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Three Mitchell Chadwick Attorneys Named to Top Lawyers List

Three Mitchell Chadwick Attorneys Named to Top Lawyers List Braiden Chadwick, Pat Mitchell, and Clif McFarland have all been named to Sacramento Magazine’s Top Lawyers list for 2016. From the article: Quality counts, especially when it comes to lawyers. So it makes sense that if you need one, you’ll want to choose one who’s at […]

Alert: New Regulations and Permit Requirements for Wetlands and Waters of the State

State Water Resources Control Board: New Regulations and Permit Requirements for Wetlands and Waters of the State On June 17, 2016, the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) proposed a regulatory and permitting framework for wetlands not otherwise covered by the federal Clean Water Act. The State Water Board had previously recognized that […]

Mitchell Chadwick Helps Win Approval of Largest Mitigation Bank in California

Mitchell Chadwick Helps Win Approval of Largest Mitigation Bank in California Mitchell Chadwick LLP, working with Land Veritas, owner of the Petersen Ranch Mitigation Bank and WRA, Inc. are pleased to announce that the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the California Department of […]

CA Court of Appeal: Mitigation Bank “Highest and Best Use” In Eminent Domain

California Court of Appeal Decision Leaves Room for Mitigation Bank as a “Highest and Best Use” for Eminent Domain Purposes In County of Santa Barbara v. Double H Properties, LLC, the Court of Appeal for the Second District considered whether the trial court properly excluded evidence indicating that a condemned piece of property was worth […]

Kennedy Skeptical Of Waters Of U.S. Rule Constitutionality

Kennedy Skeptical Of Waters Of U.S. Rule Constitutionality Earlier this week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy called the Clean Water Act “arguably unconstitutionally vague.” This was a welcome hint on the future of the rule for landowners, project proponents and other critics of U.S. EPA’s new Waters of the U.S. Rule, which defines the […]

Join Us at the 2016 California Wetlands Conference!

2016 California Wetlands Conference Event Details / Conference Website HERE Event type: Conference Date: March 3rd and 4th Speaker: Braiden Chadwick  Topic: “Regulations, Processes, and Discussion of the Industry from the Owner/Operator Perspective” Venue: Hotel Nikko Address: 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, California 94102 Mitchell Chadwick LLP partner, G. Braiden Chadwick, will be speaking on a panel […]

IRS For The Win: No Tax Deduction If Conservation Easement Boundaries Change

On March 12, 2015, the U.S. Tax Court sided with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to disallow a charitable-contribution deduction claimed by North Carolina Company, Balsam Mountain Investments, LLC. (“Balsam Mountain”) The Company had previously dedicated a perpetual conservation easement to the North American Land Trust, a nonprofit entity in 2003.  Similar to many individuals, farming interests, […]

Mitchell Chadwick Helps Establish the First Conservation Bank in Santa Barbara County

SANTA BARBARA’S FIRST CONSERVATION BANK Mitchell Chadwick is pleased to announce that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have formally approved the La Purisima Conservation Bank in northern Santa Barbara County. (See story here: http://www.sblandtrust.org/land-conservation-bank-established-santa-barbara-county/ ) The Conservation Bank, along with the conservation easement being held by […]

Braiden Chadwick will speak at the NATIONAL MITIGATION & ECOSYSTEM BANKING CONFERENCE in denver colorado on May 9, 2014

Founded in 1997 with a diverse steering committee of regulators, bankers and environmentalist, this is the first – and only – National hands-on conference for mitigation, conservation and ecosystem banking that focuses on banking to protect wetlands, endangered species and other natural resources.  The Conference presents current and timely content and dialogue on important issues […]

Braiden Chadwick Featured Speaker at University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Symposium

Growing, Growing, Gone-McGeorge Law Review Symposium         Friday, April 11 at 8:00am              to 6:00pm       Pacific McGeorge School of Law         3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA The 2014 McGeorge Law Review Symposium, “Growing, Growing, Gone: Innovative Ideas in Resource Management for a Growing Population,” will discuss how we can proactively respond to a growing population through […]

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