Experience

• Served as general counsel for the board of directors of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) in Fresno County, California.
• Created strategic funding mechanism pursuant to Proposition 218 for GSA consistent with SGMA.
• Advocated on behalf of GSA client in matter involving Petitions to Revise Fully Appropriated Stream (FAS) status of river.
• Negotiation of Routine Maintenance Agreement/LSAA with CDFW on behalf of private landowner client in Scott River Watershed.
• Litigated various matters, including a validation action and a California Public Records Act (CPRA) Request writ proceeding, on behalf of GSA client.
• Advised public agency clients regarding public policy and ethics, including Brown Act and CPRA compliance.
• Reviewed Groundwater Sustainability Plan prepared by GSA client for legal compliance.
• Analysis of legal implications of CESA candidate species listing on behalf of client.
• Served as legal counsel for the board of directors of California drainage district.
• Representation of groundwater storage agency in large groundwater adjudication class action.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Included in Best Lawyers^®: Ones to Watch in America (Environmental Law), 2024
• Listed among Rising Stars (Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources) Northern California Super Lawyers ^®, 2021–2023
• Listed in Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers, 2023
• Sacramento County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, 2014–present
• Sacramento Women Lawyers, 2019–present
• California Lawyers Association, Public Law Section, Environmental Law Section, 2014–present
• Association of California Water Agencies, Groundwater Committee, 2019–present
• Graduate, California Water Leaders program, Water Education Foundation, 2022

Civic Activities

• University of California, Davis School of Law, King Hall Young Alumni Association, 2018–present

Insights & Presentations

• Co-author, “California State Water Resources Control Board Modifies Annual Water Diversion and Use Reporting Deadlines for 2022 and Updates on Drought Curtailment Orders,” Stoel Rives Water Law Alert, March 10, 2022
• “Land Use and Water Law,” Guest Lecture presented for Land Use Law, University of California, Davis School of Law, October 21, 2021
• “Well Construction Permitting After Protecting Our Water,” California Groundwater and Surface Water: Preserving Finite Resources, HalfMoon Education Online Learning webinar, May 26, 2021
• “New Winery General Water Discharge Requirements,” Stoel Rives LLP webinar, January 21, 2021
• “Stanford Vina Ranch Irr. Co. v. State of California: 3d Dist. Court of Appeal Affirms SWRCB Authorized to Adopt Temporary Emergency Regulations and Curtailment Orders,” Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan Blog, August 5, 2020
• “Newsom Issues Executive Order to Allow State and Local Governments Flexibility to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic,” Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan Blog, March 17, 2020
• “California Groundwater,” white paper presented at the Meeting of the Water Association of Law and Policy, University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, California, September 2015
• “Sustainably Satisfying California’s Water Needs: An Analysis of the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act,” California Environmental Law & Policy Center, University of California, Davis School of Law, July 2015

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