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Scott L. ShapiroPartner621 Capitol Mall |
Areas of Law:Water, Litigation, Nevada Law Practice |
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Admitted to Practice in:California, Nevada |
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ExperienceWater Supply Research and execute California riparian right opinion for governmental entity approving development Represent Central Valley developer in negotiations and necessary regulatory approvals to acquire water from water districts and provide water to city approving development Represent public water supply entity in mediation and litigation over issues of water supply for new development Review, revise, and advise public water supplier regarding Urban Water Management Plan Represent groundwater management district in certifying availability of groundwater for proposed developments Represent developer in assessment and valuation of water rights for sale Represent wineries and vineyards seeking to enhance or obtain water supplies Water Due Diligence for Real Property and Corporate Transactions Review and assess water rights available for significant planned unit developments in Northern Nevada Review and assessment of all water rights held by Nevada water company to be conveyed to speculator Development of grant deed language to ensure continuity of California water rights after property severance Development of lease to ensure continued use of water rights after property conveyance Prosecution of action to clarify rights of grantee after ambiguously worded conveyance of water rights Review and assessment of California water rights held by Nevada utility including effectiveness of documents to convey interests to successor entity Perform due diligence on flood control permits prior to bridge loan for development Flood
Control Law Author white paper on California flood control law reform Counsel flood control public entities on issues associated with liability Counsel private companies and developers on flood protection issues Counsel largest association of California flood control agencies Represent flooded landowner in legal action against State and local flood control district Represent landowners affected by flood control decisions made by adjacent public entity Represent public entities in flood liability lawsuit at trial and appellate levels Water Rights Counsel recipients of State Water Resource Control Board Complaints; including investigating, responding, and resolving issues. Represent landowners in disputes with State Water Resources Control Board over jurisdiction of Board Represent landowners in disputes with neighboring landowners over water rights Represent California agricultural and hunting interests in water rights adjudication conducted by the State of Oregon in Klamath River Basin Advise multiple public agencies regarding reclaimed waste water and filing for water right on discharged waste water Litigation Negotiate settlement to $250M claim with United States on behalf of federal water contractors Lead attorney defending city in CEQA lawsuit challenging execution of municipal services agreement Perform trial preparation including taking and defending non-expert and expert depositions and requesting and producing discovery Draft and argue motions and oppositions in California, Nevada, and Federal District Courts and Courts of Appeal Prepare and argue motions to amend or clarify water rights decrees Federal Reclamation Law Counsel Central Valley Project Contract holders on numerous water related contract and water supply issues Negotiate and draft agreements for various land interests with Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service Represent municipal water wholesaler on Colorado River in Endangered Species Act Lawsuit Represent municipal water wholesaler on Colorado River in breach of trust lawsuit filed by Navajo Nation Represent extensive municipal and industrial water contractor group in rate dispute with United States Other Representative Experience Counsel public entities on compliance with Fair Political Practices Act, Brown Act, and Proposition 218 issues Represent county sanitation district in permitting process with Regional Water Quality Control Board General Counsel to mutual water company and reclamation groundwater management districts on administrative, water, and litigation matters MEMBERSHIPSState Bar of California, Real Property Section, Member Sacramento County Bar Association, Real Property Section, Member Clark County Bar Association, Member Washoe County Bar Association, Member Association of California Water Agencies, CLE Workshop Program Planning Committee, Member; Groundwater Committee, Former Member American Bar Association, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Sections, Member United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; United States District Court for the District of Nevada; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Member Leadership Sacramento, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Graduate North State Building Industry Association, Member California Central Valley Flood Control Association, Member Sacramento Metro Chamber's Flood Protection Task Force, Member EDUCATION Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College
(J.D., cum laude, 1994 ) PUBLICATIONS14 California Water Law & Policy Reporter 195, “Will New Flood Case Mean a Flood of Damages Paid to a Flood of Plaintiffs? Supreme Court Denies Review of Paterno Decision,” April 2004, Author California Real Property Journal, “Don't forget the water: A water due diligence primer for real property transactions,” October 2002, Author 12 California Water Law & Policy Reporter 285, "Areola v. Monterey : A new flood case that changes the standard of liability," August 2002, Author California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Editorial Board, Former Member 10 California Water Law & Policy Reporter 129, "The Shrinking Range of Water Supply Options for California Development," March 2000, Author California Water Law Newsletter, Former Contributing Editor PRESENTATIONSCLE International Nevada Water Law Conference, 2008, Co-Chair Lewis and Clark Law School, "California's Bifurcated Water Law System," 2007, Guest Lecturer 2007 Levee Conference: Still Battling the Inland Sea, "Local and Regional Perspectives," Sacramento, 2007, Speaker and