Somach Simmons & Dunn

read moreAmong the clients who use Somach Simmons &Dunn for air quality counseling and defense is one of the world's largest shipping operators-a company responsible for California's ports in Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego, Sacramento, and Stockton. Large trucking companies and retailers that require refrigerated trucking, such as grocery store chains, also rely on the Somach Simmons & Dunn air quality team for compliance and defense. Additionally, retailers that sell cosmetics, car waxes, and a host of other consumer goods that use aerosols or whose products evaporate and discharge volatile organic compounds (VOCs) also rely on Somach Simmons & Dunn's lawyers.

read moreThe legal and policy issues concerning endangered species regulation are challenging and dynamic, in both water resources and land development contexts. Effective advocacy requires understanding of the federal and state legal schemes, and the ability to work with regulatory agencies. Firm attorneys assist clients who may be affected by listing of species as threatened or endangered or by the designation of critical habitat. Somach Simmons & Dunn attorneys also have broad experience with ESA consultations and biological opinions under section 7 of the federal ESA, the development of habitat conservation plans to obtain incidental take permits under section 10 of the ESA, and related state conservation planning activities.

read moreAs examples, we assist entities in complying with the Brown Act and Public Records Act. We give advice on rate setting, fees and assessments, and Proposition 218 compliance. Our local government clients also come to us for help with local elections and employment law concerns. It is impossible to separate specialized water, air, water quality, and environmental issues from local governance issues, and our attorneys handle both specialized counsel issues and outside general counsel issues with equal expertise.

read moreWe have helped defend organizations who face large, multi-party CERCLA actions, we have long-been navigating cleanup of Underground Storage Tanks, and we have worked at the forefront of many types of contamination cases. One of the biggest strengths of our toxics and hazardous waste practice is the ability to anticipate shifts in the environmental contamination landscape. We take a pragmatic approach to understanding what the current areas of focus are for regulating agencies, and we help businesses undertake cost/benefit analyses of which issues are most important to pursue and which should be quickly resolved.

read morePublic entities (states, tribes, counties, districts, municipalities), farmers, industrial operators, landowners, and individuals who use the firm's water quality group get strong advocates who can navigate the clean water permitting, compliance, enforcement, and dispute resolution process like few other firms. Somach Simmons & Dunn represents clients across the West. We represent clients before California's regional water quality control boards and the State Water Resources Control Board. In Colorado, we represent clients before the Water Quality Control Commission and other regulatory bodies associated with the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment.

read moreWe invite you to keep virtual tabs on Somach attorneys with this roundup of our news and events heading into the new year. SGMA Isn't Working - When It's Time to Adjudicate. Wait, When is it Time? Western Groundwater Congress, Virtual Conference Session Transcript Presented September 16, 2020, by Nick Jacobs & Aaron. We invite you to keep virtual tabs on Somach attorneys with this roundup of our news and events over the last months of 2020. Live Webinar: Water Law for Colorado Real Estate Professionals WATER LAW FOR REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS is accredited by the Colorado Real Estate Commission for two (2) CE credits.

read moreWhether it is an administrative proceeding, bench trial, jury trial, or alternative dispute resolution, Somach Simmons & Dunn litigators have reached favorable results for many clients in practice areas that run the gamut from environmental, water rights, water quality, air quality, and areas such as CEQA/NEPA and citizen suit defense. The firm's lawyers have appeared before the U.S. and California Supreme Courts, many federal and state appellate courts, trial courts, and nearly every environmental administrative agency in the state.

read moreWe're Hiring in Colorado Somach Simmons & Dunn's Boulder, Colorado office seeks an associate attorney with a minimum of 4-6 years experience with Colorado water law. The ideal candidate will. We're pleased to announce that Somach Simmons & Dunnhas been ranked among the top law firms in water law, according tothe 2021U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms"survey. We're pleased to announce that shareholders Stuart Somachand Sarah Klahn have been recognized among the top lawyers nationwide in The Best Lawyers in America 2021.