Eric N. Robinson, Managing Shareholder
Eric, the firm’s Managing Shareholder, represents public and private sector clients in the fields of natural resources and environmental law. He provides counsel on obtaining and defending water rights and water supplies, obtaining environmental compliance approvals for development projects under local, state, and federal laws, and litigates in state and federal courts. Eric speaks frequently on water-related issues for a variety of educational and professional organizations.
Legal Experience
Eric represents water supply agencies, private landowners, counties, cities, and not-for-profit organizations in a range of areas, including:
- Counsel to obtain and protect rights to use surface water and groundwater
- Complete due diligence assessments of water rights for real property acquisitions or other investment opportunities
- Counsel concerning assessment and verification of water supplies for new real estate development projects under SB 610/221
- Counsel to prepare and defend Urban Water Management Plans, updates and amendments that carry out new water conservation mandates imposed by SB 7
- Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
- Compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
- Compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Compliance with Fish and Game Code provisions governing water supply facilities, including Streambed Alteration Agreement program and sections 5901 and 5937
- Litigation defending and bringing CEQA, NEPA, ESA, and Fish and Game Code compliance challenges
- Litigation defending groundwater pumping rights
- Representation before State Water Resources Control Board, Department of Fish and Game, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other local, state and federal regulatory agencies
Practice Examples
- Eric represented the City of Los Angeles in California’s largest court adjudication of groundwater rights.
- Eric has assessed water rights and water supply availability for proposed land acquisitions throughout California.
- Eric has counseled local public water suppliers on Proposition 218 compliance for new water service ratemaking decisions and has successfully defended against lawsuits alleging Proposition 218 violations.
- Eric served as special water counsel in connection with SB 610 and CEQA review for the successful approval of a 16,000-unit master-planned community in the San Joaquin Valley.
- Eric represented a private landowner in a trial adjudicating rights to groundwater in a California coastal basin and is participating in watermaster proceedings to manage that basin.
- Eric advises public water supply agency clients in assessing the sufficiency of their water supplies to sustain new development projects pursuant to SB 610/221.
- Eric is assisting a range of real estate development projects in securing and demonstrating long-term water supplies pursuant to SB 610, CEQA and SB 221.
- Eric defended a Clean Water Act citizen suit alleging violation of an industrial storm water permit.
- Eric challenged a municipal separate storm sewer discharge permit for exceeding state regulatory authority.
- Eric defended a NPDES permit for a municipal wastewater discharger through Regional Board, State Water Resources Control Board and Superior Court review proceedings.
- Eric successfully defended a city in trial court and appellate CEQA litigation challenging the approval of a regional shopping mall.
- Eric defended a California water supply agency against a $200 million inverse condemnation lawsuit arising from the reoperation of water supply reservoirs to prevent seawater intrusion from destroying a regional groundwater supply.
- Eric represented the State Water Project (SWP) contractors against litigation challenging the CALFED program to restore the Bay-Delta estuary and statewide water supplies.
- Eric represented Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors in federal litigation challenging the United States Department of the Interior’s compliance with NEPA, the ESA and Reclamation Law for actions changing the operation of the CVP’s Trinity River Division.
- Eric is defending private landowners against a lawsuit challenging their diversion and use of water under Fish and Game Codes sections 5901 and 5937.
- Eric successfully resolved an Endangered Species Act enforcement action and negotiated the terms of local, state and federal approvals for a steelhead habitat enhancement project on a California steelhead stream.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
- Best Lawyers® 2024 Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Sacramento
- Best Lawyers® 2021 Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Sacramento
- The Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law, Water Law (2019-2024)
- Northern California Super Lawyer (2009-2014, 2019-2023)
- Top Lawyer, Sacramento Magazine (2016-2021, 2023)
- Board Member, Water Education Foundation
- Co-chair, Natural Resources subsection of the Real Property Section of the California Lawyers Association
- Co-Chair of LSI Groundwater Sustainability in California Conference
- Member, Real Property Advisory Committee for the Continuing Education for the Bar (CEB)
- Member, Sacramento County Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Legal Affairs Committee, Association of California Water Agencies
- Continuing Education of the Bar, Real Property Advisory Committee member (2019-present)
- California State Bar #191781
Reported Decisions
- Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases (Tapia), 63 Cal.App.5th 17 (2021)
- Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases (Willis Class), 62 Cal.App.5th 992 (2021)
- Antelope Valley Groundwater Cases (Phelan Pinion Hills Community Services District), 59 Cal.App.5th 241 (2020)
- Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, 1 Cal.App.5th 1084 (2016)
- Firebaugh Canal Water District v. United States, 712 F.3d 1296 (9th Cir. 2013)
- Sonoma County Water Coalition v. Sonoma County Water Agency, 189 Cal.App.4th 33 (2010)
- O.W.L. Foundation v. City of Rohnert Park, 168 Cal.App.4th 568 (2008)
- In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings, 43 Cal.4th 1143 (2008)
- California Water Impact Network v. Newhall County Water District, 161 Cal.App.4th 1464 (2008)
- Westlands Water District, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 275 F. Supp. 2d 1157(E.D. Cal. 2002), reversed in part by Westlands Water District v. U.S. Department of the Interior, 376 F. 3d 853 (9th Cir. 2004)
- Jahr v. Casebeer, 70 Cal. App. 4th 1250 (1999)
Academic Background
J.D. University of California, Davis, 1997
B.S. Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Chicago, 1989
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- "Managing Our Streams for the Future: A Discussion of Instream Flow Policy." The State Water Resources Control Board, in response to AB2121, has proposed an instream flow policy for North Coast streams. This panel will discuss the process by which the policy was formulated, its provisions and impact, and its potential to serve as a template for instream flow policies elsewhere in the state.
