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Vice President/Occupational Safety and Health Services Leader at WSP Parsons BrinckerhoffMr. Green is the vice president/occupational safety and health practice leader at WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff. As the leader of the Occupational Health and Safety Service Line, he is responsible for growth of the service line, ensuring that there is an effective awareness within the business and in the market place of WSP’s expertise, meeting service line budget requirements of over $2M per year, and ensuring technical excellence with the service line. He has extensive experience and leadership in environmental, health and safety compliance, and in industrial hygiene services in a variety of business and industry segments including industrial manufacturing, transportation, pharmaceuticals, and commercial real estate sectors. Mr. Green’s experience includes client and project management in practice areas such as environmental remediation; safety and industrial hygiene compliance and program management; environmental investigations and site assessments; indoor air quality (IAQ) and building diagnostic inspections; environmental, health and safety (EH&S) auditing and compliance assistance; EH&S management systems auditing and program development; and training. He assists fortune 100 manufacturers by leading projects related to site remediation, EH&S due diligence, EH&S compliance, and management systems advice. Mr. Green has a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Ohio University.

Practice Leader at WSP Parsons BrinckerhoffMr. Ramich is a practice leader at WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff. He practices environmental, industrial hygiene, and building remediation services primarily in the Metropolitan DC area and advises clients worldwide. Mr. Ramich concentrates his practice in areas of water intrusion and mold assessment, management, and remediation. He also works in environmental (air) compliance with specialty in hazardous building materials assessment and remediation. Mr. Ramich has managed some of the largest mold assessment and remediation projects on the East Coast in 2011, 2012 and 2015. He serves as an expert witness on water intrusion and mold. Mr. Ramich holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

Of Counsel, Hopping Green & Sams, TallahasseeMr. Blalock practices primarily in the environmental and natural resources law area assisting clients in navigating the regulatory and legislative arenas. He also represents clients in obtaining environmental permits from federal, state, and local agencies. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, he worked as the policy chief for the Florida House of Representatives’ Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee. Hopping Green & Sams is a statewide firm based in Tallahassee with over 50 attorneys specializing in all aspects of land use and environmental law.

Mark Ellard is a senior principal engineer based in Geosyntec’s Orlando, Florida, office. He has more than 27 years of Florida experience in water resources and environmental engineering. His water resources expertise includes diverse stormwater management and water quality assessment projects, including watershed management, master planning, floodplain management, pollutant load assessment, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Total Maximum Daily Loads regulatory compliance, environment resource permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic and groundwater flow modeling, and water quality monitoring. He has extensive experience in the application of low impact development (LID) and green infrastructure (GI) practices for urban stormwater management.

Shareholder, Lewis Longman & Walker, P.A., JacksonvilleMr. Flowers represents the public and private sectors in the areas of environmental, land use and governmental law. He provides general and special counsel representation to counties, municipalities, and special districts. Mr. Flowers’ clients include private land owners and developers as well as entities of government. He represents these clients before local, state and federal agencies and courts on matters related to: wetland and storm water permitting, sovereign submerged lands, water supply, the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.

Senior Counsel, Lewis Longman & Walker, P.A., Tampa BayMs. Getzoff’s practice focuses on state and federal environmental regulatory matters for coastal projects, land development, wetlands and water facilities. She has over 30 years of experience in environmental and administrative law and policy in both the private and public sectors. From 1999-2011, Ms. Getzoff served as the Southwest District director for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. As the director of a 12-county regulatory office based in Tampa, she managed permitting and compliance for some of the most complicated and innovative projects in Florida during that time, including the then-largest seawater desalination plant in the United States, a 15 billion gallon water supply reservoir and the Gulfstream Natural Gas Interstate pipeline.

Shareholder, Lewis Longman & Walker, P.A., West Palm BeachMr. Malefatto has been practicing environmental and land use law in Florida for over 30 years. He began his legal career as an assistant general counsel with the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (now the Department of Environmental Protection), and has been in private practice since 1983. For both public and private sector clients,Mr. Malefatto handles matters ranging from coastal and wetland permitting, to site contamination cleanups and brownfield redevelopment to defense of environmental enforcement actions. He holds an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Senior Practice Expert Attorney with South Florida Water Management DistrictMs. Martin is an expert in environmental resource permit issues and administrative law. She graduated from the University of Florida College of Law, with honors. She received her Bachelors of Science degree from Florida Atlantic University. Ms. Martin is board certified in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice. She is also accredited by the Green Building Certification Institute as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Professional. She is a Supreme Court certified mediator.

Shareholder with Hopping Green & Sams in TallahasseeMr. Olsen has over 20 years of experience and represents clients all over Florida, assisting water utilities, landowners, electric power entities, mining companies, agricultural operations and others in obtaining and protecting water rights, and planning for adequate water to support present and future operations. Mr. Olsen also helps regulated industries to obtain state and federal permits needed to impact wetlands and mitigate for those wetland impacts. He was formerly an attorney with the St. Johns River Water Management District. Mr. Olsen is a Florida Bar boards certified specialist in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice.

Christine Senne is of counsel to Manson Bolves Donaldson Varn, PA, and president of Senne Law Firm, PA. She practices environmental and water resources law throughout Florida. Ms. Senne received her law degree from the Florida State University College of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College. She is a member of The Florida Bar’s Environmental and Land Use Section, the American Water Resources Association’s Florida Section, and Highlands County, Florida’s, Natural Resources Advisory Committee. She resides in Lake Placid, Florida.

Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC, LivoniaMr. Fruchey’ s practice focuses on environmental, toxic tort, mass tort and products liability litigation, permitting and compliance with environmental regulations, and defending against alleged violations of environmental regulations. He also has experience defending against personal injury lawsuits, class action lawsuits relating to alleged nuisance odors and lawsuits under Michigan’s Ski Area Safety Act. Before law school, Mr. Fruchey worked as an environmental consultant for a national environmental consulting firm. While there, he worked on matters involving CERCLA, RCRA and TSCA, and he has extensive experience conducting soil and groundwater sampling in accordance with the appropriate operational memos under NREPA, including Parts 213 and 201, among others. Mr. Fruchey is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals (MAEP) and the Fowlerville Business Association. He is the former chairperson the Portland Zoning Board of Appeals.

Lawrence Law, PLC, NoviMr. Lawrence focuses his practice in complex commercial, contract, business, real estate, and environmental litigation. He has extensive experience litigating state and federal environmental claims, including groundwater contamination, natural resource damage, and product liability claims, including claims under the CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Water Act, and Michigan’s Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA). He also has experience in environmental, land use, and wetlands permitting; due diligence; easements and adverse possession; supplier/distributor agreements; community associations; and a wide variety of other commercial and business matters. He also worked on policy analysis for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in the Environmental Assistance Division prior to becoming an attorney. Mr. Lawrence graduated with honors from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School where he was a senior editor of the Law Review. He received his two undergraduate degrees from Michigan State University’s James Madison College. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, and the American Bar Association, and the Litigation and Environmental Law Sections, and the Pretrial Practice and Discovery and Environmental Litigation Committees.

Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, DetroitMr. Salim is the senior attorney at the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Salim obtained his law degree in 2008 from Wayne State University Law School in Detroit and his LL.M. degree in 2009 in Natural Resources and Environment from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. He practiced in Pennsylvania for several years. While there he was staff attorney at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s environmental law clinic and senior attorney at Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services. His work has involved policy development, civil litigation, permit appeals, and counseling. Among other things, Mr. Salim has done work on oil and gas, land use and zoning, stormwater management, NPDES and Clean Air Act permitting, and environmental justice. He has also taught energy law and oil & gas law as an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and Lewis & Clark Law School.

Wayne State University Law School, DetroitProfessor Schroeck directs and teaches the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic at Wayne State University Law School. In addition, he is executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. Previously, Professor Schroeck worked for the National Wildlife Federation, America’s largest conservation organization, out of its Great Lakes Natural Resources Center in Ann Arbor. Prior to joining the federation, he was a Sea Grant Fellow with the Great Lakes Commission. Professor Schroeck is a licensed Michigan attorney and a graduate of Wayne Law. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies and Political Science from Elmhurst College in Illinois.

James T. Weiner & Associates, P.C., Bingham FarmsMr. Weiner has represented organizations of various sizes from Fortune 100 corporations to “mom-and-pop” operations and non-profit corporations in an extensive variety of issues involving environmental law, energy law, contracts, technology protection, corporate issues, business, litigation, real property, land protection, construction law, and estate planning. Mr. Weiner’s background in wetlands and permitting includes development of procedures for wetland mitigation projects for a local land conservancy and oversight of several wetland mitigation and preservation projects. Mr. Weiner’s background in environmental issues includes: protection of natural areas; representation of non-profit land conservancies; developing wetland mitigation procedures; compliance with a wide range of environmental laws; environmental litigation; the sale and transfer of environmentally-contaminated properties; cleanup of contaminated sites and leaking underground storage tanks; and hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal and permitting in various states and Canada. Mr. Weiner received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering with honors from Wayne State University in 1980, a Masters degree in Business Administration (Finance and International Business) from the University of Michigan in 1986, and a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from the University of Detroit in 1991. Mr. Weiner has taught environmental law at Wayne State University and construction law at Macomb Community College as an adjunct professor for both institutions. Mr. Weiner’s experience includes over 25 years as a practicing attorney and over ten years as a chemical and environmental engineer in various industries.

Of Counsel with Hall Booth Smith, P.C.A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Cole has a Civil Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and a law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. He has over 17 years’ experience handling water supply, environmental and local government matters with a focus on acquiring permits under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act. His experience includes project management duties; guiding clients through the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and National Historic Preservation Act; drafting persuasive analyses of data; negotiating with regulatory officials; and assisting the client/permittee with permit compliance issues. In this arena, Mr. Cole has been involved in nearly 20 water supply reservoirs and numerous private developments, representing those clients in front of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. He has worked as outside counsel to a suburban Atlanta county and local water authority. He has been a member of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District’s Basin Advisory Council for both the Ocmulgee and Chattahoochee River Basins. Mr. Cole is the chair of the Environmental Practice Group and a senior member of the Transactional Practice Groups.

