|   | | Law Firm in Stockton, California | |
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| | Address | 2291 West March Lane
Suite B100 | | Stockton, California 95207 | | (San Joaquin Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Herum Crabtree Brown, Inc. practices in the following areas of law:
Complex Commercial and Class Action Litigation, Real Estate, Land Use Law, Zoning Law, Environmental Law, Water Law, Business, Commercial Law, Tax, Estate Planning and Municipal Law. | | Firm Size: 11 | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: NuCal Foods, Inc.; Farmland Management Services; Pat X-Ray, Inc.; Mid-State Steel Erectors, Inc.; Waste Management; Brown-Sand, Inc.; Sumiden Wire Products Corporation; Bright Development; Building Industry Association of Central California; Building Industry Association of the Delta; Building Industry Association of Tulare/Kings County; A.G. Spanos Co.; J.C. Williams Company; Raymus Development and Sales, Inc.; Kaufman & Broad Central Valley, Inc.; River Island Development; Trimark Communities; Crosswind Communities; Lyons Investments; Florsheim Brothers; Anderson Homes; LeBaron Development; Catellus Development Corporation; Empireland Company; Mapes Ranch; Tracy Gateway; Herzoq Construction; Stockton East Water District; The West Side Irrigation District; Solano County Water Agency; Patterson Water District; California Irrigation District; City of Ripon; City of Livingston; The Wine Group; San Tomo Partners; Fresh Choice Produce; Gilroy Canning Company; Stanislaus Food Processing; Muir Glen; American Raisin Packers; Alpine Packing Company; Community Bank; Pacific Venture Finance; Air Products; Christian Life Center; Eckert Cold Storage. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Steven A. Herum (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, California. Education: Stanford University (B.A., with highest distinction, 1975); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1979). Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 1977-1978. Special Assistant, Governor of California, 1975. Consultant, Joint California Legislative Committee on California Agricultural Economy, 1975-1977. Legislative Assistant, California State Senate, 1978. Commissioner, Stockton Port District, 2000— (Vice-Chairman, 2002-2003; Chairman, 2003-2004). Chairman, City-County-Port Liaison Committee, 2001-2003. Named California Lawyers (State Bar Association Magazine) Land Use Environmental Attorney of the Year (2005). Member: State Bar of California; Building Industry Association of the Delta; Building Industry Association of the Central Valley; Building Industry Association of Tulare/Kings Counties; Select Committee on Industry Land Use Litigation, California State Building Industry Association; Stockton Chamber of Commerce (President, 1992-1993). Reported Cases: L.I.F.E. Committee v. City of Lodi, (1989) 213 Cal.App.3d 1139, 262 Cal.Rptr. 1665; Save Stanislaus Area Farm Economy v. Board of Supervisors, (1993) 13 Cal.App.4th 141, 16 Cal.Rptr.2d 408; Bright Development v. City of Tracy, (1993) 20 Cal.App.4th 783, 24 Cal.Rptr.2d 618; Stanislaus Audubon Society v. County of Stanislaus (Willms Ranch), (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 144, 39 Cal.Rptr.2d 54; California Trout v. Schaefer (Stockton-East Water District), 58 F.3d 469 (9th Cir. 1995); Memorial Hospital v. Kenneth Randol (Doctors Medical Center), (1995) 38 Cal.App. 4th 1300, 45 Cal.Rptr.2d 547; County of San Joaquin v. State Water Resources Control Board, (1997) 54 Cal.App.4th 1144; Sierra Club v. San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Commission (Califia/Gold Rush City) (1999) 21 Cal.4th 489; Association of Irritated Residents v. County of Madera (Diamond H. Dairy) (2003) 107 Cal.App. 4th, 1383; Delta Wetlands Properties v. County of San Joaquin (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 128; Central Delta Water Agency v. State Water Resources Control Board (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 245; Bakersfield Citizens for Local Control v. City of Bakersfield (2004) 128 Cal.App.4th 1184; Sierra Club v. West Side Irrigation District (2005) 128 Cal.App.4th 690. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning; Appellate Law. Email: Steven A. Herum | | Steven D. Crabtree (Member) born Murfreesboro, Tennessee, October 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1984, U.S. Tax Court;. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., 1977); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1980); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (LL.M. in Taxation, 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1979-1980. Author: "Civil Procedure-Class Actions-Denial of Certification-Invalidity of Death Knell Doctrine as Basis for Immediate Appeal," 46 Tennessee Law Review, 807, 1979. Instructor, Research and Writing, University of Tennessee, 1980. Director: Lodi Memorial Hospital and Foundation; Planning Commission, City of Lodi, 1998-2002; Lodi Grape Festival. Member: State Bar of California. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1980-1983]. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Tax Law; General Corporation Law; Business Law and Organization; Cooperative Law; Real Estate Law; Health Care Law. Email: Steven D. Crabtree | | James B. Brown (Member) born Reno, Nevada, November 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Nevada and U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 1978, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1985, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: University of California at Berkeley (A.B., with honors, 1972); University of San Francisco (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Member, National Panel of Arbitrators (Commercial and Construction), American Arbitration Association. National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Litigation Council of America. Member: San Joaquin County and American Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1972-1980]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: James B. Brown | | Jeanne Marie Zolezzi (Member) born Stockton, California, September 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1982); Santa Clara University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1985). Recipient, Athena Award, 2004. Articles Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: "Reconciling the Public Trust and Appropriative Water Rights in California," 24 Santa Clara Law Review, 219, 1984; "Reclaiming Wastewater Previously Discharged into a Natural Watercourse, SWRCB's First Decision under Water Code 1211 Raises More Questions than it Answers," California Water Law & Policy Reporter, October 1995; "The Battle Between Sovereign Immunity and State Law," Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 15, Number 1, Summer 2000. Counsel: Stockton-East Water District; Solano County Water Agency; The West Side Irrigation District; Banta Carbona Irrigation District; Patterson Irrigation District; Willow County Water District; Mendocino County Water Agency; Reclamation District 2095. Member: San Joaquin County and American (Member: Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Vice Chair, Water Resource Committee, 1994-2004) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Environmental Law Section); Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce (President, 1995-1996). Reported Cases: Stockton East Water Dist. v. United States, 76 Fed.C1.497, May 18, 2007. Stockton East Water District v. United States, 76 Fed.C1.470, April 27, 2007. Modesto irrigation Dist. v. Guiterrez, Slip Copy, 2007 WL 915228, E.D.Cal.,March26, 2007. Modesto Irrigation District v. Guiterrez, Slip Copy 2007 WL 763370, E.D.Cal.,March 26 2007. Stockton East Water District v. United States, 75 Fed.C1.321, February 20, 2007. El Dorado Irr. Dist. v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 142 Cal.App.4th 937, Cal.App.3Dist., September 8, 2006. Stockton East Water District v. United States, 70 Fed.C1. 515, April 10,2006. State Water Resources Control Bd. Cases, 136 Cal.App.4th 674, Cal.App. 3 Dist., February 9, 2006. Bay Institute of San Francisco v. United States, 87 Fed.App. 637, C.A.9 (Cal.) January 23, 2004. California Trout v. Schaefer, (9th Cir. 1995) 58 F.3d 469; County of San Joaquin v. State Water Resources Control Board, (1997) 54 CalApp.4th 1144; Westlands Water District v. United States (1994 E.D.Cal.) 850 F.Supp. 1388; Deltakeeper v. Oakdale Irrigation District (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 1092; Mineral County vs. State Dep't of Conserv. (2001) 20 p. 34800; Central Delta Water Agency v. United States (E.D.Cal.2004) 327 F.Supp.2d 1180; Stockton East Water District v. United States (2004) 62 Fed.Cl.379; Sierra Club v. West Side Irrigation District (2005) WL 648061. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Real Estate; Water Law; Eminent Domain; Agricultural Law. Email: Jeanne Marie Zolezzi | | Karna E. Harrigfeld (Member) born Modesto, California, August 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 1988); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1992). Member: San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Environmental Law Section). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Water Law; Real Estate. Email: Karna E. Harrigfeld | | Jennifer L. Spaletta (Shareholder) born Lindsay, California, July 19, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; United States Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: California Polytechnic State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1995); University of California at Davis (M.S., J.D., 1998). Recipient: Patrick J. Hopkins Memorial Writing Award. Staff Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review, 1997-1998. Author: "The Search for New Supplies: Salvaging the Remains of Agricultural Water Conservation in California," 31 UC Davis Law Review 591, 1998; "Conjunctive Use from the Ground Up: The Need to Protect Landowner's Right to Groundwater," Proceedings of the 21st Bi-Annual California Groundwater Conference (1997). Women's Center Board of Directors, San Joaquin County (President, 2005); California Polytechnic State University, Agribusiness Dept., Industry Advisory Council Member; Lodi District Grape Growers Assoc. Board Member; Leadership Stockton Class of 2001. Member: State Bar of California. Reported Cases: S. Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, 541 U.S. 95, 124 S. Ct. 1537 (2004); Sierra Club v. West Side Irrigation District et. al., Sierra Club v. Banta-Carbona Irrigation District et.al., 27Cal. Rptr. 3d-223, (Cal-App. 3 Dist., 2005); Stockton East Water District v. United States, 75 Fed.Cl.321 (2007); Stockton East Water District v. United States, 62 Fed.Cl.379 (2004); State Water Resources Control Board Cases, 39 Cal. Rptr. 3d 189 (Cal.App.3Dist., 2006). Practice Areas: Water Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Jennifer L. Spaletta | | Jennifer K. Whipple (Partner) born Berkeley, California, December 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., Art History and Criticism, 1994; B.A., Women's Studies, 1994); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 1998). President, Leadership Stockton Alumni Association (2007); Director and Executive Committee Member and Personnel Chair, Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Joaquin County, 2002 - 2007. Advisory Committee of Court Appointed Special Advocates ("CASA") of San Joaquin County, 2003 - 2007. Teaching Assistant, University of California Davis School of Law Legal Writing Class, 1997 - 1998. Author: "Drug Court Perspectives", Women Defenders, Spring, 1998. Co-Chair, Women's Law Caucus, 1997-1998. International Semi-Finalist, Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition. Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Class Action/Complex Litigation. Email: Jennifer K. Whipple | | Jennifer A. Scott (Partner) born Redwood City, California, January 25, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court, Northern District Court of California; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: University of California at Davis (B.S., 1995); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 1999). Member, Traynor Honor Society. Recipient: McGeorge Scholar Award; American Jurisprudence Award in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Staff Writer, 1997-1998 and Associate Comment Editor, 1998-1999, The Transnational Lawyer. Author, "Environmental Watchdogs Take a Bite Out of Foreign Investment in Chile," 11 The Transnational Lawyer 245 (Spring 1998). Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Civil Litigation; Trademarks; Trade Secrets. Email: Jennifer A. Scott | | —————————— | | Brett S. Jolley (Associate) born Fullerton, California, May 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, California; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., Dean's Honors, 1997); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2000). Recipient, Honors at Entrance Scholarship. McGeorge School of Law; Co-Author: "CEQA Interactive Process Flowchart," www.ceres.ca.gov/topic/env_law/ceqa/flowchart/index.html; "California Water Law & Policy," www.ceres.ca.gov/env_law/water_law/index.html. Legislative Intern, California State Senate (1977); Legal Intern, California Resource Agency, Office of the Secretary for Resources (1998-1999); Legal Intern, California Integrated Waste Management Board (1999-2000). MCLE Speaker: Lorman Education Services: "Real Estate Development from Beginning to End in California" Stockton, CA 2004; California Building Industry Association: 28th Select Conference on Industry Litigation; "School Fees" Napa, CA, 2005. Guest speaker: Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Stockton Program, "Local Government Day" Stockton, CA 2005-2007; Humphreys College, Driver School of Law, "Property III" (Mock Planning Commission Hearing), Stockton, CA 2007. Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association (Board of Governors 2002-2007; Secretary, 2004-2007), Barristers' Section Executive Board (President, 2004-2005); State Bar of California (Member, California Young Lawyers' Section Board of Directors (2006—; Vice President 2007—); Member Real Property Law Section). Reported Cases: Bakersfield Citizens for Local Control v. City of Bakersfield (2004) 124 Cal.App.4th 1184; Anderson First Coalition v. City of Anderson (2005) 130 Cal.App.4th 1173; American Canyon Community United for Responsible Growth v. City of American Canyon (2006) 145Cal.App.4th 1062; San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Center v. County of Merced (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 645. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Real Estate; Land Use and Zoning; Natural Resources; Appellate Advocacy. Email: Brett S. Jolley | | Stacy Guthmiller (Associate) born San Jose, California, May 25, 1978; admitted to bar, 2002, California; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: California State University, Fresno (B.A., Psychology and Minor in Criminology, magna cum laude, 1999); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2002). Order of the Coif. Roger J. Traynor Honor Society. Member: State Bar of California; San Joaquin County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Corporate Law; Eminent Domain. Email: Stacy Guthmiller | | Natalie M. Weber (Associate) born Las Cruces, New Mexico, May 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Nevada; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; 2004, U.S. District Court Eastern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of the Pacific; (B.A., 1999) University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2002). Dean's List. Traynor Honor Society; Order of the Coif. Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Land Use; Natural Resources. Email: Natalie M. Weber | | Kerri Kruttschnitt Foote (Associate) born Burlingame, California; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of the Pacific (B.S., 2000); Golden Gate University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Dean's List. Traynor Moot Court Competition; Honors Lawyering Program; Moot Court Board. Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Land Use. | | Richard Asfar (Associate) born Flushing, New York; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: City University of New York, Bernard M. Baruch College (B.A., 2002); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member, Golden Key Honor Society. Assistant Comment Editor, Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal; President, Student Bar Association, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Member: San Joaquin County Bar Association. Languages: Turkish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Land Use. | | Seth Phillip Shapiro (Associate) born Van Nuys, California; admitted to bar, 2007, California. Education: Loyola Marymount University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); University of California (J.D., 2007). Research Editor, UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy, 2006-2007. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax Law; General Corporation Law; Business Law and Organization; Cooperative Law; Real Estate; Probate. | | Stephen M. Siptroth (Associate) born San Diego; admitted to bar, State Bar of California, American Bar Association (Member: Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law). Education: University of California (B.A., cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2007). Phi Beta Kappa; PI Sigma Alpha. Editor in Chief, University of California Davis Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy 2005-2006; 5th Place, Whittier National Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition, 2006. Author: Welcoming All to a table of Plenty: The Free Trade and the Bolivarian Alternative as Competing Means of Economic Integration in the Americas UCLA J. Int'l L. & Foreign Aff. (Winter, 2008); Forming the Human Person: Can the Seminary Model Save the Legal Profession, B.Y.U. Education & L.J. 181(Winter, 2007); The Correlation Between the Political and Ecclesial ideologies of Catholic Priests, 67 Soc. Of Religion 419 (Winter, 2005) (co-authored with Paul J. Levesque, PhD); Case Spotlight: A.M. v. Butler, 360 F.3d 787 (7th Cir. 2004), 9 U.C. Davis J. Juv. L. & Pol'y 217, 434 (2005). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member: Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Water Law; Environmental; Public Agency. |
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