KMTG Moderator: Jan Goldsmith - "New Rules for the Delta: The Wanger Decision, Delta Vision & Beyond"
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KMTG Presenter: Eric Robinson
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Speaking Engagements
11.30.2022
|Speaking Engagement
|ACWA 2022 Fall Conference
Date
Wednesday, November 30
Location
Indian Wells, CA
Related Practices/Industries
Kronick is pleased to once again sponsor the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference in Indian Wells on November 29-December 1, 2022. Shareholder Eric Robinson will participate in a panel discussion that will explore lessons learned from groundwater rights adjudications with an eye toward how they can inform future adjudications and implementation of SGMA, whose groundwater sustainability plans have similarities to physical solutions imposed by adjudication judgments. Senior Counsel Lauren Bernadett will participate in a panel that will review some of the most notable cases and how agencies are responding. This session coincides with the fall release of ACWA’s Summary of Appellate Cases publication.
07.29.2022
|Speaking Engagement
|Groundwater Sustainability Implementation in California
Date
July 28-29
Location
Virtual
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Kronick Shareholders Eric Robinson and Holly Roberson will present at the virtual Groundwater Sustainability Implementation in California conference. Eric will provide opening remarks as Program Co-Chair as well as participate in the discussion “Lessons for Water Masters from Implementation of Existing Pre and Post SGMA Adjudications.” Holly will discuss “Sovereign-to-Sovereign Tribal Consultation During the Implementation Phase for GSPs.” For more information or to register, please visit the event website.
05.04.2022
|Speaking Engagement
|Water Law Update or Revolution?
DATE
May 4
LOCATION
Sacramento, CA
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OVERVIEW
Kronick is pleased to once again sponsor the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) 2022 Spring Conference. Shareholder Eric Robinson will participate in a panel discussion about a water policy reformer group that has proposed “updating” California water laws to address drought and climate change. The proposal recommends 11 water law changes, including Funding the State Water Resources Control Board to “verify” riparian and pre-1914 appropriative water rights; funding underrepresented groups to participate in water rights and water quality proceedings; empowering the SWRCB to initiate comprehensive surface water rights adjudications encompassing interconnected groundwater rights; deploying real-time surface water diversion and use monitoring and reporting; adopting an updated Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan before 2024; adopting a regulation specifying how water users will meet water quality objectives of the Bay-Delta WQCP, and other proposals. The report has received extensive attention from California’s water community and resulted in multiple pieces of legislation. A variety of stakeholders will discuss the report and what the recommendations would mean for water management in California.
For more information and to register, please visit the event website.
11.05.2021
|Speaking Engagement
|Groundwater Sustainability Implementation in California
Date
November 4-5
Location
Virtual
Related Practices/Industries
Kronick Shareholders Eric Robinson and Holly Roberson will present at the virtual Groundwater Sustainability Implementation in California conference. Eric will provide opening remarks as Program Co-Chair as well as participate in a discussion about “Groundwater Shortages: Managing the Tension Between Allocations, Production Rampdowns, and Water Right Claims by Competing Pumpers.” Holly will discuss “Sovereign-to-Sovereign Tribal Consultation Issues and Environmental/Economic Justice Considerations in Development of GSPs.” For more information or to register, please visit the event website.
12.04.2019
|Speaking Engagement
|Groundwater Production Allocations Under SGMA
DATE
December 4
LOCATION
San Diego, CA
Related Practices/Industries
Overview
Kronick is pleased to again sponsor the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Fall Conference in San Diego. Shareholder and Practice Group Manager of Kronick’s Natural Resources Group, Eric Robinson will participate in a panel discussion regarding groundwater production allocations under SGMA. As Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) prepare their plans to meet the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act’s (SGMA) requirements, they may need to utilize a variety of tools to achieve sustainability. For groundwater basins in overdraft, production allocations may be a vital tool for the GSAs. However, SGMA explicitly states that it does not alter water rights, which means the GSAs have to carefully navigate between the confines of water rights and SGMA requirements in developing and implementing their groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs). This program will explain the legal framework, different types of groundwater rights, lessons learned from existing groundwater production allocation programs, potential pitfalls and practical approaches to developing a GSP with production allocations as a component to reaching sustainability goals.
07.25.2019
|Speaking Engagement
|Sustainable Groundwater Planning in California
DATE
July 25 & 26, 2019
LOCATION
Sacramento, CA
Related Practices/Industries
Overview
Kronick attorneys Eric Robinson, Holly Roberson and Constantine Baranoff will present at the Sustainable Groundwater in California conference in Sacramento. Eric will provide opening remarks as Program Co-Chair as well as participate in a discussion about conjunctive management of groundwater interconnected with surface streams as a practical approach for achieving resilient and sustainable water supplies. Constantine’s presentation will discuss propositions 26 and 218 and other constraints, tips for identifying the optimal funding structures for initial GSP development and GSP implementation activities. Holly will discuss federally reserved water rights; consultation requirements; effective consultation; reasons why Tribes may be reluctant to participate in a GSA or share pumping and aquifer management data; confidentiality; practical tips for addressing those concerns. For more information or to register, please visit the event website.
