Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento
Mr. Bivins represents private and public agency clients in a broad range of matters, including Endangered Species Act litigation, groundwater rights litigation, CEQA litigation, and other matters in which water supply issues are implicated. He also advises clients regarding riparian rights, Proposition 218, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, and cultural resources issues implicating Native American tribal concerns.

Bartkiewicz, Kronick and Shanahan, Sacramento
Ms. Buckman has more than 20 years of experience representing public agencies and private clients on water and land use issues involving the federal and state Endangered Species Acts, federal reclamation and other water supply laws, and the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. She also has extensive administrative law experience and has negotiated complex matters with regulatory agencies such as the United States Bureau of Reclamation, State Water Resources Control Board, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Conservation. Before joining Bartkiewicz, Kronick and Shanahan, Ms. Buckman served as the in-house general counsel for Friant Water Authority, a joint powers agency that delivers water to over one million acres of highly-productive irrigated farmland on the east side of the southern San Joaquin Valley. Prior to joining Friant, she was in private practice for 16 years, where she represented clients in matters concerning a host of environmental and public law issues.

Aqueous Pathfinding, Inc, Oakland
Mr. Hubbard is a principal with Aqueous Pathfinding, Inc. and a consulting principal to Langan. He has 30years of professional experience performing and managing environmental projects, particularly related towater supply and water supply wells. Mr. Hubbard has worked closely with regulatory agencies and attorneys,evaluated well operations and contaminant impacts, calculated contaminant transport and fate to watersupply wells and streams, evaluated potential impacts relative to water supply reservoirs, and directed aquiferanalysis and field testing. He also provides expert witness testimony and litigation support. Clients includewater districts; local governments; law firms; and the semiconductor, steel, petrochemical, and transportationindustries.

Griffith, Masuda & Hobbs
Mr. Masuda has 45 years of California water and public law experience. After graduating from UCLA and UC Davis Law School, he served four years as an Army JAG attorney. Griffith, Masuda & Hobbs, founded in 1920, is general counsel to six water agencies and special counsel to three water agencies. The agencies are located in eight different counties from Butte to Monterey. The firm is also general counsel to two electric generation joint powers agencies and a mosquito abatement district. The firm advises clients on SGMA, including GSA administration, water rights, groundwater sustainability plans, and groundwater recharge projects. Mr. Masuda is a long-time member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Association of California Water Agencies and is a member of the GRACast subcommittee of the Groundwater Resources Association of California. He farmed almonds and raisins in Merced County, conjunctively using surface water and groundwater.

Coleman & Horowitt, LLP, Fresno
Mr. Smith is a partner in the litigation department of the Coleman & Horowitt’s Fresno and Sacramento offices, and is heading the firm’s Environmental Department, where he provides representation to clients in the areas of environmental law compliance and litigation, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), land use, Proposition 65, and water law and litigation in the Central Valley. His experience includes air quality and hazardous materials compliance, food safety, and water quality at both the federal and state levels. Mr. Smith has handled cases involving the EPA, Cal-EPA, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, CalRecycle, the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District and other environmental agencies. He has also been involved in federal litigation involving the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as well as state court litigation concerning pesticide contamination, CEQA and Proposition 65.

Scott D. Warner, PG CHG CEG
Principal Hydrogeologist/California – US West Regional Leader, BBJ GROUP
Mr. Warner is a principal hydrogeologist and regional leader for BBJ’s California and Western US business. His 30-plus years of experience as a consulting hydrogeologist and subject matter expert in innovative groundwater remediation methods has included multi-discipline projects and clients including industrial manufacturers, mining and energy assets, agriculture and recreation sites, government and legal services. Mr. Warner has a particular expertise with passive and sustainable groundwater remedies, having been a designer for several “first-in-the world” in situ systems and is a frequent speaker and lecturer to both national and international professional and academic audiences on this topic. He has also provided expert witness services for numerous cases both domestic and international.

MBK Engineers, Sacramento
Ms. Williams is a registered civil engineer in the State of California. She has five years of experience in the area of water resources engineering, working in the Water Rights Group at MBK Engineers. She specializes in research, analysis, documentation, and accounting of water supply and use. Ms. Williams is also involved with preparation of water management plans, Bay-Delta activities, water supply forecasting, water transfers, and preparation of expert witness testimony. She has gained extensive knowledge of the Sacramento River system through preparation of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractor’s Regional Water Management Plan, assisting the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation with drought operations, and conducting various field visits to measure groundwater levels and certify measurement equipment. Ms. Williams holds a BS degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.