Partner with Troutman Sanders LLPMr. Henderson is a trial and appellate partner at Troutman Sanders with a national practice in environmental litigation, toxic tort litigation, mass torts, and property rights litigation. Mr. Henderson has tried numerous cases to verdict involving chemical exposure, groundwater contamination, personal injury, endangered species, and property rights cases. He also has litigated cases involving water rights, reservoirs, surface mining, pipelines, powerlines and storm water runoff. As amicus counsel, he has represented the Edison Electric Institute, the National Mining Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, to name a few. In addition, he provides counseling on a wide range of matters involving RCRA, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, CERCLA, TSCA, and SMCRA. A Ph.D. scientist and lawyer, he offers considerable experience in trying cases involving expert testimony on air quality, hydrology, and epidemiology. Recently, he was named “Litigation – Environmental Atlanta Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (2014). In addition, he is regularly ranked as one ofthe Top 100 lawyers in the State of Georgia by Atlanta Magazine Superlawyers. Mr. Henderson also is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in three separate categories (environmental litigation, environmental law, and mass torts).

Stephen A. McCullers is an Associate in the firm’s Environmental Practice. Stephen has a diverse environmental practice, assisting clients with complying with complex environmental, health, and safety regulations. Stephen also has expertise with air and water permitting, environmental due diligence and liability, and environmental litigation. 

 Before becoming an attorney, Stephen was a Natural Resources Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He conducted environmental compliance inspections, issued environmental permits, and assisted in the management of federal land and natural resources. 

Partner with WeissmanMr. Shelton works with the commercial real estate and litigation practice groups, bringing almost 20 years of experience in environmental and land use law. He focuses his practice on trial and appellate litigation of environmental claims for both plaintiffs and defendants; counseling clients on addressing environmental issues arising in real estate transactions, ownership, and development; as well as compliance and permitting under environmental laws and regulations. Mr. Shelton’s clients include individuals, corporations, neighborhood/community association groups, governmental entities, foundations, and non-profit organizations. Active in the legal community, he is a member of the American Bar Association – Environmental & Natural Resources Section, the Georgia State Bar Environmental Law Section (Chair, 2008) and the Atlanta Bar Association – Environmental Law Section. Mr. Shelton is also a member of the Environmental Law Institute and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. He is admitted to the trial and appellate courts in Georgia, Washington, and the District of Columbia as well as the United States Supreme Court, 11th Circuit, and federal trial courts in Georgia and DC. Mr. Shelton has been named a “Georgia Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics Magazine every year since 2010.

Andrew M. Thompson is a partner in Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP’s the Environmental/Land Use Practice and is a member of the Sustainability Practice Group. His practice includes environmental and commercial litigation in state and federal court, as well as in state administrative court. He has represented and advised clients in connection with a range of environmental and commercial issues, including defending enforcement actions by the U.S. EPA and state environmental agencies, toxic tort litigation, Clean Water Act permitting and compliance, insurance coverage litigation, hazardous waste, groundwater contamination, environmental cleanup and emergency response and other environmental matters. Mr. Thompson serves as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law teaching a course in water law and environmental litigation. He is a board member for the Turner Environmental Law Clinic at the Emory School of Law, a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Environmental and Sustainability Committee and a member of the Defense Research Institute Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Section. He is on the advisory board of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. and is a Class of 2012 graduate of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership. Mr. Thompson received his J.D. degree, with distinction, from Emory University School of Law, where he was a notes and comments editor of the Emory Law Journal.

Managing Partner, Vogel Law FirmMs. Norgard has practiced law at the Vogel Law Firm for 17 years and is currently one of the firm’s managing partners. Ms. Norgard’s law practice includes counseling clients in areas involving natural resources and civil litigation, including environmental issues, oil and gas, electric cooperative, land use, and water law counseling and litigation. Her experience includes serving as legal counsel to many boards, as well as appearing in numerous jury trials, court trials and appeals. Ms. Norgard joined the Vogel Law Firm in 1999 after practicing with the Gray Plant Mooty firm in Minneapolis and after working for the federal government in Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of North Dakota summa cum laude with a B.A. degree in Political Science. She received her law degree, cum laude, and a Masters of Studies degree in Environmental Law and Policy, magna cum laude, from Vermont Law School. Ms. Norgard has been teaching law school, graduate school and undergraduate courses regularly since 1997. She taught Environmental Law & Policy in a graduate program at NDSU and at UND Law School, and she has taught Energy Law at Bismarck State University and Moot Court classes at the University of Minnesota Law School.

Assistant Attorney General, State of North DakotaMs. Verleger has been a North Dakota assistant attorney general providing general counsel and litigation services to the State Engineer and State Water Commission since 2009. During that time Ms. Verleger has represented the state on water issues in the U.S. Supreme Court, the North Dakota Supreme Court, state and federal district courts, and the Office of Administrative Hearings in areas including interstate rivers, federalism, water rights, water appropriation, drainage, and sovereign lands. She is a licensed attorney in North Dakota, Michigan, and Florida (inactive). Priorto becoming an attorney, she spent ten years as a practicingcivil engineer and is a licensed professional engineer inNorth Dakota and Michigan. Ms. Verleger chairs the legal committee of the Western States Water Council, an organization of governor-appointed representatives from the western 18 states. She earned her B.S. degree from Cornell University in Civil and Environmental Engineering; an M.S. degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in Civil and Environmental Engineering; an M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan; and a J.D. degree from Michigan State University.

Attorney at K&L Gates LLP
Mr. Holtzman’s practice is focused on environmental law, constitutional law, appellate litigation, gaming law, and commercial litigation. He represents energy industry clients in agency enforcement activities, allegations of water and surface contamination, property rights disputes, deed and contract interpretation issues, challenges to permits, and freedom of information laws. Mr. Holtzman advises energy industry clients on Pennsylvania and federal regulatory compliance issues, including stream crossing, spill remediation, waste processing, stormwater discharge, mechanical integrity, sensitive species, permitting, and reporting issues.