05.10.2018
|Speaking Engagement
|Water Transfers and SGMA at ACWA’s Spring Conference
DATE:
May 8–11, 2018
LOCATION:
Sacramento, CA
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
Program Overview:
Kronick is proud to sponsor ACWA’s Spring Conference in Sacramento. ACWA’s Spring Conference welcomes diverse perspectives — agricultural and urban, large and small agencies — to attend over 80 meeting and program sessions that drill down into the regulatory, environmental and political issues that shape the industry.
Shareholder Eric Robinson will participate in a panel discussion that will explore roles that water transfers could play in SGMA implementation, assess obstacles to successful use of transfers, and consider potential solutions.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
09.18.2017
|Speaking Engagement
|Water Supply in California
Date:
Monday, September 18
Location:
Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Conference Center
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Program Overview:
Kronick Shareholder Eric Robinson will participate in a panel discussion at CLE International’s California Land Use Conference in San Francisco. The program will provide attendees with up-to-date analyses of key land use topics facing California developers, planners, regulators, and attorneys.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
07.10.2017
|Speaking Engagement
|Sustainable Groundwater Planning in California
Date:
Monday, July 10 - Tuesday, July 11
Time:
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Law Seminars International (LSI)
Overview:
Kronick Shareholders Jonathan Christy, Scott Morris and Eric Robinson will present at the Sustainable Groundwater in California conference in Sacramento on July 10-11. Scott will provide opening remarks as Program Co-Chair. John's presentation will discuss SGMA and cost recovery under Proposition 218 and provide an update on recent decisions and how they impact project planning, as well as issues still to be resolved and tips for dealing with the resulting uncertainty. Eric will discuss the validation of GSAs and GSPs: Automatic approvals under the validation statutes; timing issues for validating GSAs and GSPs; reverse validation suits; tips for developing plans with validation in mind and strategies for challenging validation.
For more information or to register, please visit the event website.
05.09.2017
|Kronick Sponsorship
|ACWA’s 2017 Spring Conference
Date:
May 9-12, 2017
Location:
Monterey, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
Program Overview:
Kronick is proud to sponsor ACWA's Spring Conference in Monterey. This year’s theme “One Water, One Future” will explore California’s shared vision — and challenges — for constructing a water future together. ACWA’s Spring Conference welcomes diverse perspectives — agricultural and urban, large and small agencies — to attend over 80 meeting and program sessions that drill down into the regulatory, environmental and political issues that shape the industry. Conference attendees have the opportunity to dialogue and debate these contemporary water issues presented from a local, statewide, and federal perspective, so they may increase their understanding of other points of view and improve their leadership skills in solving today’s challenges. The conference also offers continuing education credits in the legal, energy, financial, and drinking water issue areas for professionals seeking contact hours.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
03.11.2017
|Speaking Engagement
|McGeorge Water Law Symposium 2017
Date:
Saturday, March 11
Location:
McGeorge School of Law — Lecture Hall
3200 Fifth Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Program Overview:
Kronick is pleased to sponsor the McGeorge Water Law Symposium 2017 that will celebrate 50 years of the State Water Resources Control Board (1967-2017) and discuss “Integrating Water Quality & Quantity in the Golden State.” Shareholder Eric Robinson will participate in a panel discussion about the Groundwater-Surface Water Nexus & the SWRCB.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
03.02.2017
|Speaking Engagement
|Show Me the Water: Assessing Water for Growth During & After Drought
Date:
March 2, 2017
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Program Overview:
Kronick Shareholder Eric Robinson will present at League’s 2017 Planning Commissioners Academy in Los Angeles on March 2. Eric will discuss how to assess water availability to support legally defensible land-use approvals in light of drought water impacts and looming groundwater regulation.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
01.09.2017
|Speaking Engagement
|SGMA, GSA Setup& GSP Preparation
Date:
January 9-10, 2017
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Program Overview:
Kronick is pleased to sponsor the SGMA, GSA Setup & GSP Preparation conference in Los Angeles on January 9-10. Shareholders Jonathan Cristy, Scott Morris and Eric Robinson will present. Scott will provide opening remarks as Program Co-Chair. Eric will provide an update on appeals – the processes for challenging GSPs including forums; standing; standards for review; and tips for participating in plan development with the possibility of appeal in mind. John's presentation will discuss SGMA and cost recovery under Proposition 218 and provide an update on recent decisions and how they impact project planning, as well as issues still to be resolved and tips for dealing with the resulting uncertainty.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
12.01.2016
|Speaking Engagement
|ACWA Fall Conference – Water Transfers: Challenges and Opportunities
Date:
Thursday, December 1
Location:
Anaheim, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
Association of California Water Agencies
Program Overview:
Kronick is pleased to sponsor the 2016 Fall Conference in Anaheim. Shareholder Eric Robinson will discuss the challenges and opportunities of water transfers.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
10.21.2016
|Speaking Engagement
|Schools & Stormwater 101
Date:
Friday, October 21
Location:
Courtyard Marriott Hotel, Baldwin Park CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Organized By:
San Gabriel Valley Civic Alliance
Program Overview:
Kronick is pleased to sponsor Schools & Stormwater 101 on Friday, October 21 in Baldwin Park. Shareholder Eric Robinson will provide background on federal, state, and local water quality protection programs, as well as discuss current related events.
Registration:
For more information and to register, please visit the event website.
