Law Offices of Matthew  Emrick

Mr. Emrick's practice includes an extensive focus on water, mining, CEQA/NEPA, wetlands, and land use issues.   Mr. Emrick's practice also includes public agency representation and general litigation. Some of the specific matters Mr. Emrick handles include the following:

  WATER RIGHTS AND WATER QUALITY   

• Acquiring water rights and water rights permitting
• Protecting and quantifying existing water rights
• Water rights investigations, determinations, and due diligence
• Surface water and groundwater rights
• Private and municipal water rights
• Water transfers
• Water supply verifications
• In-stream flow analysis
• Water rights adjudications and litigation
• Representation before the State Water Res0urces Control Board on change petitions, petitions for extension of time, and defending against enforcement actions.
• Bay-Delta, Russian River, North Coast, Central Valley, Sierra Foothills, Eastern California and State-wide.
• NPDES Permits
• Waste Discharges Requirements
• Representation and defending against enforcement actions

  WETLANDS

• 404 Permits
• Streambed Alteration Agreements
• Endangered Species, Take Permits, Habitat Conservation Plans

  MINING

• Reclamation (SMARA) and Mining Plans
• Vested Rights
• Permitting
• Unpatented Mining Claims
• Rights of access
• Water rights and supply for mining operations
• Air quality
• Storm water and water quality issues
• CEQA compliance

  GENERAL LAND USE/ENVIRONMENTAL

• Conditional use permits and variances
• CEQA/NEPA
• Subdivisions
• Easements

 GENERAL AND BUSINESS LITIGATION

• Contract Disputes
• Real Estate Disputes
• Trademark
• Partnership and Shareholder Disputes

PUBLIC AGENCY REPRESENTATION

• General Counsel
• Special Counsel