Experience

• Tim represents numerous development interests in residential, commercial, and industrial matters, as well as public agency clients on matters concerning state planning, zoning, and development laws; the California Environmental Quality Act; and related federal and state environmental statutes.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors and Activities

• Named by Best Lawyers^® as Environmental Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Sacramento, 2012 and 2015; and Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Sacramento, 2013
• Included in The Best Lawyers in America^® (currently: Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law), 2009–2022
• Named to Lawyers of Color’s inaugural Nation’s Best list (recognizing minority law firm partners and senior-level corporate counsel), 2019
• Listed in Northern California Super Lawyers^®, (Environmental Litigation, Land Use, Environmental), 2005–2006, 2009–2019
• Listed in Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers, 2015–2021
• Visiting professor, University of California, Davis, School of Law, 1994–2009; Lecturer, 2010–present
• Past chair, Executive Committee, State Bar of California Environmental Law Section and CEQA Review Committee, 1992–2005
• Co-Chair, Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, 1999
• Former member, Research Screening Committee, State of California Air Resources Board
• Strategic Planning Advisory Committee, State Department of Toxic Substances Control
• City of Davis Transportation Commission
• Member, Davis Urban Development Agricultural Buffer Task Force

Awards and Honors

• Public Servant of the Year, City of Davis Thong Hy Huynh Memorial Award, 2012

Civic Activities

• Member, Advisory Board of Directors, California Environmental Law & Policy Center, UC Davis School of Law
• Founding member, Board of Directors, and Vice Chair, Nehemiah Corporation of America, 1994–2006
• Member, Board of Trustees, Davis Joint Unified School District, November 2005–present
• Served on the boards of several nonprofit community organizations

Insights & Presentations

• Tim has lectured for the University of California, Davis Extension; the State Bar of California; the State Bar of California Environmental Law Section; the Sacramento County Bar Environmental Law Section; the California Chapter of the American Planning Association; the Association of Environmental Professionals; the League of California Cities; and numerous other groups on environmental, land use, and urban planning topics.
• “Onshore Permitting Requirements for Offshore Wind Projects in California” (co-author), Windpower Engineering & Development, July 27, 2020
• “Offshore wind’s westward expansion” (co-author), Wind Systems, Sept. 15, 2019
• “Is California next in line for offshore wind?” (co-author), Windpower Engineering & Development, July 31, 2019
• “California High Court Case Has Not Made CEQA Obsolete,” (co-author), Law360, Aug. 2014
• “Sacramento Railyards: How the City of Sacramento is Facilitating Development of the Largest Brownfield Infill Site in America” (co-author), California Real Property Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2011
• “State Supreme Court Sets Environmental Baseline” (co-author) The Daily Journal, April 1, 2010
• “The California Environmental Quality Act: Assessment and Recommendations” (co-author)
• “The Endless Quest: Pursuing the Elusive Administrative Record in CEQA and Related Mandamus Proceedings” (co-author), Environmental Law News, Vol. 14, No. 1, Summer 2005

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