Associate at K&L Gates LLP
Mr. Macfarlan is an associate in the firm’s environment, land and natural resources practice group. He counsels energy, industrial, utility and commercial sector clients on compliance with federal, state and local environmental and land use laws. He works with regulatory regimes governing wastewater and stormwater discharges, wetland and stream protection, air emissions, solid and hazardous waste management, water withdrawals, chemical and toxic substance controls, release reporting and response, and preservation of endangered species, cultural resources and historic properties.

Attorney at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PCMr. Povilaitis focuses his practice on administrative law matters with special emphasis on energy, communications, water/wastewater and transportation public utility law. His practice ranges from proactive counseling to litigation before administrative agencies, and appellate matters before state and federal courts. With nearly 20 years of service for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PaPUC), Mr. Povilaitis has significant regulatory experience in electricity, natural gas, water, transportation and communications law. After joining the Commission in 1978, he served as assistant counsel, federal division deputy chief counsel and first deputy chief counsel before assuming the position of chief counsel in 1989. Mr. Povilaitis served as the Commission’s counsel in the litigation that established the Pike County Doctrine. Since 1990, Mr. Povilaitis has been a course planner and speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institutes’s biannual Public Utility Law Conference and more recently he has served as a course planner for the biannual PaPUC Bench Bar Conference.

Attorney at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PCMr. Seltzer focuses his practice on domestic and international electric and gas matters with a concentration on transactions and litigation/appellate matters before various state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He has actively represented public utilities and other stakeholders before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission for 38 years, particularly in the areas of electricity, gas, water and transportation. His current emphasis is on obtaining the state regulatory approvals for the merger or acquisition of gas and electric utilities, and addressing the real estate, regulatory and financing phases of renewable energy project development. He is co-chair of the firm’s Power Generation, Renewable & Utility Practice Group.

Attorney at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PCMr. Wein’s environmental practice has focused on assisting clients in a wide variety environmental areas, including important water quality, waste management, brownfields, energy and air quality matters at both the state and federal levels. He has handled major environmental litigation in Federal Court, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania’s Environmental Hearing Board. Mr. Wein’s litigation work for clients in the oil, gas, energy and natural resources industries has included cases under the Federal Clean Water Act, Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, the Pennsylvania Non Coal and Coal Surface Mining Acts, the Solid Waste Management Act, the Federal Resource Conservation & Recovery Act, the Oil & Gas Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (the “Superfund Law”). Throughout his career, Mr. Wein has resolved matters with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as well as state agencies in New York, Ohio, West Virginia and Delaware.

Mr. Wendaur serves as counsel in the Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law’s Business Law and Transactions practice group. Mr. Wendaur maintains a broad corporate and transactional practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements, corporate governance, venture capital transactions, and corporate restructurings. He also represents clients in commercial real estate and energy matters, including transactions, financing, land use, and zoning issues. Mr. Wendaur represents clients of all sizes, including individuals, closely held companies, investor groups, publicly traded companies, and government entities. He regularly provides strategic business counseling to these clients to help them achieve their goals and business objectives. Prior to joining Offit Kurman, Mr. Wendaur owned and operated a small law firm representing small businesses, startups, real estate developers, and government entities in transactional and litigation matters. He also worked at a regional Philadelphia-based law firm servicing a wide range of domestic and international companies. Mr. Wendaur obtained his J.D. degree from Widener School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College.

Bruce Hellebuyck is the program manager for the Retail Telecom & Water Regulation group at the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC). His group deals with issues surrounding the regulation of water utilities by the OPUC including service regulation of approximately 40 water utilities and rate and service regulation of another approximately forty utilities. Mr. Hellebuyck also served on the Board of Commissioners for the West Slope Water District, west of Portland. He is currently a member of the State of Oregon’s Drinking Water Advisory Committee (DWAC) which was created to advise and assist Oregon Drinking Water Services on policies related to the protection, safety, and regulation of public drinking water in Oregon.

Laura Kerr, an Environmental Attorney with Stoel Rives LLP, helps clients solve complex challenges arising under federal and state environmental laws. She regularly advises on compliance issues, navigates permitting processes, manages environmental risks in transactions and resolves environmental disputes and enforcement actions. Her background includes working with issues connected to such statutes as the Clean Water Act (CWA); Clean Air Act (CAA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and analogous state laws. She previously worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and for a natural resources nonprofit organization that partnered with the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Geological Survey at Mount St. Helens. As part of her pro bono practice, she helped to establish the Center of Excellence for immigration representation in Oregon, and she earned a 2017 Pro Bono Champion Award from the nonprofit organization.

Ms. Liljefelt is a partner and the managing attorney at Schroeder Law Offices’ Portland, Oregon office. She joined Schroeder Law Offices in 2009 and graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School with an Environmental & Natural Resources certificate. Ms. Liljefelt represents water users in the West, focusing her practice on water rights review, evaluation, due diligence, permitting, transfer, forfeiture and cancellation, water-related real property and public lands issues and disputes, administrative contested cases, and state and federal litigation. She is licensed to practice law in Oregon, California, and Utah. Ms. Liljefelt is the chair of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association’s Water Resources Committee, the former chair of the Oregon State Bar’s Environmental & Natural Resources Section’s executive committee, and serves on the Bar’s Agricultural Law Section executive committee. She enjoys cooking, kayaking, and camping with her family, and competitively races outrigger canoes with the Mountain Home Canoe Club.