09.28.2016
|Speaking Engagement
|Surface Flows, Sustainable Yield, Water Rights and SGMA
Date:
Wednesday, September 28
Location:
Hilton Concord
1970 Diamond Boulevard
Concord, CA 94520
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA)
Program Overview:
Kronick shareholder Eric Robinson will present at the 2016 Groundwater Conference and 25th Annual Meeting on Wednesday, September 28 in Concord.
Registration:
Please visit the event website for more information and to register.
06.06.2016
|Speaking Engagement
|Sustainable Groundwater in California
Date:
Monday, June 6 – Tuesday, June 7
Time:
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Law Seminars International (LSI)
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
Kronick Shareholders Jonathan Christy, Scott Morris and Eric Robinson will present at the Sustainable Groundwater in California conference in Sacramento on June 6-7. Scott will provide opening remarks as Program Co-Chair. John’s presentation will discuss SGMA and cost recovery under Proposition 218 and provide an update on recent decisions and how they impact project planning, as well as issues still to be resolved and tips for dealing with the resulting uncertainty. Eric will provide an update on water rights rules for allocating groundwater; surface water storage (when water in the ground is not groundwater); relationship between groundwater rights law and Sustainability Plans.
For more information or to register, please visit the event website.
06.03.2016
|Speaking Engagement
|Endangered Species, California’s Water Policy, and California’s Water Reality
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Law Seminars International (LSI)
Program Overview:
Kronick shareholder Eric Robinson will present at LSI's Endangered Species in California (ESA & CESA) Conference on Friday, June 3 in Long Beach. He will provide an update on the legal environment for resolving conflicting claims to water including the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the physical interrelationship between surface and groundwater.
Registration:
Please visit LSI's website for more information and to register.
02.05.2016
|Speaking Engagement
|Ensuring Integrity In 21st Century California: Water & Public Works In Our Arid State
Date:
Friday, February 5
Time:
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
The Municipal Law Institute of the League of California Cities® McGeorge School of Law
The County Counsels’ Association
The State Bar of California Public Law Section
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
Kronick Shareholder Eric Robinson will present at the Municipal Law Symposium which focuses on issues public agency attorneys face on water supply and public works. Eric will present a strategy for completing CEQA review on water supplies for urban growth amidst the drought and new regulations on groundwater use. Other panels will discuss water rights, drought, and enforcement; water issues related to CEQA and land use; alternative water supplies, including storm water, groundwater, and recycled water; water and public works finance issues including those related to Proposition 218; and conflicts of interest, including an update on the new FPPC Regulations and conflict of interest issues relevant to public works projects.
For more information and to register, please visit the event website.
12.10.2015
|Speaking Engagement
|Show Me The Water: Water Supply Impact Analysis in an Era of Drought and Supply Uncertainty
Date:
Thursday, December 10 - Friday, December 11
Location:
Hotel Nikko, San Francisco
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
CLE International
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
The conference will discuss the latest CEQA legal updates, best practices, and policy perspectives. This year’s panels and presentations will cover:
For more information and to register, please visit the CLE International website.
10.29.2015
|Speaking Engagement
|Groundwater Regulation in California
Dates:
October 29 & 30, 2015
Location:
Millenium Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
This seminar is also available via webcast
MCLE:
11.25 hours
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Law Seminars International (LSI)
Groundwater Regulation in California
Who Should Attend:
Attorneys, environmental and real estate professionals, corporate managers, governmental officials, Tribal representatives, resource managers and planners
Overview:
California's new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is perhaps the most significant water law to be passed in the last 100 years. For the first time, California will implement broad reaching regulations over groundwater that will be phased in over the next several years. These new requirements will substantially affect future decisions in the areas of land use, the environment, agriculture and municipal water use, and many other aspects of California life.
Join industry experts, leading attorneys and agency officials for a two-day conference regarding the mechanics and implications of the new Act. Topics include statewide perspectives in groundwater management, legal implications of the new laws, practical approaches and requirements for forming Groundwater Sustainability Agencies and developing Groundwater Sustainability Plans, the role of state agencies, funding issues, and practical examples of how real life groundwater disputes are resolved today.
This comprehensive conference will provide local government, agricultural, environmental, attorney and consultant interests with a working knowledge of how to plan for the future under the new groundwater legislation.
Kronick Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Registration:
For more information and to register, please visit the LSI website
09.30.2015
|Speaking Engagement
|LOCC Annual Conference | How Cities Must Respond To The State’s New Groundwater Law
Date & Time:
Exact date & time TBD
Location:
San Jose
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
League of California Cities (LOCC)
2015 Annual Conference (September 30 – October 2, 2015)
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Derrick Williams, President, Hydro Metrics Water Resources Incorporated
Additional speaker TBD
Overview:
The state's new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act impacts cities as groundwater users, public water suppliers and land-use regulators. Starting in 2020, cities in 127 groundwater basins must contend with new regulatory plans imposing fees, pumping cuts or other measures to stop over-pumping of groundwater. By 2017, those cities must decide whether to develop their own regulatory plans or be subject to plans approved by others. Absent an adequate, locally adopted plan, the state will impose local groundwater regulation. The audience will learn how the Act impacts cities and about strategies to protect their economies from potentially dramatic pumping cutbacks.
Registration:
For more inforamation and to register, please visit the LOCC website.
