Legal Expertise
Environmental, Water, and Natural Resources
As natural resources become ever more scarce, the legal issues surrounding them become that much more complex.
Albietz Law Firm understands the complexity involved in preparing environmental reviews and environmental impact analyses as well as related planning documents.
In the past, Judy Albietz represented 240 defendant landowners possessing water rights in a stream adjudication, hundreds of clean-up and abatement cases, as well as landowners facing California Environmental Quality Act lawsuits affecting hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Judy Albietz also has expertise in the legal aspects of the formation of public entities such as water districts and community services districts.
Albietz Law Firm offers expertise in the following:
- Surface and groundwater rights
- Water quality and management
- Natural resources and land use issues, such as creekside issues and entitlements Complex legal analysis of toxics and related environmental cleanup issues as well as environmental compliance, including RCRA, CEQA, NEPA and the Endangered Species Act.
Real Property and Land Use
Albietz Law Firm provides legal and mediation services to a wide range of public and private clients, in real property and land use matters, including entitlements and land title. We have expertise in real property transactions, regulation, litigation and administration including:
- Purchase and sale
- Land use, title, and management
- Leases, permits, easements, and conservation easement issues
- Land exchanges and wetlands banking
Federal Indian Tribes and Tribal Law
In its work with Indian tribes and Native corporations, Albietz Law Firm has provided legal and mediation services to thousands of tribal members across the Western U.S. and has worked with them on matters ranging from economic development to government programs. Such services have included:
- Resolution of internal government disputes
- Negotiation of Tribal-State Gaming compacts with the State of California
- Negotiation of contracts for economic development, including gaming development agreements and management agreements
- Obtaining necessary federal government approval for land transactions, including purchase, sale and lease agreements regarding Indian land
- Development of water districts, well-head protection, drinking water grants and groundwater basic management
- Negotiation of contracts for other gaming enterprises
- Negotiation of contracts for land management and land conveyances
- Coordination with other tribal entities as well as Federal and State government agencies
General Business Law
Albietz Law Firm provides legal and mediation services to private corporations, individuals and public entities, including public utilities, in general business matters including:
- Estates and Trusts
- Employment contracts and disputes
- Loan documents
- Real property transactions and litigation
- Licensing and permitting with local/State/Federal entities
- Formation of partnerships and corporations