Holly E. Tokar

Associate

Holly Tokar helps clients solve complex water rights and environmental matters with her sharp analytical skills, creative thinking, and absolute dedication.

Holly’s practice encompasses a broad range of matters including surface and groundwater rights, flood liability and protection, endangered species issues, and CEQA and NEPA compliance. Serving both public and private clients, Holly understands that each client has unique goals and definitions of success. Combining big picture perspective with a detail-oriented approach, Holly helps propel clients on a successful path forward.

Professional, Community And Pro Bono Involvement

  • Sacramento County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
  • California Lawyers Association, Environmental Law Section
  • Sacramento Metro EDGE
  • Association of Women in Water, Energy & Environment
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Member
  • University of Colorado Getches-Green Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic, 2019
  • California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Contributing Author
  • Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review, Articles Editor, 2019-2020

Honors & Rankings

  • Order of the Coif
  • Dean’s Honor List, 2018-2019
  • Most Valuable Staff Writer, Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review, 2019
  • UC Davis Departmental Citation for High Achievement in Managerial Economics: Environmental & Resource Economics, 2017
  • Assisted in counseling clients on overlying rights to groundwater.
  • Assisted in counseling clients on flood liability and protection.
  • Assisted in preparing resolutions and staff reports in a general counsel capacity for local agency clients.
  • Assisted in counseling clients on compliance with the California Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act.
  • Assisted in preparing a brief filed with the United States Supreme Court on complex administrative law and due process issues.

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In her spare time, Holly loves to run, cycle, swim, and play card games. Her perfect day would involve hiking in the mountains with her family and golden retriever, Denver. Holly is an avid fan of both the UC Davis Aggies and the Colorado Buffalos. She holds the UC Davis school record in the pole vault, which she set during her four years on the UC Davis Track & Field team.

Professional, Community And Pro Bono Involvement

  • Sacramento County Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
  • California Lawyers Association, Environmental Law Section
  • Sacramento Metro EDGE
  • Association of Women in Water, Energy & Environment
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Member
  • University of Colorado Getches-Green Natural Resources and Environmental Law Clinic, 2019
  • California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Contributing Author
  • Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review, Articles Editor, 2019-2020

Honors & Rankings

  • Order of the Coif
  • Dean’s Honor List, 2018-2019
  • Most Valuable Staff Writer, Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review, 2019
  • UC Davis Departmental Citation for High Achievement in Managerial Economics: Environmental & Resource Economics, 2017