Kate L. Moore is an attorney with Dunn Carney LLP. Ms. Moore’s practice focuses on natural resource and environmental law. The primary focus of her practice is in water law, in both transactional matters and litigation. In addition, she advises clients on matters regarding environmental compliance, environmental liabilities in property transactions, environmental cleanup and cost recovery, natural resource damages, wetlands, and public land permits and licenses. Ms. Moore has represented a broad range of clients including farmers, ranchers, ditch companies, commercial land owners, and homeowners associations. She also leads Dunn Carney’s Sustainability Team and is a LEED Green Associate. Ms. Moore is also a regular contributor to Dunn Carney’s Natural Resources Updates.

Sommer Moser is an assistant attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice, General Counsel Division, Business Activities Section, where she has extensive experience working with the Oregon Public Utility Commission. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oregon School of Law.

Mr. Sanger’s legal and consulting practice focuses on energy, administrative, and public utility law. He represents energy trade associations, municipalities, electric cooperatives, irrigation districts, end-use industrial and commercial consumers, investor owned natural gas and water utilities, and renewable and cogeneration electricity producers. Mr. Sanger advises hydro, biomass, geothermal, wind, solar, cogeneration, and other electricity generators on a wide variety of transactional matters, including negotiating power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, wholesale power sales, resource development and sales, and other matters. He has a lengthy background representing end[1]use industrial, commercial, and irrigation customers in all facets of retail rates and service quality. Mr. Sanger represents clients in energy and utility matters before state and federal courts, state public utility commissions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Bonneville Power Administration. Mr. Sanger is also an adjunct instructor at Lewis and Clark Law School, and in Portland Community College’s Paralegal Program. Mr. Sanger graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon in 2000 with cum laude honors and an Environmental Law Certificate, and from World College Institute of New College of California in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in the Humanities with an emphasis in International Environmental Studies.

Anzie St. Clair is an attorney at Larkins Vacura Kayser LLP, having recently transitioned to private practice from her role as in-house counsel at the Port of Portland. Her practice includes regulatory compliance, defense, cost recovery, and remediation under state and federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or “Superfund”). She also advises clients on real estate transactions and disputes, land use, and civil litigation, as well as public records law. While at the Port, Ms. St. Clair’s work centered on the many aspects of Portland’s Harbor, including riparian property boundaries and in-water and nearshore construction projects.

Griswold, LaSalle, Cobb, Dowd & Gin, LLP, HanfordThroughout his career, Mr. Carlson has worked on water rights, and water-related matters of all kinds, including water quality, water entity governance, and water-related environmental issues. He also practices in the areas of farmer cooperatives, business litigation, administrative law, and estate planning and probate. Mr. Carlson received his J.D. degree from Boalt Hall in 1987.

Wanger Jones Helsley, PC, FresnoMr. Kinsey is a shareholder of the law firm of Wanger Jones Helsley PC. Prior to joining the firm in 2003, Mr. Kinsey performed litigation and trial work at a national law firm in San Francisco. Mr. Kinsey’s practice focuses on all aspects of land use and environmental law, including litigation, counseling, and regulatory services. His practice also includes civil litigation in both state and federal courts, including complex real estate, business, and environmental matters. He also has experience in water law, federal Indian law, and public agency representation.

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.

Coleman & Horowitt, LLP, FresnoMr. Tristao is an associate in the litigation department of Coleman & Horowitt ‘s Fresno and Sacramento offices where he provides representation to clients in litigation matters involving agricultural law, environmental law, construction law, land use and natural resource law, water law, and eminent domain matters that involve the California High Speed Rail Authority. He also assists clients with regulatory compliance issues concerning the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Porter-Cologne Act, and the Clean Air Act (CAA). In addition to litigation, Mr. Tristao also represents clients before the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and the State Water Resources Control Board, air districts, and the Contractors State License Board (CSLB). He has represented clients in state and federal court litigation and arbitrations involving custom farming agreements, breach of contractual obligations, construction defects, the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA), the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and note issuance and security agreements (NISAs). Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Tristao was engaged in research regarding agricultural operations and air quality, and he consulted on compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Clean Air Act (CAA), the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Ropes & Gray, BostonMr. Alpert has practiced environmental and land use law for nearly twenty-five years. His permitting experience spans the full range of entitlement programs, including zoning, wetlands and waterways, historic preservation, transportation, endangered species, water management and water supply and federal and state environmental impact review. His regulatory knowledge spans the full range of federal and state environmental programs, including air, water, wetlands, hazardous waste, waste site cleanup and the regulation of toxic substances and pesticides. Peter’s environmental practice is generalized, but a substantial part is devoted to federal and state superfund matters, including the negotiation and administration of CERCLA consent decrees, and the oversight of privatized response actions under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan. He has represented the principal PRPs at two of the largest MCP cleanups ever performed. He has represented numerous industrial and institutional clients in defense of federal and state environmental enforcement actions initiated pursuant to federal and state air, water, wastewater, hazardous waste management and wetlands laws.

