Press Releases Nov 01, 2019
BB&K Achieves High Marks in “Best Law Firms” Rankings for 2020
U.S. News-Best Lawyers in America Annual List Recognizes Many of the Firm’s Premier Practice Areas
Environmental litigation is particularly complex and can take the form of short-term administrative or writ proceedings or longer-term litigation and appeals. There is an interplay between state and federal laws and regulations, policy considerations and a variety of competing interests. Results can have widespread, long-term implications for future development projects and entire communities.
Best Best & Krieger LLP maintains a large focused Environmental Litigation practice, with nearly 25 percent of our attorneys regularly handling all phases of trial and appellate proceedings. Our environmental litigators are among the most highly qualified and experienced in the nation and have represented clients in many of the nation’s and California’s most significant and contentious matters. Often, these are precedent-setting and high-stakes disputes. BB&K attorneys have an excellent record of favorably resolving multi-party and multi-district environmental challenges and citizens’ suits in federal and state courts.
Our environmental attorneys also resolve matters beyond the courtroom through arbitration, mediation and negotiated settlements, and we have extensive experience representing public and private clients in investigations and enforcement actions and hearings before federal, state and local regulatory agencies including:
Unrivaled Depth & Breadth
Our team has the necessary combination of scientific knowledge, regulatory experience and litigation skill, plus broad-based experience representing clients from a wide variety of industries. These include agri-business, energy, chemical, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and transportation. We represent public entities, cities, water and other special districts and utilities. This breadth of experience provides us with insights into the perspectives of the various players. We know the challenges and how to work around them and, through decades of handling environmental matters, we have established an outstanding reputation with judges and good working relationships with regulators, which means that our clients are in the best possible position to get their issues resolved.
Comprehensive Service
We have effectively resolved a wide array of challenges involving:
As counsel to public agencies that collectively provide water to more than two-thirds of California’s population, we have brokered water rights disputes between states and have developed water policies internationally.
Our Approach
Our litigation teams are appropriately staffed with litigators and paralegal support, and are structured to deliver cost-efficient, effective legal solutions based on each client’s specific needs and goals. Further, we employ the latest technologies to streamline document review, efficiently manage litigation and enhance the presentation of evidence in court.
Representing clients in and out of court, we have litigators fighting the lawsuit, former members of the media helping to communicate our clients’ messages and legislative advocates conveying our clients’ position to legislators and agency officials.
U.S. News-Best Lawyers in America Annual List Recognizes Many of the Firm’s Premier Practice Areas
WOTUS Definition Court Challenges Continue
BB&K Successfully Defends Water District
International Municipal Lawyers Association
Union of Medical Marijuana Patients, Inc. v. City of San Diego
Including Seven Named as “Lawyer of the Year”
Federal and State Governments and Courts Concerned About Toxicity and Water Contamination
Sustainable Groundwater Planning in California
Calif. Appellate Court Decision May Also Apply to Other Types of Water Providers
Annual List Acknowledges Attorneys for Professional Achievements
Litigator Scott Ditfurth Shares Best Practices in Riverside Lawyer
BB&K Partner Mark Easter Walks Us Through the House of Depositions in Riverside Lawyer Magazine
Eric Garner’s Updates to Text on Historical, Legal and Policy Issues Affecting California Water Use
The Attorneys Argued About Short-Term Rentals and the Clean Water Act in the Ninth Circuit
Representing Desert Water Agency, BB&K Attorneys Won Partial Dismissal of Case
Sacramento Business Journal Also Gives High Rank for Women Attorney Numbers
Association of Environmental Professionals
Argent Communications Group
BB&K’s Charity Schiller and Amanda Daams Warn Why Businesses Should Heed CEQA’s Changing Processes
BB&K Leads Water Agencies’ Defense
15th Annual California Water Law Symposium
Decision in Sierra Club v. County of Fresno Case
Served Senior Positions with the Army Corps of Engineers and the White House
BB&K’s Michelle Ouellette and Ali Tehrani Authored Law Review Article
Invitation to Solicitor General for Opinion is Encouraging, He Says
U.S. News-Best Lawyers 2019 Rankings Released
International Municipal Lawyers Association
Firm Welcomes Four New Attorneys to Group
BB&K Team Successfully Defends City in First-of-its-Kind Trial in California
So the Judge Says You Need to Fix Your EIR...
