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Downey Brand has deep experience in 11 industries. We aren’t trying to be something to everyone, but we do want to be the right choice for you in the industries we serve.
Downey Brand has deep experience in 11 industries. We aren’t trying to be something to everyone, but we do want to be the right choice for you in the industries we serve.
Aerospace
Assisting aerospace and defense firms on environmental matters is a particular area of focus. We have represented aerospace and defense clients on matters involving environmental remediation, cost recovery litigation, hazardous waste regulatory issues, underground storage tanks, regulatory standard setting, water rights and stormwater regulatory issues. Our team is also experienced at advising clients on industry-specific ADA issues,...
Assisting aerospace and defense firms on environmental matters is a particular area of focus. We have represented aerospace and defense clients on matters involving environmental remediation, cost recovery litigation, hazardous waste regulatory issues, underground storage tanks, regulatory standard setting, water rights and stormwater regulatory issues. Our team is also experienced at advising clients on industry-specific ADA issues,...
Agribusiness
As home to the largest and most dynamic agricultural industry in the United States, California occupies a central position in the global agricultural economy. Downey Brand provides a full spectrum of legal services to those in the production, processing, and distribution of food and agricultural products, to the associations and agencies that represent them, as...
As home to the largest and most dynamic agricultural industry in the United States, California occupies a central position in the global agricultural economy. Downey Brand provides a full spectrum of legal services to those in the production, processing, and distribution of food and agricultural products, to the associations and agencies that represent them, as...
Banking & Financial Institutions
Transactional and Regulatory Our attorneys routinely advise financial institutions in all types and sizes of commercial financing transactions, including syndicated and participated loans, acquisition financings, asset-based loans, agricultural loans, project financings, mezzanine financings and equipment leasing. When appropriate for a particular transaction, we are able to call upon the experience of other specialists within Downey...
Transactional and Regulatory Our attorneys routinely advise financial institutions in all types and sizes of commercial financing transactions, including syndicated and participated loans, acquisition financings, asset-based loans, agricultural loans, project financings, mezzanine financings and equipment leasing. When appropriate for a particular transaction, we are able to call upon the experience of other specialists within Downey...
Construction
We help our clients devise practical solutions to problems that may arise during the earliest phases of project conception and design, through contract drafting, bidding procedures and protests, and dispute management during design and construction. Where disputes cannot be avoided, our group has extensive experience with litigating virtually every category and subcategory of construction disputes....
We help our clients devise practical solutions to problems that may arise during the earliest phases of project conception and design, through contract drafting, bidding procedures and protests, and dispute management during design and construction. Where disputes cannot be avoided, our group has extensive experience with litigating virtually every category and subcategory of construction disputes....
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Energy
Our energy attorneys routinely represent clients before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Energy Commission (CEC), the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (OEIS), and the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Our expertise extends from conventional gas-fired generation and petroleum pipelines and terminals to all types of renewable...
Our energy attorneys routinely represent clients before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Energy Commission (CEC), the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (OEIS), and the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Our expertise extends from conventional gas-fired generation and petroleum pipelines and terminals to all types of renewable...
Energy Project Development
Our attorneys have broad experience representing clients who operate conventional and renewable generating plants and who participate in the energy market. We counsel clients on generation facility siting, project finance, environmental permitting and litigation defense, greenhouse gas and other pollutant credits and trading, power purchase agreements, interconnection, and electric transmission. We have also represented a...
Our attorneys have broad experience representing clients who operate conventional and renewable generating plants and who participate in the energy market. We counsel clients on generation facility siting, project finance, environmental permitting and litigation defense, greenhouse gas and other pollutant credits and trading, power purchase agreements, interconnection, and electric transmission. We have also represented a...
Public Utility Regulation
Downey Brand’s public utilities team is comprised of some of the most expert and veteran practitioners in California. Senior partners in our practice have held influential positions in state regulatory agencies, giving us unparalleled acumen in utilities law and practice. Our team works diligently with clients to navigate matters overseen by the California Public Utilities...
Downey Brand’s public utilities team is comprised of some of the most expert and veteran practitioners in California. Senior partners in our practice have held influential positions in state regulatory agencies, giving us unparalleled acumen in utilities law and practice. Our team works diligently with clients to navigate matters overseen by the California Public Utilities...
Infrastructure
California is poised for an unprecedented era of infrastructure development with billions of dollars of investment flowing into the state. Maximizing public and private infrastructure ventures and partnerships, and negotiating and executing complex projects require an interdisciplinary legal team that knows the Golden State’s legal and regulatory terrain, inside and out. Downey Brand’s infrastructure team...
California is poised for an unprecedented era of infrastructure development with billions of dollars of investment flowing into the state. Maximizing public and private infrastructure ventures and partnerships, and negotiating and executing complex projects require an interdisciplinary legal team that knows the Golden State’s legal and regulatory terrain, inside and out. Downey Brand’s infrastructure team...