05.21.2015
|Speaking Engagement
|AEP | Meeting CEQA Requirements for Water Supply Evaluation During the Drought
Date:
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Time:
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location:
Blue Prynt
815 11st Street
Sacramento
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Association of Environmental Professional, California Chapter
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
Just as the economy and real estate market seem headed on an upswing, the drought continues into its fourth year, water supply availability has fallen to new lows, and the state has imposed new restrictions on urban water use. Meanwhile, the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is expected to reduce groundwater use through new regulatory plans in many parts of the state. CEQA analyses have long relied on the Show Me the Water! Laws – SB 610 and SB 221 – as well as Urban Water Management Plans (UWMPs) to demonstrate the adequacy of water supply for new development projects. Our presenter, Eric Robinson from Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, will discuss how the ongoing drought and new groundwater sustainability planning should be addressed during CEQA review of water supplies for new land-use approvals. This will include updating water availability projections from UWMPs in light of the drought and projecting groundwater availability in light of SGMA. The presentation will also cover the role of conservation design, alternative water supplies (recycled water), conservation offsets, water banking and water transfers to address existing water shortages and uncertainty about long-term supply reliability.
RSVP:
Please register online by May 20th. For questions or to cancel, contact Katherine Waugh at kwaugh@dudek.com.
09.13.2014
|Speaking Engagement
|APA 2014 Conference | Show Me the Water! Demonstrating Water Supplies for New Development in a Drought Era
Date:
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Location:
Disneyland Hotel
Anaheim, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
American Planning Association, California Chapter
Annual Conference (September 13-16, 2014)
Kronick is a proud sponsor of the Opening Reception, " A Real California Adventure," on Sunday, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Anona Dutton, VP of Water Resources, Erler & Kalinowski
Overview:
Cities and counties are processing more land-use applications that must comply with California’s show-me-the-water laws—SB 610, CEQA and SB 221. Failure to comply is a leading reason courts invalidate land-use approvals. Demand for water to accommodate growth clashes with growing uncertainty about long-term water supply availability. In 2014, the state’s single largest source of water for urban use—the State Water Project—initially projected zero SWP water availability for 25 million people living in a service area ranging from Silicon Valley to San Diego. Droughts, climate change, environmental regulations and water supply litigation create uncertainty that complicates SB 610, CEQA and SB 221 compliance. The California Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Vineyard Area Citizens v. City of Rancho Cordova announced “principles of analytical adequacy” for assessing water supply impacts for land-use decisions. Since then, some 15 new court decisions apply Vineyard’s principles to water adequacy determinations for projects across the state. This panel will draw lessons from those cases and describe innovative compliance approaches based on case examples that planners can use to support city and county land-use decisions that comply with SB 610, CEQA and SB 221.
Registration and Brochure:
Please click here for more information and to view the online brochure.
03.25.2014
|Speaking Engagement
|AEP 2014 Conference | Show Me The Water!
Date:
Tues. March 25, 2014
Time:
3:15 - 4:45 p.m.
Location:
Waterfront Beach Resort
Huntington Beach, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Association of Environmental Professionals – Orange County Chapter
(AEP State Conference, March 23-26, 2014)
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Annona Dutton, VP of Water Resources Practice, Erler & Kalinowski
Overview:
With the real estate economy recovering from the Great Recession, developers, cities and counties are starting to process applications for land-use
entitlements and undertake California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review for new approvals or revisions to existing approvals. CEQA and California’s show-me-the-water laws—SB 610 and SB 221—set a high bar for land-use agencies to consider the adequacy of water supplies for new development project approvals or revisions to existing projects approved before the recession. Failure to adequately analyze water availability for development project approvals
is a leading reason that California courts invalidate CEQA documents.
As the economy recovers, demand for water supplies to serve growth will increase in the face of continuing, and perhaps increasing, uncertainty about the availability of existing and new water supplies to serve that growth—due to environmental regulations restricting the operation of existing water supply projects (e.g., Endangered Species Act regulation of the State Water Project and federal Central Valley Project) and making it harder to develop new water supply
projects. That existing, and increasing, uncertainty makes it even harder to demonstrate adequate water supplies for development projects.
In 2007, the California Supreme issued a landmark decision confirming “principles of analytical adequacy” for analyzing water supply impacts for land development projects: Vineyard Area Citizens v. City of Rancho Cordova (2007) 40 Cal.4th 412. Since the Vineyard decision, appellate courts have issued no less than 15 new opinions applying Vineyard’s principles to decide the adequacy of water supply impact analyses in CEQA documents completed for
projects located all across the state. Understanding the lessons from this new body of post-Vineyard case law is essential for CEQA consultants, land-use planners, project developers and water supply agencies to ensure legally defensible project approvals.
The presenters will address California's show-me-the-water requirements from two separate but closely related perspectives.
Registration:
For more information about the conference and to register, please visit AEP's website
10.27.2013
|Speaking Engagement
|2013 Environmental Law Conference | Wastewater Discharges in the Bay-Delta: A New Front in California’s Water Wars?
Date:
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Time:
9:15 a.m.
Location:
Tenaya Lodge
Yosemite, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
The State Bar of California Environmental Law Section
2013 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite (October 24-27, 2013)
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Theresa A. Dunham, Somach Simmons & Dunn
Michael Lauffer, State Water Resources Control Board
Moderator:
Tina Cannon Leahy, Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
Presentation Overview:
On December 4, 2012, the State Water Resources Control Board ordered the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District to comply with stringent new wastewater treatment levels for its discharges into the Sacramento River that may require a $2 billion treatment plant upgrade to implement. With major water exports to the Central Valley and Southern California occurring downstream of the District’s outfall, participants in the proceeding clashed repeatedly over whether the measures were overboard or simply overdue. Speakers representing three diverse viewpoints—regulator, discharger and export water users—will highlight key legal and policy issues as they present their perspectives on the application of the federal Clean Water Act and state Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act to the project and the role of this decision in the overall Delta debate.
