Water

Water Litigation

Nossaman's Water Practice Group works with clients to craft strategies that avoid costly and disruptive disputes. When litigation is unavoidable, we have a successful track record in litigating a wide range of water law and other environmental issues, including:

Water rights adjudications
Groundwater contamination
Utility rate cases
Disputes over the exportation of water
Defense of and challenges to state enforcement actions
Groundwater regulation disputes
Contested water quality matters
Toxic tort lawsuits and private cost recovery actions
Disputes over water charges and California Proposition 218

Chair:

Alfred E. Smith

Group Members

Areas of Focus

News

Southwest Climate Summit, 06/11/2012
2012 Southern California Super Lawyers Recognized, 01/30/2012
Dick Ackerman Named to Urban Water Institute Board, 01/04/2012
David Boyer Joins Nossaman's Water Practice in Orange County, 12/07/2011
Best Lawyers Honors Four Nossaman Attorneys in 2011, 12/01/2011
99 Ranch, AQMD Make Deal to Cut Odors, 07/14/2011
Super Lawyers Southern California Honors Four Nossaman Rising Stars, 06/15/2011

Resources

Success Stories

Dick Ackerman
Dick Ackerman draws on his 25 years of experience in elected office, as a California State Senator, State Assemblyman, City Councilman, and mayor, to assist clients in dealing with government and special districts on how to get through the political process.