Jim Colopy, speaker, The Environmental Law Section of The Bar Association of SF, "Litigating the Dry Cleaner Case"
BASF Conference Center, San Francisco, CA

Jim Bruen, panelist, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources' 16th Section Fall Meeting, "Part I: Pre-Trial Techniques and Strategies/Part II:  Trial and Beyond".
Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona

Jim Colopy, faculty, Environmental Resource Litigation Conference, "Practical Skills for Crafting and Implementing Effective Litigation Strategies"
San Francisco, CA

Buzz Hines, program co-chair, Environmental Resource Litigation Conference, "Handling the Administrative Enforcement Action"
San Francisco, CA

James A. Bruen, Faculty, 33rd Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Summer Course of Study, Environmental Litigation, June 25-28, 2008
University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO

Stanford University Director's College
James Bruen, moderator, "The Environment and the Board"
Mary McCutcheon, speaker, "Director Liability Exposure and D&O Insurance"
Stanford University, CA

James Colopy, speaker, "CERCLA Natural Resource Damages Recovery: Understanding Current Trends in Law and Litigation"
Live interactive 90-minute teleconference program sponsored by Digest of Environmental Law, and Strafford Publications

Sky Stanfield, panelist, "Going Green": What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Being Eco-Friendly.
Cisco Campus, San Jose CA

NVV will host a member workshop on the topic "Dramatic New Restrictions on California Water Rights", Skip Spaulding, speaker.
Napa, CA

"Dramatic New Restrictions on California Water Rights" 

Wine Industy Education Series hosted by:
Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance

Speakers:
Skip Spaulding, Partner, Environmental Law, Farella Braun + Martel LLP & Drew L. Aspegren P.E., Civil Engineer, Napa Valley Vineyard Engineering, Inc.

The Lodge at Sonoma

Ruth Ann Castro, moderator, Prop. 65 Clearinghouse 2008 Conference, "Getting Around Prop. 65 Limitations: How to use the legislature, agencies and other statutes."
City Club of San Francisco

ALI-ABA's "Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation"
James Bruen, Speaker, "Environmental Updates"
Seminar/live video webcast
Scottsdale, AZ

James Bruen, panelist, "Quantifying and Defending Natural Resource Damages"
Loews Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

The Environmental Professional's Guide to Overcoming Obstacle to Site Closure
James Bruen, speaker "Site Closure Strategies"
Concord, CA

Christopher Locke, speaker,"Evidentiary Issues"
Los Angeles, CA

Topic Overview:
Evidentiary Issues in Environmental Criminal Enforcement Actions - Fruits of administrative search warrants and grand jury subpoenas. Results of sampling and the foundation necessary for data to become evidence in a criminal proceeding. Documents submitted to public agencies as part of ordinary filings.

James Bruen, panelist, "Natural Resource Damages Recovery: Assessing and Minimizing NRD Liabilities"

Live interactive 90-minute teleconference program sponsored by Digest of Environmental Law, and Strafford Publications

James Bruen, panelist, "Natural Resource Damages Recovery: Understanding Current Trends in Law and Litigation"

Live interactive 90-minute teleconference program sponsored by Digest of Environmental Law, and Strafford Publications

James Bruen, faculty, 32st Annual ALI-ABA Environmental Litigation Seminar
Boulder, CO

James Bruen, faculty and program co-chair, "Defenses to Claims of Natural Resource Damage - New twists on conflict preemption; CERCLA 113(h), CERCLA 107 defenses and state claim defenses"
Santa Fe, NM

James Bruen, panelist, American Apparel & Footwear Association Environmental Issues Seminar, "CA Proposition 65 Legal, Technical, and Business Perspectives: What it is and what you need to know?"
New York, NY

Kay Philippakis, speaker, The Environmental Law Section of The Bar Association of SF, "Red, White and Green: Current Developments in Environmental Law Affecting California Wineries"
San Francisco, CA

Wine Industy Education Series hosted by:
Farella Braun + Martel LLP and Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance 

Katherine Philippakis & Skip Spaulding, speakers, "New developments in CEQA, land use permitting and environmental regulations relating to vineyards and wineries"

