2003 Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University JD - Juris Doctor 2000 University of Utah BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
Spanish
Recognition & Involvement
Awards
2014 Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine 2014 Top Attorneys, Sacramento Business Magazine 2013 Rising Star, California Super Lawyers 2013 Best of the Bar Top Lawyers, Sacramento Business Journal
Publications
2013 California Association of Winegrape Growers Legal Issues in Vineyard Development and Expansion 2011 American Law of Mining (Treatise) Chapter 14 RESERVATIONS AND WITHDRAWALS
Associations
2005 - Present Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 2005 - Present North State Building Industry Association 2005 - Present Urban Land Institute 2000 - Present Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy
Speaking
2014 University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Symposium “Growing, Growing, Gone: Innovative Ideas in Resource Management for a Growing Population” Presenter, Panelist 2014 National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference “Financing, Valuing and Permitting Mitigation Banks” Presenter, Panelist 2014 2014 ASPHALT PAVEMENT CONFERENCE CalAPA 2014 Conference: "Environmental Focus: Storm-water permitting" Presenter, Panelist 2014 2014 Annual Education Conference CalCIMA Education Conference: "Dangerous Waters: State and Federal Jurisdiction, New State Regulations and Practical Permitting Strategies" Presenter, Panelist 2013 California Ecological & Environmental Mitigation Banking Conference “The Mechanics of Ecological Mitigation Banking,” Santa Monica, CA (2013), Presenter, Panelist