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The Arnold Law Practice

Attorneys

James R. Arnold

ISLN: 909379658
Principal
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Practice Areas

Environmental Law; Brownfields Redevelopment; Underground Storage Tanks; Air Quality; Air Pollution; Clean Air Act; Water Quality; Water Pollution; Clean Water Act; Groundwater Contamination; Environmental Insurance; Real Estate Litigation; Quiet Title; Real Estate Sales; Eminent Domain; Inverse Condemnation; Public Land Law; Land Use Litigation; Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Cost Recovery; Zoning Law; Federal Civil Litigation; Coatings Technology; Wetlands Protection; UST Fund; Metal Finishing; Wastewater Permits; Environmental Mediation; Industrial Permits; Dry Cleaner Clean Ups

Admitted: 1973, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California; U.S Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Member: Bar Association of San Francisco, Environmental Law Section Executive Committee; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section; California State Bar, Environmental Law Section, Real Estate Section, Litigation Section; American Bar Association, member since 1973, Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, Secretary, 2005-2007, Chair, Superfund and Hazardous Waste Committee, 2001-2003; Section of Litigation, member since 1973.
Biography: Author: (Representative Publications) Chapter 72, "Hazardous Waste Cleanup and Land Use," in the treatise, California Environmental Law and Land Use Practice (Lexis 2010); "2010 Update on Environmental Insurance Law," Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee, ABA/SEER, June 2010; Board of Advisors, "California Environmental Law Reporter" (1994-present); Annual Updates, Environmental Enforcement, Bar Association of San Francisco, 2003-2007; USDOJ Trial Attorney/Assistant US Attorney, Los Angeles, 1974-1987; President, East Bay Services to the Developmentally Disabled, Inc., 2002-2009; Member, Community Advisory Panel, Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery, 1998-2009; Founding Director, CORE Environmental Foundation, Inc., 2009; Member, Advisory Task Force, California UST Fund, 2009-2010.
Born: San Diego, California
Agencies: UST Fund, Division of Clean Water Programs, California State Water Resources Control Board.
Cases: (Representative cases) American Motorcyclist Ass'n v. Watt, 534 F. Supp. 923 (C.D. Calif. 1981), 543 F.Supp.789 (C.D. Calif. 1982) (NEPA, FLPMA); United States v. Stringfellow, 783 F.2d 821 (9th Cir. 1986)(CERCLA); Cortese v. United States, 782 F.2d 845 (9th Cir. 1986) (Quiet Title); Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Kop-Coat, Inc. 750 F. Supp. 1022 (N.D., Calif. 1990) (CERCLA/RCRA); Australians for Animals v. Evans, 301 F. Supp. 2nd 1114 (N.D. Calif. 2004) (NEPA, MMPA).

Areas of Practice

  • Environmental Litigation
  • Environmental Aspects of Transactions
  • Environmental Regulatory Compliance
  • Environmental Insurance
  • Including all media: Water, air, dirt
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