James Colopy, moderator, Groundwater Science in the Courtroom: Expert Witnesses
Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, CA

Chris Locke, speaker, Stanford University Lecture Series, "The Role of the Expert Witness"
Stanford University, CA

Skip Spaulding, faculty, Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Third Annual Western Boot Camp, "Project Development Environmental Issues"
Grand Hyatt San Francisco

David Lazerwitz, Faculty, "Wetlands, Water Quality and Stream Impact"
Lorman Education Services Seminar
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA

Skip Spaulding, speaker, State Bar Environmental Law Section Conference on Private Enforcement of Environmental Law: Prosecuting and Defending Citizens' Suits, "Trends, Tactics and Troublespots: Navigating the Charted and Uncharted Seas of Water Quality Litigation"
Elihu Harris State Building - Auditorium, Oakland, CA

An informative half-day seminar to provide guidance to the development community on a full range of issues, from evaluating the market to obtaining project approvals and financing through avoiding construction disputes.  Join attorneys from Farella Braun + Martel, as well as guest presenters from the City of San Francisco and other experts at:
Mission Bay Community Center at UCSF, San Francisco

Chris Locke, panelist, The Future of Stormwater Regulation and Litigation
Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, CA

Skip Spaulding, Program Co-Chair and speaker, Water Rights and Water Quality: Past, Present and Future, "Overview of California Water Law"
Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, CA

James Bruen, speaker, "Case Update, New Mexico v General Electric"
Sponsored by the Colorado Hazardous Waste Management Society
Denver, CO

Ruth Castro, speaker, "How To Advise Your Clients: From Compliance To Settlements"
Prop. 65 Clearing House Annual Conference
University Club, San Francisco

James Bruen, Faculty, "Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation"
Tenth Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study
New Orleans, LA

James Bruen, Faculty, "Remedies in Natural Resource Damage - Statutory damages, restoration, SEPs, natural resource banking and other alternatives"
Law Seminars International's Natural Resource Damages in Hawaii and the Pacific
Honolulu, HI

James Bruen will speak at the Natural Resource Damages Litigation seminar in Newark New Jersey on the topic, "Recovery Regimes: Federal Claims Under CERCLA, the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act."

Farella Braun + Martel, Co-Host, "Bay Area Air Quality Management's (BAAQMD's) Climate Change Summit"
Keynote speaker: Al Gore
Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, CA

Farella Braun + Martel, Sponsor, "Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Annual Award Dinner"
Honoring: New York Governor George Pataki in honor of his initiatives to address climate change and other environmental concerns
Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

James Bruen will serve as a panelist at the Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of California, on the session "Blame Mother Nature, Not My Client: The Perils of Naturally Occurring Contamination."

James A. Bruen will be a presenter on the topic "Anatomy of an Environmental Jury Trial" at the ABA 14th Section Fall Meeting in San Diego.

James A. Bruen will speak at the Environmental Law Institute's Critical Developments in Toxic Torts Seminar Series: Causation and the Role of Experts in Toxic Torts, in Los Angeles.

James A. Bruen will be participating in the 31st Annual ALI-ABA Environmental Litigation Seminar taking place in Boulder, Colorado on June 21-24, 2006.  This 3 1/2 day advanced course of study provides a unique opportunity for private and public-sector environmental lawyers to understand the interplay among substantive environmental law, science, and litigation skills.  This 31st annual presentation comprises more than 23 hours of instruction.

Farella Braun + Martel's James Mann present "Let's Talk Trash: Or how to stop your old computers from becoming a plaintiff's lawyer's treasure," to the Corporate Law Department Section and the Environmental Law Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Topics:
Important exemptions from hazardous waste control laws have recently expired.  Businesses, large and small, with trash as common as old computers, florescent light bulbs, and TV's may be subject to hazardous waste regulation. The seminar will address:

• California's rules for "e-waste" and what your company needs to do to comply with them
• Related computer disposal issues: Data "wiping," spoliation of evidence, and software license compliance

Skip Spaulding will speak on "The Latest Water Quality Legal Developments" at the CLE International California Water Law Conference in San Francisco.