WilmerHale, BostonMr. Gold practices in WilmerHale’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources group in Boston. He regularly advises clients on compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding water, wetlands, endangered species, cultural resources, hazardous and solid waste, and environmental impact review. He is a co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Wetlands, Waterways and Water Quality Committee and a vice chair of the American Bar Association’s Water Resources Committee. Mr. Gold holds a B.A. degree in Biology and Economics from Tufts University and an M.S. degree in Watershed Management from the University of Arizona. He attended law school at Berkeley and Harvard.

McGregor & Legere, BostonMr. Legere is a partner with McGregor & Legere, P.C. He helps clients with a broad range of environmental, land use, and real estate issues including coastal and inland wetlands and waterways, zoning, subdivision, development agreements, conservation restrictions, state and local enforcement actions, stormwater, solid waste, hazardous waste, air pollution, siteremediation, regulatory takings, affordable housing, and energy facility siting. Mr. Legere routinely represents clients in permitting matters before conservation commissions, planning boards, zoning boards of appeals, boards of health, and other local environmental and land use boards and officials. Mr. Legere often writes and speaks on topics such as the Wetlands Protection Act, Chapter 91, Watershed Protection Act, Article 97, water pollution control, non-zoning wetlands bylaws, zoning and land use, regulatory takings, and brownfields. He has had articles published in newsletters for the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC), the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA), and the Association of Massachusetts Wetlands Scientists (AMWS). Mr. Legere has served as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Wetlands, Waterways, and Water QualityCommittee.

Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West, Providence, RIMr. Torres is a member of the firm’s Municipal Infrastructure Team. He is a highly-skilled and experienced municipal construction and public-private partnership project advisor and legal counsel who has managed in excess of $1 billion in project value in the areas of utilities, water and wastewater, transportation, building construction and renewable energy. He has vast experience and deep knowledge in matters related to municipal law and regulations including zoning, land use planning, and building and environmental permitting. Mr. Torres is nationally recognized in his practice area and a frequent lecturer, guest speaker and teacher/mentor to other practitioners.

Attorney with McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. in HoustonMr. Brister practices oil and gas law on behalf of oil and gas exploration and production companies, service companies, and landowners. His litigation practice includes title disputes, lease termination and perpetuation, contract matters, and royalty calculation issues. Mr. Brister’s recent deals include multi-well farmout agreements, package deals involving $30 million in producing assets, and due diligence review for multi-jurisdictional acquisitions in excess of $2 billion in total allocated value. He is the lead author and editor of OilandGasLawDigest.com, where he and other McGinnis Lochridge attorneys have attracted a loyal following of more than 2,000 in-house attorneys and landmen.

Partner with McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. in AustinMr. Haag concentrates his practice on a wide range of water and wastewater utility service and entitlement matters. He represents various utilities (water districts, water supply corporations and the like) that provide water and wastewater service and developers seeking water and wastewater service from utilities. Mr. Haag also represents commercial, industrial and municipal clients before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in environmental permitting and enforcement actions. He handles all variants of water and wastewater utility matters including surface water and groundwater permitting, water rate proceedings, water supply contracts and the acquisition of water and wastewater service for development. Mr. Haag is also a trained mediator who uses those skills on a routine basis. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Environmental Law – Water Rights since 2006.

Attorney with McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. in AustinMs. Johnson handles a broad practice of administrative law with a focus on water, environmental, and energy matters. Prior to joining the firm she worked as an attorney for the Executive and Legislative Division of the Texas Governor’s Legislative Office. In the office of the governor, Ms. Johnson analyzed and researched legislation concerning water issues and provided summaries on legislation covering state and local issues. In addition, she conducted state budget research. Ms. Johnson received her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from South Texas College of Law.

Partner at McGinnis Lochridge
Mr. Johnson has a multifaceted water law practice, with an emphasis on matters involving land use, water rights and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). His clients are generally landowners, industries, mineral owners and developers seeking to acquire, safeguard, develop or convey water resources. Formerly, he represented a large municipal water system in a variety of matters, including legislative efforts to create the Edwards Aquifer Authority and to modernize Texas water law. He is a board member of the Center for Water Law and Policy at Texas Tech University School of Law, as well as an adjunct professor at Texas State University teaching water policy.

Christopher M. Gill, LEED® AP, is a partner and chair of both the Real Estate and Environmental practice groups at Christian & Barton, L.L.P, in Richmond. He typically represents developers, landowners, local governments and government agencies in commercial real estate matters involving property transactions, rights, land use and a variety of environmental issues. In the past year he has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Virginia Super Lawyers and Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite in the real estate category. Mr. Gill earned his law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

Jesse J. Richardson, Jr., is an associate professor and the lead land use attorney at the Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law. Before coming to WVU, Mr. Richardson was an associate professor at Virginia Tech. His research and experience focuses on land use law and water law. He began his legal career in private practice in his home town of Winchester, Virginia. Mr. Richardson presently serves on the board of directors of the American Agricultural Law Association and is the president-elect. Mr. Richardson previously served on the Virginia Water Policy Technical Advisory Committee. He was honored with the 1999 Professional Scholarship Award from the American Agricultural Law Association, the 2004 William E. Wine Award for a history of teaching excellence from Virginia Tech (the highest teaching award granted by the university), and the 2009 University Certificate of Excellence in Outreach.

