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Attorneys Work in Environmental, Municipal Law Fields

For Immediate Release: Nov. 16, 2009
Media Contact:  Jennifer Bowles · (951) 826-8480 · jennifer.bowles@BBKlaw.com

RIVERSIDE, Calif. _  Best Best & Krieger LLP promoted two associates to partners – one attorney known for her solar energy work and another one who serves as city attorney to two Northern California cities.

At its annual partner meeting Saturday, the firm’s partners voted to admit Sophie A. Akins and Andrew J. Morris into the partnership effective Jan. 1. Akins works in the firm’s San Diego office; Morris in the Sacramento office.
  
“One of the great privileges of being a partner is promoting those who will carry the firm into the future and Sophie and Andy definitely fit into that category,” said Eric Garner, BB&K managing partner.

Established in 1891, BB&K is a full-service law firm that caters to public agency and private clients with nearly 200 attorneys in eight offices across California.

Akins, who joined the firm in 2001, is known for her legal work with solar energy projects, including several on school campuses and for water districts. In total, Akins has worked on 15 percent of the state’s public agency solar projects over the last few years.

Akins received her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.

Morris, since joining the firm in 2003, has concentrated on land use and planning, cable television and telecommunications, and solid waste and recycling issues. Part of BB&K’s municipal law practice group, Morris also serves as city attorney for Woodland, 20 miles northwest of Sacramento, and Jackson, about 50 miles southeast of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Morris received his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.