Chris Locke will facilitate a panel on "Regulatory Reform Needed to Deliver and Expedite Critical Infrastructure Projects Related to Safety" at the Bay Planning Coalition's 19th Annual San Francisco Bay Decisionmakers Conference, Sustaining Our Public Infrastructure.

Skip Spaulding and James Colopy will present at the Second Annual ELI Western Environmental Law Boot Camp in San Francisco.

Chris Locke will moderate a panel entitled "Opt-in Settlements, Who Benefits?" at the Prop. 65 Clearinghouse conference "20 Years On - What Have We Learned and What's Next" on March 27 at the World Trade Club in San Francisco.

Environmental Partner James A. Bruen will be speaking at the Ninth Annual Advanced ALI-ABA Course of Study.  The topic of discussion will be:  "Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation".  The course will take place in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort on Thursday-Friday, January 26-27, 2006.

Environmental partner James Bruen will speak on "Recovery Regimes: Federal Claims Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA)" at the Law Seminars International Advanced One Day Workshop on "New Developments and Emerging Strategies in Natural Resource Damages Litigation" in Newark, NJ.

Environmental Law Department Chair Buzz Hines was a member of the environmental law panel speaking at Golden Gate University on the topic entitled "Katrina's Waves: The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Environment."

Environmental law partner Chris Locke will speak at the Carneros Quality Alliance seminar, "Strategic Environmental Management and Sustainable Practices."

Partner James Bruen will serve as a faculty member at the ALI-ABA Course:  Environmental Litigation to be held in Boulder, CO. 

Partner James Bruen to serve as a panel speaker at the Northwest Pulp and Paper Association (NWPPA) Annual Meeting on the topic “Advent of the Multi-faceted Environmental Campaign” and how to respond.

The Environmental Law Institute and Farella Braun + Martel hosted the environmental program luncheon featuring Allan Lloyd, Secretary, California EPA as keynote speaker.  Farella environmental partner Chris Locke was the moderator.

Partner James Bruen will serve as a faculty member and speak on the topic "Procedural Aspects of Experts" for the ALI-ABA Course:  International Environmental Law in Boston, MA. 

Farella Braun + Martel is a sponsor of the 2005 Wine Industry Conference in Santa Rosa on March 29, 2005.  Chris Locke will moderate the panel "Hot Environmental Issues: Are they fact of fiction?" The conference is also presented by the Wine Industry Business Journal, the North Bay Business Journal and Comerica.

Partner James Bruen will be a panelist for the topic discussion, "Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation Skills: Measures and Countermeasures", at the ABA Annual Conference.

Partner Chris Locke will be the moderator for the Annual Prop 65 Conference, "Meet the Press" panel (with Dennis Pfaff, Roger Pearson and Catherine Zandonella) held at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco.

John Gregory spoke at the annual conference of the California Mortgage Association in Los Angeles, CA.  He presented on "Environmental Insurance Developments."

Partner James Bruen to speak on the topic "NRD Litigation Comes of Age" at the ABA Section of Environment, Energy & Resources' 12th Section Fall Meeting in San Antonio, TX. 

Chris Locke spoke on "Recent Proposition 65 Developments" at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco.

Chris Locke talkes about "Expert Witness Standards" at Exponent/Failure Analysis in Menlo Park at 4:00 p.m. 

The Environmental Law Institute, Farella Braun + Martel and The Trust for Public Land hosted the environmental program featuring Terry Tamminen, Secretary, California EPA as keynote speaker.  Farella environmental partner Chris Locke was the moderator.

Chris Locke participated in the ACC Teleconference at noon on "Developments in Clean Water Act Compliance and Enforcement Defense".

Environmental Partner Chris Locke presented at the JSCO Property Managers Annual Conference on the topic "Environmental Compliance".

James H. Colopy, moderator, The Environmental Law Section of the BASF panel on "Litigating the Groundwater Contamination Case: The Plaintiff's Perspective"

James A. Bruen will speak at the ALI-ABA's "Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation Updates and Trends" seminar in Orlando, Florida, January 22-23, 2004.

October 19, 2003, James Bruen, "May it Please the Court", 11 a.m., 2003 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite, Environmental Section, State Bar of California, Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite Fish Camp, CA