Profiles in Diversity Journal Recognizes Professionals for their Leadership
California Appellate Court Supports the Broad Use of CEQA Addenda
Representing a Variety of Practice Areas
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Partner Andre Monette Interviewed by Bloomberg Environment on SCOTUS Nominee
One Recognized as a Northern California Super Lawyer Rising Star
Annual List Recognizes Attorneys for their Achievements
BB&K Attorneys Defended West Hollywood’s Sunset Blvd. Sign Approval
Riverside Lawyer Magazine Features the RCBA Barristers' Past President
Daily Journal Again Recognizes the CEQA Law Veteran
BB&K Defends City from CEQA, Brown Act and Planning and Zoning Law Claims
IMLA Mid-Year Seminar
Federal Bar Association Inland Empire Chapter
ABA Water Law Conference
Court Upholds City of Covina Infill Project
BB&K Free Webinar
Association of Environmental Professionals
Court Decision on California Water Code Authority
Environmental, Public Agency, Litigation and Bankruptcy Partners Recognized
BB&K Partners Gene Tanaka and Shawn Hagerty Win in California Appellate Court
Ninth Circuit Rules in Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. v. County of Maui
Filing Fees for CEQA Notices of Determination Increase Jan. 1
Does the Public Trust Doctrine Apply to Groundwater Extractions?
BB&K Ranked for a Variety of Areas and Practices on 2018 List
Public, Labor & Employment, Environmental and Insolvency Law Sections
How Land Use and Environmental Laws Mediate Disputes Between Universities, Colleges and Communities
California Supreme Court Decision Could Impact High-Speed Rail Project
BB&K Attorneys Represent RCTC; Defeat Environmental Challenges
California Supreme Court Decision Applies to Other Development Permits
Congratulations to the Nine BB&K Attorneys on this Year’s Lists
Law360 Interviews Partner Rod Walston on Ruling
BB&K Wins Major Victory for Local Agencies Confirming Authority for Taxation
Argent's 2017 California Water Law & Policy MCLE Conference
BB&K Team Represents RCTC in Mid County Parkway Project Dispute
BB&K Team Represented City
Daily Journal’s Annual List of California’s Best Female Attorneys
California State Conference
The American Ground Water Trust Conference
State Bar of California Environmental Law Section
HalfMoon Education Seminars
Federal Bar Association Inland Empire Chapter
Court Strikes Down Challenges to City’s Approval of Pomona College Master Plan Update
Firm’s Los Angeles Office Makes Debut at No. 173
Based on Number of Attorneys
The Walker Case: Does the Public Trust Doctrine Apply to Water Rights Established in Judicial Decrees?
Association of Environmental Professionals
Association of Environmental Professionals
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indian Water Rights Settlement Act
Challenge to Waters of the U.S. Rule Delayed Pending Supreme Court Review
Five BB&K Partners Receive Honor
Nation’s High Court Agreed to Hear Challenges to Controversial Rule
Fee Increase for CEQA Notices of Determination Effective Jan. 1
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Substantial Evidence Proving “Exacerbation” Required, California Appellate Court Says
Appellate Victory for Developers and Public Agencies
Resolutions in Two Major Water Rights Matters Cited by the Daily Journal
This is Her Third Consecutive Year on the List
Development Projects in California May be Impacted
Funding Sources Potentially Impacted for Cities and Counties
Eight Attorneys Recognized for Their Professional Achievements
Palm Springs Life Magazine’s Annual List Includes Partners Robert Hargreaves, Douglas Phillips and G. Henry Welles
Six Challenges to Public-Private Partnership Effort Overcome
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They Received an Amicus Service Award for Their Work on a Maui Water Quality Matter
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