For more information about the Conference, please visit the State Bar's website.
10.03.2013
|Speaking Engagement
|2013 ACWA CLE Conference | Show Me the Water! – How Water Agencies Can Use SB 610, CEQA and SB 221 to Help Ensure Adequate Water Supplies for New Development
Date:
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Time:
12:00 p.m.
Location:
Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
Newport Beach, CA
MCLE Credit:
1.00 hour
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
ACWA CLE Conference (October 3-4, 2013)
KMTG Presenter:
[SPEAKERS]
Presentation Overview:
The panel will discuss practical approaches for public water agencies to use the SB 610 Water Supply Assessment and CEQA process and SB 221 Water Sufficiency Verification process to help ensure that new land development projects are supported by adequate water supplies. Topics include how to document use of conservation design to minimize project water demand, project support for off-site conservation to reduce net project demand, use of recycled water, new groundwater development and water transfers to augment supply availability. Techniques for working with land-use agencies will be covered, and an update on case law governing CEQA review of water supply impacts will be provided.
06.25.2013
|Speaking Engagement
|Show Me the Water! SB 610, CEQA & SB 221 Compliance Strategies for Development Projects & Urban Planning
Date:
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Time:
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location:
West Sacramento Community Center
1075 West Capitol Avenue
West Sacramento, CA
Cost (includes lunch):
$10 for students
$10 for AEP/NAEP members
$25 for non-members
Continuing Ed:
3.25 Hours MCLE Credit
AICP Credit Pending
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
The Superior California Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Jennifer Harder, Adjunct Professor at McGeorge and UC Davis Schools of Law
Presentation Overview:
8:30-10:00: Water Supply Law 101. An understanding of basic principles of California water law is necessary to successfully navigate California's show-me-the-water! laws, which require discussion of the legal reliability of supplies for existing and future development. This session surveys basic water rights, including surface water, groundwater and contract rights. Rules applicable to rights acquired prior to 1914 and the State Water Resources Control Board system are also described, as are key water allocation principles, like the priority system, reasonable and beneficial use, and the public trust doctrine.
10:15-12:00: Successfully Navigating California's Show-Me-The-Water! Laws. What are these laws, how are they applied today, and what are practical options for enhancing legal defensibility of development approvals and land-use planning decisions? SB 610 Water Supply Assessments, CEQA review of water supply impacts, and SB 221 Water Sufficiency Verifications will be covered with an emphasis on practical approaches for responding to common water supply adequacy issues, like reliance on existing versus planned future water sources and the role of conservation design, alternative water supplies (recycled water), water banking and water transfers to address existing water shortages and uncertainty about long-term supply reliability.
Click here to view a copy of the flyer
Registration:
Register by June 14th by e-mailing Pat Angell at pangell@PMCWorld.com. You may pay in advance by credit card. Payment will be accepted at the door by cash or check payable to AEP. Questions? please contact Pat Angell at pangell@PMCWorld.com.
KMTG is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider
09.23.2011
|Speaking Engagement
|ACWA CLE Workshop: Water Marketing – Opportunities for Self Help to Supplement Regional and Local Supplies
Date:
Friday, September 23, 2011
Location:
Hotel Solamar
San Diego, CA
MCLE
1.25 hour
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
2011 CLE Workshop (September 22-23, 2011)
KMTG Moderator:
[SPEAKERS]
Panelists:
Paul A. Cook, Interim General Manager, Irvine Ranch Water District
Meena Westford, Public Affairs Senior Manager, San Diego County Water Authority
Overview:
Southern California imports water from the Owens Valley, Colorado River and State Water Project. These supplies are subject to reduction. Some local water suppliers have sought to secure reliable water supplies independently from the main regional water import agency, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The experience of these new “water seekers” in locating source water is discussed. Also discussed are whether water rights are available for transfer apart from Metropolitan. A discussion on whether local agencies can firm up their water supplies by going directly to the water seller and cut out the middleman will take place.
For copies of the materials, visit ACWA’s website.
04.15.2011
|Brown Bag Seminar
|Webinar: Managing California’s Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation
Date:
Friday, April 15, 2011
Time:
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location:
Attendees can attend via webinar or in person at:
Kronick
400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor
Sacramento, CA
MCLE Credit:
1 Hour
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Natural Resources Subsection of the State Bar Association's Real Property Section
Overview:
This winter’s rains have not washed away the conflicts jeopardizing the water supply security that California’s struggling economy and ecology desperately need. Much of California still faces a long-term water shortage impairing economic and ecological recovery. The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) blames five factors for driving California’s water management into a dysfunctional impasse threatening catastrophic harm to the state’s people and environment. To avert disaster for cities, farms and fish, the PPIC proposes the creation of a statewide Independent System Operator to manage water supply as a public commodity, akin to electric power, and proposes a broad programmatic approach to facilitating water transfers throughout the state. Those measures and others are part of the PPIC’s bold prescription for specific water supply and ecological management changes to help reconcile the interests of all the stakeholders that compete for California’s most vital natural resource: Water.
