Brenda Washington Davis

Ms. Davis is a member of the California and New Mexico State Bars. She is admitted to practice before the Eastern, Central and Northern U.S. District Courts in California, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Davis is a graduate with honors of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where she was an Alice M. Baldwin scholar, and Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, where she was Associate Editor of the California Law Review. Ms. Davis has the experience and ability to manage all the client's administrative, litigation and legislative needs in environmental or resources related matters that have precedential or broad regional or statewide effects on industry. Her experience includes representation of numerous public and private clients before a variety of state and federal agencies regarding rulemakings, compliance counseling and negotiations in matters such as contracts for sale or transfer of water resources, affirmation of water rights in property development, addressing threatened and endangered species listings, consultations and recovery matters in resources development, analysis of availability and use of groundwater, and land use and water resources-related litigation. The Brenda Davis Law Group has access to the services of contract providers that include former judges, scientists and engineers, all skilled problem solvers, negotiators, and advocates experienced in making and implementing policy successfully at the highest legislative and executive levels. The firm will combine its experience and creativity with legal, fiscal, and technical knowledge to generate constructive approaches and innovative solutions to difficult problems. These contract providers are excellent communicators, able to distill complicated issues into easily understandable terms and to form coalitions to accomplish the clients' goals. Fellow: Class XI American Leadership Forum Mountain States Chapter, 2007; Class XXII California Agricultural Leadership Program, 1994.