Moose, James G

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1986

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Environmental Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Administrative Law

Representative Clients

• Californians for Transportation Solutions
• City of Berkeley
• City of Chico
• City of Folsom
• City of Fort Bragg
• City of Mount Shasta
• City of Salinas
• City of Sausalito
• City of Tiburon
• City of Ukiah
• City of Walnut Creek
• City of Winters
• County of Butte
• County of Calaveras
• County of El Dorado
• County of Madera
• Cresleigh Homes
• FHK Companies
• Laguna Greenbelt, Inc.
• MacMillan Bloedel, Ltd.
• Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District
• Pacer Holdings, Inc.
• Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association
• River West Developments
• Sacramentans for Safe Energy
• Sacramento County Housing and Redevelopment Agency
• Sacramento Valley Toxics Campaign
• Sierra Club
• Star Concrete
• Upper Valley Disposal Services

Representative Cases

• Citizens For Quality Growth v. City of Mount Shasta (C.D.M.S.), 243 Cal.Rptr. 727 (Cal.App. 3 Dist. 1988)
• Stanislaus Audubon Soc., Inc. v. County of Stanislaus (Willms Ranch), 39 Cal.Rptr.2d 54 (Cal.App. 5 Dist. 1995)
• Board of Sup'rs of Sacramento County v. Local Agency Formation Com'n of Sacramento County (Citrus Heights Incorporation Project), 838 P.2d 1198 (Cal. 1992)
• City of Sacramento v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 3 Cal.Rptr.2d 643 (Cal.App. 3 Dist. 1992)
• Citizens of Goleta Valley v. Board of Sup'rs of County of Santa Barbara (Wallover, Inc.), 801 P.2d 1161 (Cal. 1990)
• Oro Fino Gold Min. Corp. v. County of El Dorado (Motherlode Alliance), 274 Cal.Rptr. 720 (Cal.App. 3 Dist. 1990)
• Kings County Farm Bureau v. City of Hanford (GWF Power Systems Co., Inc.), 270 Cal.Rptr. 650 (Cal.App. 5 Dist. 1990)
• Midway Orchards v. County of Butte, 269 Cal.Rptr. 796 (Cal.App. 3 Dist. 1990)
• Mountain Lion Coalition v. California Fish & Game Com'n, 263 Cal.Rptr. 104 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. 1989)
• Emmington v. Solano County Redevelopment Agency, 237 Cal.Rptr. 636 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. 1987)

West Practice Categories

Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals, Administrative Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 1985

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Environmental Council of Sacramento, 1987 (Former Board Member)
• Sacramento County Curbside, 1987 (Former Advisory Committee Chairman)
• Sierra Club, 1987 (Former Legal Committee Member)
• Sacramento County Waste Advisory Committee, 1987 - Present (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Advanced California Environmental Quality Act, University of California Extension, 1988 - Present
• Advanced California Environmental Quality Act, Association of Environmental Professionals, 1991 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Representing Sacramento Valley Toxics Campaign, Clean Air/Water Lit., 1987 - 1995
• Representing Environmental Council of Sacramento/Local Land Use Issues, 1987 - 1995

Education

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1985
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: Articles Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1984 - 1985
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

References

• E. Clement Shute Jr., San Francisco
• William W. Abbott, Sacramento

Published Works

• Guide to California Environmental Quality Act Co-Author, December, 1996

Address

455 Capitol Mall
Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95814

Phones

(916) 443-2745

Faxes

(916) 443-9017

Emails

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Websites

http://www.rtmmlaw.com