Event participants will learn about PPIC’s solution approach, which appears in a 400-page publication released just as the new Brown Administration takes over the reins of state water and environmental policy. Event participants will learn about highlights of the new publication, including how we arrived at the current water management impasse, how PPIC’s reform proposals would seek to break that impasse, and how those reforms may affect farmers and other landowners, cities, environmental interests and others across the state.
Presenters:
Eric N. Robinson, Moderator, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California
Registration:
To sign up for the webinar, please visit the State Bar's website
To sign up to attend in person, please email Kristy Garza
03.25.2011
|Speaking Engagement
|Water Rights Transfers – Creative Solutions
Date:
Friday, March 25, 2011
Time:
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location:
Doubletree Hotel
Sacramento, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Water Education Foundation
28th Annual Executive Briefing
Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Mr. Robinson will be joined by a panel of presenters, including:
Registration:
For more information and to register, please visit the Water Education Foundation’s website.
03.18.2011
|Brown Bag Seminar
|Webinar: Environmental Plaintiffs Pursue Statewide Groundwater Regulations Under Public Trust Doctrine
Date:
Friday, March 18, 2011
Time:
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location:
Attendees can attend via webinar or in person at:
Kronick
400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor
Sacramento, CA
MCLE Credit:
1 Hour
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Natural Resources Subsection of the State Bar Association's Real Property Section.
Overview:
Event participants will learn about pending efforts to impose statewide regulation of groundwater pumping rights based on the common-law Public Trust Doctrine. Currently, state statutory law empowers the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) to administer a permitting and licensing program that directly regulates most rights to use surface water diverted from streams, rivers and lakes to serve cities, farms and other uses. Neither that program nor any other statewide program regulates rights to pump and use groundwater–one of California`s largest sources of water supply. Although 2009 state legislation requires development of local programs to monitor and report groundwater conditions to the state, legislative efforts to impose statewide regulation of groundwater have not succeeded. In response, environmental groups are prosecuting state court litigation seeking to establish the state`s power to regulate groundwater rights pursuant to the common-law Public Trust Doctrine. Learn about the legal and policy implications of this litigation, the procedural status of the case, and potential next steps as the litigation unfolds.
Presenters:
Eric N. Robinson, Moderator, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
Jennifer Maier, Environmental Law Foundation
Damien Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation
Registration:
To sign up for the webinar, please visit the State Bar's website
To sign up to attend in person, please email Kristy Garza
02.10.2011
|Speaking Engagement
|California Water Laws and Regulations: Current Issues with Urban Water Management Plans
Date:
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Time:
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location:
Radisson Hotel Sacramento
500 Leisure Lane
Sacramento, CA 95815
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
HalfMoon Seminars
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
Mr. Robinson is part of a panel that will be speaking throughout the day on specific topics dealing with California water laws and regulations. His topic on "Current Issues with Urban Water Management Plans" will cover the following:
Registration:
For more information and to register, please visit HalfMoon Seminars
01.22.2011
|Speaking Engagement
|California’s Water Adequacy Laws and Land Use Planning (Interconnectedness Among CEQA, UWMP Act, and SB 610 & 221)
Date:
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Location:
Golden Gate University School of Law
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
2011 California Water Law Symposium
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
11.09.2010
|Speaking Engagement
|Telebriefing: Sonoma Co. Water Coalition v. Sonoma Co. Water Agency: Implications for Urban Water Management Planning
Date:
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Time:
Telebriefing starts at 10:00 a.m.
MCLE Credit:
1.0 hours
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Law Seminars International
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
The California Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in Sonoma County Water Coalition v. Sonoma County Water Agency, issued on October 8, 2010, addresses the standard of review for evaluating an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) prepared under the Urban Water Management Planning Act. The decision examines the level of deference that should be afforded to an Agency that adopts an UWMP and discusses how courts should review and address assumptions and conclusions reached by an Agency as part of the preparation and approval of an UWMP. The court’s ruling is significant because it is one of just two published decisions dealing with challenges to UWMPs.
In this one-hourTeleBriefing, our distinguished panel of experts representing diverse perspectives will discuss the practical implications of the decision and its impact on future UWMPs.
Introduction & Overview
Jill N. Willis, Esq., Moderator
Best Best & Krieger LLP / Riverside, CA
Litigator’s Perspective
Eric N. Robinson, Esq.
Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard / Sacramento, CA
Environmental Advocate’s Perspective
Babak Naficy, Esq.
Law Office of Babak Naficy / San Luis Obispo, CA
Who Should Dial In:
Attorneys, industry executives, government officials, and environmental professionals
Registration:
10.26.2010
|Speaking Engagement
|The Linkage Between Urban Water Management Plan Defensibility and SB 610 Water Supply Assessment Review
Date:
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Location:
Central Basin Municipal Water District
6252 Telegraph Road
Commerce, CA 90040
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
ACWA Region 8 – “Avoid the Pitfalls: Navigating Through Urban Water Management Planning”
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
10.22.2010
|Kronick Workshop
|The New Normal – Opportunities and Challenges in the Coming Post-Recession Real Estate Market
Date:
Friday, October 22, 2010
Time:
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Seminar & Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Wine Tasting
Location:
Edna Valley Vineyard
2585 Biddle Ranch Road
San Luis Obispo, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Hosted By:
This complimentary seminar, “Wines, Vines and Property Lines,” is hosted by KMTG Real Estate and Natural Resources Attorneys and includes a discussion of timely real estate issues followed by an afternoon of wine tasting.