Moderator California Water Law and Policy Conference, Argent Communications Group, San Francisco, 2007, Co-Chair and Speaker ACWA Spring Conference, "Just What is the State's Plan of Flood Control" with Assemblymembers Wolk and Laird, DWR Director Lester Snow and Senate Committee Consultant Dennis O'Connor, Sacramento, 2007, Speaker and Moderator American River Watershed Conference, “Updating the State Plan for Flood Control and Risk Management in the Lower Sacramento Valley,” 2007, Moderator CLE International Nevada Water Law Conference, 2007, Chair Eastern District of California, “Who Tames Our Inland Sea? Federal, State and Local Flood Control Roles,” 2006, Moderator American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, "The Challenge of Aging Water Infrastructure: How Big is the Problem and Who Pays the Bill?" 2006, Speaker Urban Land Institute, “The Emerging Flood Control Paradigm,” 2006, Moderator Lorman Education Services, “Zoning, Land Use And Related Issues In California,” 2006, Speaker California Water Law & Policy Conference, “Rethinking the Sacramento and San Joaquin Flood Control Projects: A Dialogue on Structural and Institutional Changes for the 21st Century,” Argent Communications Group, San Francisco, 2006, Speaker and Moderator Real Property Law Section Retreat, “Water Supply and Development: From Basics to Emerging Issues,” California State Bar Association, Huntington Beach, 2006, Speaker Zoning and Land Use Conference, “Water and Flood Control for Development,” Lorman Education Services, Sacramento, 2005, Speaker ACWA Fall Conference, “Development in Harm's Way: Challenges Associated with Managing Growth in the Floodplain,” San Diego, 2005, Speaker and Moderator California Water Law and Policy Conference, “Water Supply-Land Use Logistical and Regulatory Requirements,” CLE International, San Diego, 2005, Speaker Nevada Water Law Conference, “Impact of Turner v. Bassett,” CLE International, Reno, 2005, Speaker 2005 Annual Conference of the Floodplain Management Association, "The Plumas Lake Experience: A Model for the Future or an Experiment to Forget?" 2005, Speaker ACWA Spring Conference, “Strategies for Meeting the State's Flood Protection Needs,” San Jose, 2005, Speaker California Water Law and Policy Superconference, “Water Availability and Land Use Planning,” CLE International, San Francisco, 2005, Speaker ACWA Conference, “Delta Levee Break: What Did We Learn?” General Luncheon, Palm Springs, 2004, Speaker Water Education Foundation and California DWR joint program, Flood Management Workshop, “The Disconnect Between Land Use Decisions and Financial Consequences [of Flood],” Sacramento, 2004, Moderator California Central Valley Flood Control Association Annual Meeting, “Impacts of the Paterno decision on flood control agencies,” 2004, Speaker Nevada Water Resources Association Annual Conference, “The Public Interest Requirement for Nevada Water Rights,” 2004, Speaker Joint Program of California State Bar 's and Sacramento County Bar's Environmental Law Sections, “Are We There Yet: Water Supply Planning Laws and California Land Use in 2004," Sacramento, 2004, Speaker with Senator Mike Machado and Eric Parfrey, Sierra Club Officer Joint Program of California State Bar's and Sacramento County Bar's Environmental Law Sections, "Are We There Yet: Water Supply Planning Laws and California Land Use in 2004," Sacramento, 2004, Speaker with Senator Mike Machado and Eric Parfrey, Sierra Club Officer California Water Law and Policy Conference, “Paper Water - Making It Real: The Legal and Planning Related Issues of Locating and Verifying Supplies,” CLE International, San Diego, 2003, Speaker Association of California Water Agencies, A CLE for Water Resource Professionals, “Perspectives on the Water Supply Planning Laws - Two Years with SB 610 and 221: How Are They Doing?” Costa Mesa, 2003, Speaker San Francisco Real Estate Roundtable, "And you thought Pellegrino was expensive: The true cost of forgetting water due diligence in real property transactions," San Francisco, 2003, Speaker The Trust for Public Lands, "And you thought Pellegrino was expensive: The true cost of forgetting water due diligence in real property transactions," San Francisco, 2003, Speaker Real Property Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association, "And you thought Pellegrino was expensive: The true cost of forgetting water due diligence in real property transactions," San Diego, 2003, Speaker California Water Law and Policy Super Conference, CLE International, "Water Primer 101: The Central Valley Project," San Francisco, 2003, Speaker Association of California Water Agencies and California League of Cities, "Closing the Loop on Water and Growth; A Special Briefing for Local Officials," Napa, 2003, Speaker University of Nevada - Reno, Graduate Studies Program, Department of Civil Engineering, "The Law of the Colorado River and Emerging Issues for Nevada," 2003, Guest Lecturer Nevada/California American Water Works Association Annual Conference, “Conservation-Preventing the Southwest's Next Crisis,” 2002, Speaker California Water Law & Policy Conference, CLE International, “The Water Supply-Land Use Connection: Which Comes First, the Water or the Development,” 2002, Presenter Nevada Water Law & Policy Conference, CLE International, "Overview of Nevada Water Law," 2001, Presenter California Water Law & Policy Conference, CLE International, "The Water's Got to Go Somewhere: The Effect of State and Local Policy Decisions on Flood Control Liability," 2001, Presenter Nevada Water Law & Policy Conference, CLE International, "The Law of the Colorado River," 2000, Presenter University of California, Davis School of Law, Environmental Law Moot Court, 1994-1999, Visiting Professor Northwestern School of Law , Water Law, Past Guest Lecturer CHARITABLELeonard M. Friedman Bar Association, Founding Committee Member Camp Ramah in California, Northern California Site Committee Member Jewish Community Foundation of the West, President Leadership Sacramento, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Class of 2002, Former Day Chair Hillels at Davis and Sacramento, Advisory Board, Former Member and Past President Hillels of Northern California, Board of Directors, Former Executive Committee Member Sacramento Jewish Federation, Young Leadership Division, Steering Committee, Former Co-Chair |
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