James G. Ritter is an associate in the Energy and Telecommunications practice group at Christian & Barton, LLP, in Richmond. He focuses on regulatory matters before state and federal administrative entities involving electric, natural gas, and water utilities and cable companies. Mr. Ritter also has experience working on behalf of telecommunications providers and local governments in Virginia. He earned his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

Partner, Moore, O’Connell & Refling, P.C., BozemanMs. Brown practices primarily in the area of water law. She represents individuals and entities from all corners of Montana in water rights adjudication proceedings before the Montana Water Court, administration proceedings before the Montana DNRC, enforcement actions in Montana district courts and water rights issues in real estate transactions. She is a member of the Montana State Bar Dispute Resolution Committee and was recently appointed as co-chair of the Montana Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Self-Represented Litigants.

Hydrologist, WGM Group, MissoulaMs. Clark has over five years of experience managing water resources in government, academic, and private settings, and has a strong educational background in Watershed Hydrology. She has designed and conducted surface water, groundwater, and soil investigations to ensure that comprehensive and accurate information is available for management decisions.

Shareholder, Doney Crowley P.C.
Mr. Connors is a shareholder with Doney Crowley P.C. His practice areas include environmental litigation, regulations, permitting, construction law, natural resource development, real property and easement litigation, administrative law and appeals from agency actions, water law and Water Court litigation. Mr. Connors is a member of the Montana Bar Association. He brings a unique perspective to the practice of law. After obtaining a degree in Mathematics from Montana State University, he founded and operated Connors Construction, LLC, which specialized in building multi-million dollar custom residences in Big Sky, Montana. He always had an interest in the complex nature of the law and chose to couple his ten years of small business, real estate, and natural resources expertise with a Juris Doctorate degree. In 2013, Mr. Connors graduated with honors from the University of Montana School of Law. Since then he has focused on construction litigation, real property disputes, environmental litigation, business disputes, and water law.

Associate Attorney, Worden Thane, P.C. in MissoulaMr. Keogh’s practice focuses on issues of corporate formation, natural resources, business planning and succession, and taxation. He previously worked as a planner and analyst supporting the development of renewable energy projects across the western United States. Mr. Keogh has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Montana and is licensed to practice law in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

Hydrogeologist, HydroSolutions, BillingsMr. Meredith has a decade of professional geologic, hydrogeologic and environmental experience in Wyoming and Montana. In his current position, he focuses on the application of field studies, analytical models and statistical methods. Mr. Meredith’s work involves investigating property damage associated with groundwater or surface water, water rights permitting, construction dewatering plans and modeling, groundwater and soil contamination investigations, and analysis in support of energy and natural resource projects.

Water Resource Specialist, WGM Group, MissoulaMs. Merritt has spent more than 19 years working closely with private property owners involved in state and federal water conservation programs and preparing water right analyses for public and private organizations. Her experience includes locating and analyzing historical documents, maps and aerial photographs, analyzing Montana Water Court decrees for water right clients, and preparing water right permit and change of use applications with the Montana DNRC.

DNRC Water Resources Regional Manager, MissoulaMr. Nave has 19 years of experience working in water resources. He worked for five years with a local water rights consulting firm before taking a position with DNRC as a water resource specialist. In that position Mr. Nave maintained water right ownership records, performed claims examination and processed water right permit and change applications. He was promoted to deputy regional manager and to regional manager, and he oversees Mineral, Granite, Ravalli and Missoula Counties.

Pepper Law Firm, PLLC, BozemanMs. Pepper served as a water master at the Montana Water Court for six years before opening her own law practice in 2014. This experience resulted in a unique knowledge of the water adjudication system and the distribution of water across the state. Ms. Pepper received her JD and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Montana.

Montana Assistant Attorney General, HelenaMr. Weiner spent nine years as a staff attorney for the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission before becoming an assistant attorney general. He represents the State of Montana in the Montana Water Court on issues relating to the non-perfection or abandonment of state law-based water rights claims filed in the Montana General Stream Adjudication and other issues of state-wide importance, including the decree of compacts settling the reserved water rights claims of Indian tribes and federal agencies in Montana. Mr. Weiner also serves on the Water Adjudication Advisory Committee.

Attorney with Best Best & Krieger LLPMr. Anderson works on water rights, groundwater, wetlands, in-lieu fee program, endangered species, environmental mitigation, conservation easements and other natural resource law matters. As a partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP, he is a member of the firm’s Environmental Law & Natural Resources, Special Districts and Municipal Law practice groups. Mr. Anderson is regularly involved in water issues faced by public agencies and private clients across California, including water rights disputes, groundwater, recycled water, water diversions and reporting, drought impacts on water supply, implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, water bonds (Proposition 1), water supply assessments, wastewater and integrated water planning. Mr. Anderson routinely drafts water rights opinions and contracts involving water supplies.

Attorney with Best Best & Krieger LLPMr. Monette works with both public and private clients in matters involving water quality issues. He is a member of the Environmental & Natural Resources practice group in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Monette works extensively with water districts, cities, counties and agricultural interests, and other private entities on matters involving the Federal Clean Water Act and its state law analogues.

