Event Oct 20, 2020
Navigating SGMA Groundwater Allocations & Minimizing Legal Risk
Environmental Defense Fund
Water is both a unique and an invaluable resource. With an ever-growing demand, and increasingly constrained supply, water rights, water supply and water management issues have become critical concerns across the United States. Resolving today’s water supply and water quality issues requires multi-disciplinary legal skills and solution-based approaches, assuring regulatory compliance and meeting the needs of both businesses and our nation’s growing population.
Best Best & Krieger LLP is a national leader in advising on and resolving water and environmental matters. As California’s largest full-service public agency law firm, we represent the entire spectrum of public agencies that deal with and are affected by water-related issues, including counties, cities, water suppliers, water supply management entities and special districts of every kind. We also represent private industry, advising businesses on modern-day water matters. We advise industries on issues ranging from development and land use, agriculture, manufacturing and processing, food and beverage and other concerns. Recognized for unmatched experience in water rights, water quality and related environmental fields, BB&K handles some of the most cutting-edge water-related issues impacting businesses.
Influencing Water Law & Policy
BB&K plays an integral role in shaping state and federal water law and policy. Whether in helping clients or through academic or professional associations, our lawyers are constantly involved in drafting and influencing water-related legislation, rules and regulations, and helping shape water resource policies. Our lawyers literally wrote the book on California water, an authoritative treatise covering the many complicated and inter-related issues of water rights, supply, quality and environmental law. We regularly teach college and professional courses, speak at conferences and publish articles and other literature on all aspects of water rights and water quality.
In addition, we serve as outside counsel to emerging nations, including South Africa, Malaysia, Namibia and St. Lucia, helping them develop water laws and policy to suit their specific and changing needs. Our depth and breadth of experience uniquely positions BB&K to advocate and problem solve for clients that are impacted by an ever-evolving web of water resource-related laws and regulations.
Unmatched Experience & Comprehensive Service
Additionally, we advise on and assist with:
BB&K is a vigorous advocate for our water resource clients in state and federal courts across California and the West, and before the State Water Resources Control Board, Regional Water Quality Control Boards and other administrative agencies. We represent clients in all types of water rights proceedings, enforcement actions, permit appeals, citizen suits and other litigation.
From interstate compacts to regional water supply adjudications to local proceedings and landowner disputes, when it comes to water matters, BB&K does it all and has seen it all.
Environmental Defense Fund
BB&K’s Eric Garner Co-Authors Law Journal Article and Presents Webinar
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Stakeholders Have Until Sept. 21 to Review and Comment
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Roundtable Discussion Includes Litigation, SGMA, Conservation and More
BB&K Free Webinar
BB&K Free Webinar
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Association of California Water Agencies
BB&K Free Webinar
New California Law to Help Achieve SGMA Requirements
Sustainable Groundwater Planning in California
Argent Communications Group
Comments Accepted Until May 30
Eric Garner’s Updates to Text on Historical, Legal and Policy Issues Affecting California Water Use
Representing Desert Water Agency, BB&K Attorneys Won Partial Dismissal of Case
Association of Environmental Professionals
In the Water International Journal, BB&K Managing Partner Eric Garner Identifies Factors for Groundwater Sustainability
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15th Annual California Water Law Symposium
Association of California Water Agencies
International Bar Association
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Approval is a Ministerial Action, not subject to CEQA, Appellate Court Finds
American Water Works Association
Argent Communications Group
Proposed Legislation Would Provide for Efficient Hearings by Qualified Officers
Association of California Water Agencies
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ABA Water Law Conference
UCLA IoES Water Resources Group and UCLA School of Law's Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Managing Partner Eric L. Garner Interviewed by the Water Education Foundation
Court Decision on California Water Code Authority
BB&K Partners Gene Tanaka and Shawn Hagerty Win in California Appellate Court
Law Seminars International
CARCD's 72nd Annual Conference
AWWEE Conference
CLE International's Nevada Water Law Conference
Does the Public Trust Doctrine Apply to Groundwater Extractions?
BB&K Managing Partner Eric Garner Interviewed by Water Deeply
State Bar of California Environmental Law Section
Argent's 2017 California Water Law & Policy MCLE Conference
IWRA XVIth World Water Congress
Fee Imposition Will Begin This Summer
The American Ground Water Trust Conference
HalfMoon Education Seminars
Urban Water Suppliers Face Far-Reaching Consequences
California Water Policy Conference
The Walker Case: Does the Public Trust Doctrine Apply to Water Rights Established in Judicial Decrees?
World Bank Water Week 2017
World Bank Water Global Practice Group / Center for Mediterranean Integration
CLE International
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indian Water Rights Settlement Act
Five BB&K Partners Receive Honor
Law Seminars International
Cultivating New Regulations and Confronting New Challenges Presented By Marijuana Legalization
ACWA's 2016 Fall Conference & Exhibition
Partner
Managing Partner
Hillsborough, Represented by BB&K Attorney Kimberly Hood, Faces Suit from Residents
State Bar of California, Environmental Law Section
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
Post-Election Opportunities for Local Government Agencies
The Struggle to Find Balance is Explored by BB&K Partner Gene Tanaka in Municipal Lawyer Magazine
Maven’s Notebook Shares Highlights from Water Event
State Bar of California Environmental Law
Tribal Water Law's 5th Annual Conference
Resolutions in Two Major Water Rights Matters Cited by the Daily Journal
BB&K Managing Partner Eric Garner, a Board Member of The National Judicial College’s Dividing the Waters Program, is Profiled in The Network Note
BB&K Partner Michelle Ouellette Authors a Summary of Recent Appellate Victory for Orange County Lawyer Magazine
Managing Partner Eric Garner Among Authorities Who Share Insights in the Jewish Journal
Public Comments Due Aug.18
Managing Partner Eric Garner Discusses Changing Water Infrastructure with Best Lawyers
Public Comments Due July 29th
Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: 2nd International Conference Linking Science & Policy
UCLA Water Resource Group
Law Seminars International
Key Principle: Sustainable Management Through Local Efforts
National Water Law Forum
State Water Resources Control Board Releases Draft Regulation to Modify Water Conservation Requirements
BB&K Managing Partner Eric Garner Discusses in Circle of Blue Controversy Over the Word “Substantial” in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Association of California Water Agencies
Public Comments Due June 22
American Groundwater Trust
Video Series
Association of Environmental Professionals
Climate, Growth and Water Supply Adjustments Ease Conservation Burden in Some Communities
Video Series
Proposed Regulations Include Required Plan Elements and Criteria for State Review
Video Series
American Council of Engineering Companies
Water Contractors Challenge SWRCB Order Potentially Restricting Water
Public Comments Due Jan. 28
Partner Kelly Salt Writes About Tiered Rates in the January 2016 American Water Works Association Journal
Video Series
Video Series
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