Practices
Subject matter expertise is critical to Downey Brand clients.
Subject matter expertise is critical to Downey Brand clients.
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Our Work
At Downey Brand, we think our client work stories speak for themselves, and our clients agree. We look forward to the opportunity of doing the same, great work for you.
At Downey Brand, we think our client work stories speak for themselves, and our clients agree. We look forward to the opportunity of doing the same, great work for you.
East Bay Regional Park District
This action marks one of many major steps in transferring the Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) from the U.S. Navy to the City of Concord (Concord) and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) for economic development and regional park uses under the federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. BRAC is the federal process undertaken...
This action marks one of many major steps in transferring the Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) from the U.S. Navy to the City of Concord (Concord) and East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) for economic development and regional park uses under the federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. BRAC is the federal process undertaken...
Monterey Coastkeeper vs. MCWRA Litigation
The suit alleged the Agency had failed to control pollution while exercising its flood and drainage control responsibilities. The Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Agency, finding most importantly that Monterey Coastkeeper had failed to first make its case before the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, one of the...
The suit alleged the Agency had failed to control pollution while exercising its flood and drainage control responsibilities. The Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the Agency, finding most importantly that Monterey Coastkeeper had failed to first make its case before the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, one of the...
Sutter-Butte Flood Control Agency
When the Firm was hired, SBFCA was a fledgling agency struggling with a languishing 10-year Federal study process, borrowed financial resources, and no on-the-ground levee improvements. For more than a decade, Downey Brand has been honored to be a partner in the agency’s considerable successes. Downey Brand attorneys Scott Shapiro and Andrea Clark have been...
When the Firm was hired, SBFCA was a fledgling agency struggling with a languishing 10-year Federal study process, borrowed financial resources, and no on-the-ground levee improvements. For more than a decade, Downey Brand has been honored to be a partner in the agency’s considerable successes. Downey Brand attorneys Scott Shapiro and Andrea Clark have been...
Cadiz Valley Water Litigation
On the eve of a statewide drought, Cadiz and the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) formed a public/private partnership and proposed the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project, an ambitious plan to pump 50,000 acre feet of native groundwater annually from the Fenner Valley Aquifer System in the Mojave Desert over 50 years...
On the eve of a statewide drought, Cadiz and the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) formed a public/private partnership and proposed the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project, an ambitious plan to pump 50,000 acre feet of native groundwater annually from the Fenner Valley Aquifer System in the Mojave Desert over 50 years...
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The Department of Water Resources, Before the Superior Court, Responds to Public Trust Claims in Groundwater Sustainability Plan Litigation
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 7
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 7
OpenET Unveils New Interface Tool for Irrigators to Assess Crop Evapotranspiration Data
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 7
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 7
Federal Circuit Rejects Water Contractors’ Takings Claims
California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 34, Number 6
California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 34, Number 6
United States Army Corps of Engineers Makes Unplanned Releases From Two Tulare Lake Basin Dams
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 6
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 6
Upper Division States on the Colorado River Refine March 2024 Alternative for Post-2026 River Operations to Include Conservation Measures
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 6
California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Volume 35, Number 6
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Ag Debt in the West: Conference Session Will Discuss Navigating Ag Bankruptcy
National Agricultural Law Center - University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
National Agricultural Law Center - University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
CA Water Law Symposium: Water Rights Enforcement in California
Maven's Notebook
Maven's Notebook
San Diego Dispute Prompts California Supreme Court Opinion Easing Trust Modification Rules
The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune
PG&E’s Hesitation Casts Shadow on Eel-Russian River Diversion Plan
Mendocino County News
Mendocino County News
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Water Banking and Leasing in the West: Practical Pointers and Pitfalls
Presenter, Western Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference
Presenter, Western Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference
Dealing with Farm Debt in the West: Practical Considerations in Preparing for and Navigating Ag Bankruptcy
Presenter, Western Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference
Presenter, Western Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference
Life Insurance Planning in the Current Economic/Tax Environment
Presenter, 2025 Estate and Gift Tax Conference
Presenter, 2025 Estate and Gift Tax Conference
You Can Get More Than You Give—How Philanthropy Can Benefit Your Business and Your Family
Presenter, 2025 Generations Family Business Conference
Presenter, 2025 Generations Family Business Conference
2025 Mentoring Session – Flood Evacuation and Real Time Forecasting
Session Moderator, NAFSMA Emergency Evacuation Planning for Flooding and Forecasting Meeting
Session Moderator, NAFSMA Emergency Evacuation Planning for Flooding and Forecasting Meeting
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As the leading law firm in Sacramento and one of the largest law firms advancing client interests throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada, Downey Brand has offices that make it easy for lawyers to be on the ground with our clients.
