Amilia Glikman

Associate

621 Capitol Mall
18th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Areas of Law:

Environmental

Admitted to Practice in:

California

Experience

Lead associate defending private waste hauler in action by municipality concerning landfill closure

Lead associate representing private developer in claim against United States Air Force concerning methane soil contamination

Representing corporate defendant in multifaceted CERCLA, California Hazardous Substance Account Act, and California common law actions involving multiple PRPs in three related cases involving perchlorate and TCE contamination in soil and large groundwater basin

Successfully argued for preemption of California state common law claims by CERCLA under principles of conflict preemption resulting in dismissal of all state common law claims conflicting with CERCLA

Representing grocery store chain and car rental corporation in CERCLA action involving multiple PRPs concerning vinyl chloride contamination in closed municipal landfill

Served as lead associate in representation of trust, as successor to decedent defendant, in CERCLA contribution action involving recovery of costs as a result of contamination by TCE, PCE, and other chlorinated solvents

Supported litigation team in representation of dry cleaner in complex CERCLA action involving multiple PRPs regarding TCE and PCE contamination in soil and groundwater of California city

Assisted in representation of defendant in appeal of county Assessment Appeals Board decision regarding determination of base year value in connection with purchase of non-producing mineral rights and application of State Board of Equalization Rule 468

Assisted in representation of developer in negotiations with municipality regarding unconstitutional taking of property without just compensation

Represented defendant in action by EPA Region IX under the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act resulting in favorable settlement of all claims against defendant

Aided in representation of PRP trust conducting multi-million dollar response action at abandoned used oil recycling facility and cost recovery efforts against hundreds of PRPs

Assisted in defense of corporate defendant in complex RICO action involving claims over disputed water rights

Advised clients with respect to compliance with California underground storage tank regulations, federal Clean Air Act, the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act, California Environmental Quality Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, federal Clean Water Act, Proposition 65, California Government Tort Claims Act, Federal Tort Claims Act, and other federal and state environmental statutes and regulations

Aided in numerous environmental and general litigation matters with respect to the research of pertinent legal issues, the drafting of memoranda and motions, settlement agreements, and the taking of depositions

General
Former Legislative Intern for California Assemblymember Honda

Former Legislative Intern for California Assemblymember Dutra and California Assembly Committee on Information Technology

MEMBERSHIPS

Groundwater Resources Association (GRA), Member

Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento, Member; Past Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Member

State Bar of California, Environmental Law Section, Member

Sacramento County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section, Member

United States District Court for the Eastern, Southern, and Central Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Admitted to Practice

EDUCATION

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with Great Distinction, Order of the Coif, 2002)

University of California, Berkeley (B.A., with Highest Honors, 1999)

PUBLICATIONS

ABA Ninth Circuit Reporter, “ CERCLA: Cutting a Wider Path By Preemption of State Law Claims,” Co- Author

McGeorge Law Review, “Bridging the First-Degree Murder Gap: Hate Crime Laws in California,” Winter 2000, Author

California State Assembly Committee on Information Technology, “Securing the Internet: Digital Signatures and Electronic Transactions in California,” 2000, Co-Author

PRESENTATIONS

Sacramento County Bar Association, “CERCLA Recovery in Flux: The Fallout from Anall and the Battle in the Ninth Circuit,” Co-Presenter