner
The Struggle to Find Balance is Explored by BB&K Partner Gene Tanaka in Municipal Lawyer Magazine
Tribal Water Law's 5th Annual Conference
Strafford
Reimagining the Cadillac Desert
Development Projects in California May be Impacted
Law Seminars International Endangered Species in California
The Award Recognizes Women for Their Professional Excellence, Community Service and Work Helping Other Women Achieve Their Full Potential
Water Contractors Challenge SWRCB Order Potentially Restricting Water
BB&K’s Gerard Lavery Lederer, John D. Freshman and Annick C. Miller Rivera teamed up to help secure contract
International Municipal Lawyers Association
A Team of BB&K Attorneys, Working pro Bono, Garnered Headlines This Week for Case of First Impression
Appeal Asks the High Court to Sort Out the Intersection of the Nation’s Endangered Species and Environmental Policy Laws
BB&K Attorney Roderick Walston Represents a Water Supplier in a Case That Has Potentially Vast Impacts on Groundwater Rights. He Is Interviewed by Circle of Blue
Her Environmental Litigation Work Earns Her a Place on the Prestigious List of 100 Women Lawyers
Congratulations to These Attorneys
BB&K Partner Michelle Ouellette Co-Authors This Look at the Future of Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plans in the ABA’s Natural Resources & Environment Journal
BB&K Managing Partner Eric Garner Discusses the Past and Future of Water in California in the Daily Journal