As the leading law firm in Sacramento and one of the largest law firms advancing client interests throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada, Downey Brand has offices that make it easy for lawyers to be on the ground with our clients.
Sacramento
621 Capitol Mall | 18th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
621 Capitol Mall | 18th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
San Francisco
455 Market Street | Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94105
455 Market Street | Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94105
Stockton
3425 Brookside Road | Suite A Stockton, CA 95219
3425 Brookside Road | Suite A Stockton, CA 95219
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Downey Brand is perfectly suited for leading lawyers who want to build and continue their careers with passion, commitment, authority and energy.
Downey Brand is perfectly suited for leading lawyers who want to build and continue their careers with passion, commitment, authority and energy.
Current Openings
Lateral Attorney Candidates We’re always eager to connect with talented attorneys who bring experience across our practice areas. If you don’t see a position that aligns with your expertise listed below, we encourage you to submit your materials and express your interest here: Lateral Attorney Application First-Year Associate Candidates Our Summer Associate Program typically fills...
Lateral Attorney Candidates We’re always eager to connect with talented attorneys who bring experience across our practice areas. If you don’t see a position that aligns with your expertise listed below, we encourage you to submit your materials and express your interest here: Lateral Attorney Application First-Year Associate Candidates Our Summer Associate Program typically fills...
Summer Associate Program FAQ’s
Q. When and how should I apply for a summer associate position? A. The firm participates in several recruiting programs, including meet-the-employer events, preview programs, and on-campus interviews (OCIs) at select law schools and job fairs each year. Students at these participating schools or fairs should apply through those channels. Students from other schools are...
Q. When and how should I apply for a summer associate position? A. The firm participates in several recruiting programs, including meet-the-employer events, preview programs, and on-campus interviews (OCIs) at select law schools and job fairs each year. Students at these participating schools or fairs should apply through those channels. Students from other schools are...
Current Openings
Join Sacramento’s Leading Full-Service Law Firm, Downey Brand LLP. At Downey Brand, we offer a collaborative and welcoming work environment, along with a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support both your professional growth and personal well-being. Please address all staff applications to Cindy Snook, Human Resources Director. You’ll find links to application forms...
Join Sacramento’s Leading Full-Service Law Firm, Downey Brand LLP. At Downey Brand, we offer a collaborative and welcoming work environment, along with a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support both your professional growth and personal well-being. Please address all staff applications to Cindy Snook, Human Resources Director. You’ll find links to application forms...
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About Us
Clients turn to Downey Brand for efficient and practical legal advice. We have built a reputation on understanding the industries and businesses of our clients and tailoring our legal services to support the challenges and opportunities each of them faces, all with the singular focus of helping them achieve the results that matter most to...
Clients turn to Downey Brand for efficient and practical legal advice. We have built a reputation on understanding the industries and businesses of our clients and tailoring our legal services to support the challenges and opportunities each of them faces, all with the singular focus of helping them achieve the results that matter most to...
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Community
At Downey Brand, we believe our impact goes beyond the billable hour. We take pride in supporting the communities where we live and work—not just through sponsorships and in-kind services but also through the active participation of our attorneys and professional staff. From our three offices across California, our team participates in, contributes to, and...
At Downey Brand, we believe our impact goes beyond the billable hour. We take pride in supporting the communities where we live and work—not just through sponsorships and in-kind services but also through the active participation of our attorneys and professional staff. From our three offices across California, our team participates in, contributes to, and...
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Downey Brand is committed to fostering and maintaining a strong diversity, equity, and inclusion culture. To that end, the firm works hard to attract, retain, and promote individuals of differing races, religions, ethnicities, genders and gender identities, family structures, sexual orientations, and backgrounds. The firm encourages and supports its attorneys’ memberships and participation in diverse...
Downey Brand is committed to fostering and maintaining a strong diversity, equity, and inclusion culture. To that end, the firm works hard to attract, retain, and promote individuals of differing races, religions, ethnicities, genders and gender identities, family structures, sexual orientations, and backgrounds. The firm encourages and supports its attorneys’ memberships and participation in diverse...
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History
Combining a storied history with some big leaps of growth, Downey Brand has transformed itself into Sacramento’s preeminent law firm and reached down the Central Valley and into San Francisco to advance our clients’ interests. The firm traces its roots back to 1926 when three notable Sacramento attorneys, Stephen Downey, Clyde Brand and Harry Seymour,...
Combining a storied history with some big leaps of growth, Downey Brand has transformed itself into Sacramento’s preeminent law firm and reached down the Central Valley and into San Francisco to advance our clients’ interests. The firm traces its roots back to 1926 when three notable Sacramento attorneys, Stephen Downey, Clyde Brand and Harry Seymour,...
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