 Michele A. Staples
Irvine, California
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Michele A. Staples concentrates in advising and representing landowners, agricultural businesses, developers, and private and public water suppliers in the areas of water rights, water supply, endangered species, CEQA, and land use planning, feasibility and entitlements, before courts, public agency boards, city councils and boards of supervisors.
- Land Use
- Environmental Law
- 5% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- California, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1988
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1991
- University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California,
1989
J.D.
- Speaker, Stormwater Discharge Regulation: "The Regulatory Scheme, Players, Tools and Stepped-Up Enforcement Efforts", San Francisco, CA, Argent Communications Water Law & Policy Conference, June 12-13, 2006
- "Singing in the Rain - Coping with Storm Water Regulation", Greater Inland Empire Municipal Law Association, May 11, 2006
- Panelist, Chapman Law Review Symposium: "Insights into the Day-to-Day Practicalities of Controlling Urban Runoff and Coping with Regulation", January 27, 2006
- Program Co-Chair, California Water Law Conference, San Diego, CLE, October
- Faculty Member, "Proving Sufficient Water Supplies for Development: The Role of Urban Water Management Plans", San Francisco, CA, California Water Law & Policy SuperConference, April 11-12, 2005
- "Odd Man Out: California's Increasing Reliance on Agricultural Water Supplies for Municipal and Environmental Uses,", (Co-Author), Washington DC, Wet Growth: Should Water Law Control Land Use?, Environmental Law Institute, 2005
- Urban Water Institute conference, Riverside, January, 2005
- "Recent Court Decisions and Publications Provide Guidance in Piecing Together Water Supply Analyses for Development Projects,", (Co-Author), 15 Cal. Water Law & Pol'y Rptr. 3, October, 2004
- Faculty Member, "Private Water Companies as an Alternative to Public Water Suppliers", CLE California Water Law Superconference, San Diego, October 28-29, 2004
- Moderator, Riverside County Watery Symposium, June 23, 2004
- Faculty Member, "Regulation And Use Of Groundwater As Supply For Development Projects,", San Francisco, CLE Conference on California Water Law, April 1-2, 2004
- Editorial Board, California Water Law & Policy Reporter
- "Riverside County Conservation Plan is Largest Multiple-Species Prototype,", (Co-author), Los Angeles Daily Journal, Focus Section, July 14, 2003
- Faculty Member, "Efficiency, Reasonable and Beneficial Use and Waste Discharge Waiver Developments,", San Francisco, CA, CLE Conference on California Water Law, April 10-11, 2003
- Speaker, "Odd Man Out: California's Increasing Reliance on Agricultural Water Supplies for Municipal and Environmental Uses,", Orange, CA, Wet Growth: Should Water Law Control Land Use?, Chapman University School of Law, February 7, 2003
- Faculty Member, "Urban Development vs. Agricultural Uses: Can Both Needs be Met?", Irvine, CLE Conference on California Water Law, October 17, 2002
- Faculty Member, "Endangered Species Versus Endangered Water Supplies,", San Francisco, CLE Conference on California Water Law, April 5, 6, 2001
- Speaker, County Water District Caucus MiniConference: "Reducing and Repealing Water Rates by Initiative,", Association of California Water Agencies, October 3, 1998
- Faculty Member, "Legal Classification of Groundwater in the SWRCB's Water Right Permitting Authority,", San Francisco, CLE Conference on California Water Law, April 3, 1998
- Faculty Member, "Do Habitat Conservation Plans Work? The Case Study of Stephens Kangaroo Rat,", Riverside, University of California Riverside, November, 1997
- Speaker, "Introduction to the Federal Endangered Species Act, Basic Legal Structure, Elements, and Practical Information on the Endangered Species Act,", San Diego, Western Council of Arid States (WESTCAS) Annual Meeting, Endangered Species Act Workshop, July 16, 1997
- Faculty Member, "ESA and Private Property Rights,", San Francisco, CLE Conference on Endangered Species Act Compliance, December 11, 1997
- Faculty Member, "The Feasibility of North-to-South Water Transfers/Banking: Dealing with Adverse Effects of Water Transfers on Local Water Users,", Los Angeles, CLE Conference on California Water Law, April 10, 11, 1997
- Faculty Member, Using Groundwater Transfers to Shore Up Water Supplies,, San Francisco, CLE Conference on California Water Law, March 28, 29, 1996
- Faculty Member, AB 3030 Developments and Transferring Groundwater Rights,, San Francisco, CLE Conference on California Water Law, July 27, 28, 1995
- Faculty Member, Impact of ESA and Wetlands Regulation: The Takings Questions of the 90s,, San Francisco, CLE Conference on Regulatory Takings, March 2, 3, 1995
- Faculty Member, Endangered Species,, San Francisco, West-Northwest Symposium on Environmental Law, February 4, 1995
- Faculty Member, AB 3030 from the Landowner's Perspective: The Water Rights Dilemma,, San Diego, CLE Conference on California Water Law, October 28, 1994
- Faculty Member, Desalting and Water Reuse, Panel Reclaimed Wastewater Ownership Disputes,, San Francisco, CLE Conference on California Water Law, April 14, 15, 1994
- Faculty Member, Who Owns Reclaimed Water?, Coronado, CLE Conference on California Water Law, September 23, 24, 1993
- The New Age Land Grab: Habitat Protection as the Politically Correct (and Cheap) Taking of Private Property,, (Co-Author), California Water Law and Policy Reporter, August, 1994
- Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization: In the Eye of the Storm, (Co-Author), ABA Natural Resources & Environment Magazine, Summer, 1994
- CEQA Mitigation Measures: Can They Be Relied on By Themselves-as Protection from Adverse Impacts?, (Co-Author), California Environmental Law & Regulation Reporter, October, 1993
- Water, Water Everywhere But...Species Protection Regulations as Water Rights Takings After Nollan and Lucas,, (Co-Author), California Water Law and Policy Reporter, November, 1992
- How to Promote Water Reclamation and Reuse through the California Water Rights System,, Awarded best paper presented at National Water Supply Improvement Association's 1992 Biennial Conference on Water Desalting and Reuse, 88 Desalination 189, 1992
- Speaker, Wet Growth: Should Water Law Control Land Use?", Chapman University School of Law Conference, February 7, 2003
- Speaker, " Efficiency, Reasonable and Beneficial Use, and Water Discharge Waiver Developments", San Francisco, CLE California Water Law & Policy Super Conference, April 10-11, 2003
- Riverside County Farm Bureau
- California State Bar Association
- Orange County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
- Chapman Law School, Water Law
- Adjunct Professor
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