BB&K Attorney Named “Top 20 Under 40” in California

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Christopher H. Calfee Helped Craft Key State Guidelines Relating to Climate Change

For Immediate Release: Jan. 12, 2010
Media Contact: Jennifer Bowles · 951.826.8480 · jennifer.bowles@BBKlaw.com

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LOS ANGELES _ Christopher H. Calfee, a Best Best & Krieger attorney who helped craft the state’s historic guidelines for analyzing greenhouse gas emissions under the California Environmental Quality Act, was named a “Top 20 Under 40” attorney in the state by the Daily Journal.

The guidelines, which became effective in March, were the nation’s first set of binding regulations to require consideration of greenhouse gas emissions on such a broad scale.

The regulations require cities, counties and other agencies considering the approval of a project _ including proposed housing, commercial developments and infrastructure projects _ to consider the amount of greenhouse gas emissions the project would generate and ways to reduce or mitigate those emissions. Such emissions lead to climate change.

“It was privilege to be part of such a major undertaking by the state, and an honor to be recognized for that work by The Daily Journal,” Calfee said.

The Daily Journal Corp., publisher of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journals, issued its list of the top 20 attorneys under the age of 40 throughout California in a special supplement to today’s editions.

Calfee, 35, returned to BB&K’s Walnut Creek office in April after working on the guidelines while serving as special counsel to the California Natural Resources Agency and Office of Planning and Research. He was appointed to the post by then-Gov. Schwarzenegger.

At BB&K, Calfee is of counsel in the firm’s environmental law and natural resources practice where he helps cities, water districts and private businesses understand how to comply with the guidelines and other regulations involving climate change and sustainability.

Calfee graduated from UC Davis School of Law in 2001.

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