Managing Shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.Mr. Solar, the managing shareholder of the San Diego office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, represents public and private clients in water rights and water-related issues, with particular emphasis in desalination and potable reuse. Since 2002, he served as special counsel to the City of Carlsbad, and since 2012, he has represented IDE Americas, Inc., each with respect to the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, a 54 MGD seawater desalination project, the largest in the western hemisphere ,which IDE designed and operates. Mr. Solar has expertise in negotiating and documenting the purchase, sale, and lease of adjudicated groundwater rights and real property acquired for associated water rights; the acquisition, disposition, and lease of privately owned or municipal water systems; and many legal issues related to desalination facilities. In 2014 and 2015, he was named “Water Law – Attorney of the Year in California” by Corporate INTL Magazine. In 1982, Solar received an A.B. degree, with highest distinction, from Indiana University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. In 1985, he received his J.D. degree, with great distinction, from McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Mr. Waterman solves complex land use, water quality, renewable energy and hazardous substance issues. With first-hand experience navigating the inextricably linked issues of land use and water in California, Mr. Waterman possesses the insight needed to efficiently navigate the environmental challenges that arise during a wide range of development and redevelopment projects. Mr. Waterman skillfully works through permitting, administrative and litigation matters, keeping his client’s goals at the forefront. His deep familiarity with the land use entitlement process and CEQA/NEPA environmental review is an integral asset to successful project outcomes. Mr. Waterman serves as the editor of Brownstein’s quarterly CEQA News You Can Use newsletter. From helping to secure federal and state water quality permits to counseling on contaminated sites. Mr. Waterman regularly defends clients against Clean Water Act citizen suits, as well as enforcement actions brought by the State Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and counties throughout California.

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.

Jennifer 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, such as the San Joaquin River Restoration settlement agreement and its implementing legislation, with regulatory agencies such as the United States Bureau of Reclamation, State Water Resources Control Board, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Before joining BKS, 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 farm land 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.

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.

Wendy L. Manley, Esq., is a partner at Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP in Oakland.  For 20 years, Ms. Manley’s practice has focused on environmental permitting, compliance counseling, and litigation for both public and private parties, with particular emphasis on stormwater regulation, permitting, compliance and enforcement under the federal Clean Water Act and related state legislation.  Ms. Manley has provided clients with legal counsel in a variety of contexts, including storm water program development, implementation and auditing; ordinance drafting; tenant leasing and compliance; group monitoring of industrial storm water management; and agency negotiations.

Summer L. Nastich is a litigator, counselor, scientist, engineer, and arbitrator specializing in environmental, construction, and land use law, including any necessary litigation.  Ms. Nastich has a life-long passion for learning and problem solving. She received three undergraduate degrees (Oceanography, Biology, and Zoology), then a J.D. degree, cum laude, and then a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering.  Her thirst for gaining and applying knowledge led her to an exciting law practice that incorporates all of her book learning, the knowledge she gained working as an environmental consultant, and the knowledge and experience she’s assimilated over more than a decade of practicing law.  Ms. Nastich’s interactions with technicians, experts, courts, clients, and adversaries are seamless, as she speaks all of their languages.  Her education and experience also allow her to quickly synthesize technical issues and analyze data and information to unearth solutions to meet each client’s unique needs.

Rebecca R.A. Smith is an attorney with Downey Brand LLP, specializing in water rights and groundwater law. Ms. Smith’s practice focuses on administrative procedure and public agency practice, and she advises clients on water rights, water supply, land use and development and environmental compliance under state and federal law. Since its 2014 enactment, she has also worked closely with public agencies, water managers and other stakeholders to understand and comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). In that role, she counsels clients on Groundwater Sustainability Agency formation and governance issues, requests for basin boundary modifications, and the preparation and evaluation of groundwater sustainability plans and alternatives, as well as funding options for those activities under SGMA. Ms. Smith is well-versed in administrative procedure, and counsels clients through the permitting and appeals processes at the State Water Resources Control Board, through local agency appeals, and before federal agencies including the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation.

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.

David E. Cameron is a water resources attorney with Downey Brand LLP whose practice is focused on securing and protecting water rights, the purchase and sale of water rights, water supply assessments, groundwater management,and related environmental and endangered species issues.  His practice includes litigation in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings before the State Water Resources Control Board, and public agency representation, as well as transactional water-related matters.  Mr. Cameron enjoys tackling complex legal issues and providing practical solutions to clients, which include water districts, irrigation districts, cities, counties, and agricultural interests large and small.

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.

Wendy L. Manley, Esq., is a partner at Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP in Oakland.  For 20 years, Ms. Manley’s practice has focused on environmental permitting, compliance counseling, and litigation for both public and private parties, with particular emphasis on stormwater regulation, permitting, compliance and enforcement under the federal Clean Water Act and related state legislation.  Ms. Manley has provided clients with legal counsel in a variety of contexts, including storm water program development, implementation and auditing; ordinance drafting; tenant leasing and compliance; group monitoring of industrial storm water management; and agency negotiations.

Summer L. Nastich is a litigator, counselor, scientist, engineer, and arbitrator specializing in environmental, construction, and land use law, including any necessary litigation.  Ms. Nastich has a life-long passion for learning and problem solving. She received three undergraduate degrees (Oceanography, Biology, and Zoology), then a J.D. degree, cum laude, and then a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering.  Her thirst for gaining and applying knowledge led her to an exciting law practice that incorporates all of her book learning, the knowledge she gained working as an environmental consultant, and the knowledge and experience she’s assimilated over more than a decade of practicing law.  Ms. Nastich’s interactions with technicians, experts, courts, clients, and adversaries are seamless, as she speaks all of their languages.  Her education and experience also allow her to quickly synthesize technical issues and analyze data and information to unearth solutions to meet each client’s unique needs.

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.