09.24.2010
|Speaking Engagement
|Water and Land Use in California after Save Tara
Date:
Friday, September 24, 2010
Time:
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location:
Grand Hyatt
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
CLE International 2010 Land Use Conference (September 23-24, 2010)
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Mr. Robinson will be participating on a panel with James G. Moose with Remy, Thomas, Moose and Manley and Antonio Rossman with Rossman & Moore
Registration:
For more information and to register, visit www.cle.com
05.05.2010
|Speaking Engagement
|Preparing Legally Defensible Urban Water Management Plans That Implement SB 7’s Statewide Conservation Mandate
Date:
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Location:
Portola & Marriott Hotels
Monterey, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
2010 Spring Conference & Exhibition (May 4 – 7, 2010)
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
12.03.2009
|Speaking Engagement
|Preparing a Legally Defensible Urban Water Management Plan in an Era of Water Supply Uncertainty
Date:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Time:
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Location:
San Diego, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
2009 Fall Conference and Exposition
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Overview:
Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) updates are due to the California Department of Water Resources by December 31, 2010. This means urban
water supply agencies (retailers and wholesalers) should now be deciding how
to prepare their updates in a timely way. Recognizing that UWMPs support SB 610,
SB 221 and CEQA reviews for new urban development, environmental groups will
likely continue to scrutinize and litigate UWMPs in order to limit urban growth.
This program will help public water agencies prepare legally defensible UWMP
updates that further their water supply planning objectives.
05.21.2009
|Speaking Engagement
|Show Me the Water! Tools for Water Agencies, Land-Use Agencies and Development Projects to Navigate SB 610, CEQA and SB 221 in an Era of Water Supply Uncertainty
Date:
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Time:
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
Location:
Sacramento Convention Center
MCLE Credit:
1.75 hours
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
2009 Spring Conference & Exhibition
Overview:
Attendees learn about important legal developments arising from the integration of water supply and land-use planning, including the SB 610 Water Supply Assessment law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the SB 221 Water Sufficiency Verification law. Attendees also learn how short-term and long-term uncertainties in the availability of water from existing and planned future sources affect compliance with SB 610, CEQA and SB 221. Panelists show attendees about tools for managing water supply uncertainty under SB 610, CEQA and SB 221, with examples and perspectives on implementation issues for water agencies, land-use agencies and development project proponents. Tools include aggressive conservation and use of recycled water, grey water or rain water either within a proposed development project or elsewhere in the service area as an offset to new project demand.
KMTG Panel Moderator:
[SPEAKERS]
09.26.2008
|Speaking Engagement
|Show Me the Water! Tools To Help Cities Navigate California’s Deepening Regulatory Drought
Date:
Friday, September 26, 2008
Time:
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Location:
Long Beach Convention Center
300 E Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
League of California Cities
2008 Annual Conference
September 24-27, 2008
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Registration:
For more information visit the LOCC website.
05.06.2008
|Industry Conference
|ACWA 2008 Spring Conference and Exhibition: Managing Water in a Green World
Date:
May 6-9, 2008
Location:
Portola and Marriott Hotels
Monterey
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
KMTG Speaking Engagements:
May 7, 2008 (2:15 – 3:45 p.m.)
May 7, 2008 (10:00 – 11:50 a.m.)
05.04.2008
|Speaking Engagement
|Show Me The Water! How the Regulatory Drought and California’s Water & Planning Laws Demand New Partnerships Among Landowners/Property Developers, Water Agencies and Land-use Agencies
Date:
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Time:
9:00 - 10:30
Location:
Hilton La Jolla
Torrey Pines
MCLE Credit:
1.50 Hours
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
The State Bar of California, Real Property Law Section
27th Annual Retreat (May 2-4, 2008)
Overview:
Continued population growth, natural drought cycles and a deepening environmental regulatory drought are making water shortages an increasingly common roadblock to real property development. Learn about tools and approaches for working with water suppliers and land-use agencies to break through the water shortage barrier, and receive an update on new case law developments involving statewide water supplies, CEQA, SB 610 and SB 221.
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Who Should Attend:
Lawyers involved in real property transactions, land-use entitlement procedures, environmental regulatory permitting for development projects, water and environmental consultants, landowners and real property developers
04.12.2008
|Speaking Engagement
|Water Management in a Changing Climate
Date:
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Location:
Hyatt Regency Monterey
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
Redwood City-San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce
39th Annual Progress Seminar (April 11-13, 2008)
KMTG Presenters:
[SPEAKERS]
Eric Robinson is one of three panelist. Other featured panelist include Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council and California State Senator Joe Simitian
Registration:
This event is currently sold out. Registrants are being placed on a waiting list. For more information contact Amy Buckmaster at amy@redwoodcitychamber.com
04.12.2007
|Speaking Engagement
|Water Rights: The Takings Clause and Government Liability for Regulatory Reallocation of Water Supplies
Date:
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Time:
2:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Location:
Grand Hyatt Hotel
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
MCLE Credit
This conference is approved for 11 hours of MCLE credit; including 1 hour of ethics
Organizers:
Related Practices/Industries
Sponsored By:
CLE International
Conference on Regulatory Takings: Meeting Today’s Challenges (April 12-13, 2007)
KMTG Presenters
[SPEAKERS]
Registration
For more information or to register visit CLE International online at http://www.cle.com