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Attorneys Cited for Key Cases Involving Medical Marijuana, Water Rights, Redevelopment and Corruption

For Immediate Release: Nov. 6, 2013
Media Contact: Jennifer Bowles • 951.826.8480 • jennifer.bowles@BBKlaw.com

LOS ANGELES _ The Daily Journal today named four attorneys at Best Best & Krieger LLP among California’s Top 20 municipal lawyers in 2013 for cases involving medical marijuana, water rights, redevelopment and corruption.

The state’s top legal newspaper recognized Jeffrey Dunn in Irvine for, among other things, successfully arguing before the California Supreme Court in a case involving Riverside that state law does not prevent cities and counties from regulating medical marijuana dispensaries; Eric Garner, BB&K managing partner based in Los Angeles and Riverside, for an appellate court victory involving Santa Maria and a large portion of California’s Central Coast that strengthened the right of cities and public agencies to use groundwater for people; T. Brent Hawkins in Sacramento for handling lawsuits for cities and counties challenging the state’s handling of post-redevelopment issues, including a case that resulted in a judge agreeing that Riverside should get nearly $19 million in loans originally taken out by the city’s redevelopment agency, and Kendall MacVey in Riverside for his role in a case that saved the San Bernardino Associated Governments from having to reimburse San Bernardino County for a $102 million settlement that is the target of a corruption probe.

Lawyers at BB&K, with nine offices in California and Washington, D.C., serve as city attorney to more than 30 cities across California and provide special counsel work to dozens more.

“The recognition by The Daily Journal of four BB&K attorneys is incredibly gratifying and an enormous honor for them and the firm. We are very proud of these attorneys for doing such great work for our clients,” said Jeff Ballinger, an Ontario-based attorney who leads the firm’s municipal law practice group.

The Daily Journal Corp., publisher of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, issued its annual list of the state’s Top 20 municipal lawyers in a special supplement to today’s editions. According to The State Bar of California, there are more than 244,000 attorneys statewide.