Amanda MacGregor Pearson

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Water

Admitted to Practice in:

California

Experience

Defeated motion for summary judgment in federal court brought by a Deputy Attorney General on constitutional and procedural grounds.

Assisted in obtaining class certification for a federal class action civil rights suit.

Assisted in resolving permitting issues under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.

Extensive research into issues affecting implementation of the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 (AB 900).

Assisted in defense of client facing fines under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

General

Former Legal Intern for California Department of Food and Agriculture.

MEMBERSHIPS

Sacramento County Bar Association, Member

EDUCATION

University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D., 2009)

University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A., 2005)

PUBLICATIONS

Environmental Law Journal, Former Executive Editor