Agricultural Law

Agricultural Law

Attorneys in our Agricultural Law practice group represent clients throughout the state in federal and state courts and before federal, state, and local administrative agencies.

Relevant Experience in Agricultural Law Includes: 

  • Regional Water Quality Control Boards, Environmental Protection Agency and Air District investigations and enforcement actions
  • Underground storage tank compliance and tank fund applications
  • Federal and state superfund site cost-recovery for environmental damages
  • Environmental due diligence for commercial real estate and business transactions
  • Prosecution and defense of citizen suits under federal and state statutes
  • Land use entitlements and permitting of energy projects including digesters, wind turbines, solar farms, co-generation facilities and ethanol producers
  • Proposition 65 Compliance and Litigation
  • Compliance and defense and prosecution of cases under California’s Environmental Quality Act
  • Defending personal injury suits from alleged exposure to hazardous substances, also known as “toxic torts”
  • Agricultural land sale and lease agreements
  • Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act claims and administrative proceedings
  • Agricultural equipment lease and financing agreements
  • Water rights applications and entitlements
  • Food safety regulations and compliance
  • Organizing and structuring business entities
  • Employment issues

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