Nicholas H. Rabinowitsh

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Energy, Land Use

Admitted to Practice in:

California

EXPERIENCE

Assist with representing power plant developers before the California Energy Commission.

Assist with environmental review for power plant projects and other land use projects.

Coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies regarding land use issues.

Assist with CEQA compliance issues.

Regularly perform research and writing on land use issues.

Draft briefs, oppositions, and letters in California Energy Commission proceedings.

Assisted with establishing ownership to parcels of land.

Performed background and litigation searches on individuals.

Performed research and drafted memoranda on mining issues.

Performed research on lobbying reporting requirements.

Assisted with university land liability issues.

Assisted with a hazardous material cleanup cost reimbursement issue.

Assisted with university health record privacy issues.

General

Sonoma County Counsel, Former Law Clerk

University of California, Davis Campus Counsel, Former Law Clerk

MEMBERSHIPS

Power Association of Northern California, Member

EDUCATION

University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D., 2008)

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law (Education Abroad Program, Spring 2007)

University of Bordeaux III (Education Abroad Program, Fall 2003)

University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001)

PUBLICATIONS

Environs Environmental Law and Policy Journal, "Bringing New Source Review Back: The Supreme Court's Surprise (And Disguised) Attack on Grandfathering Old Coal Plants in Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp.," 31 Environs 251, Spring 2008, Author

Environs Environmental Law and Policy Journal, Executive Editor