Kiana
Amiri-Davani

Representative Experience

• Advise and represent multiple public agencies in matters related to the RCRA corrective action cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), including RCRA, CERCLA, CEQA, and NEPA, and regulatory compliance under DTSC and RWQCB oversight.
• Advise and represent commercial property owner in responding to a notice of intent to sue asserting claims under CERCLA and related common law causes of action arising from alleged contamination associated with historic dry-cleaning operations.
• Successfully secured dismissal of an administrative enforcement order issued by the RWQCB on behalf of a public agency client.
• Represented the County of San Bernardino in administrative and judicial challenges to MS4 permit requirements, involving complex issues under CEQA, and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.
• Represented a Fortune 100 company named on ISEO by DTSC; draft memoranda, review and analyze H&S code regulations; and participate in settlement negotiation efforts.
• Represented a landowner in suit against the RWQCB for improper issuance of an investigative order; concurrently represent client in a CERCLA and HSAA suit for the contamination under a City-owned street; draft pleadings and motions, negotiate with
  AG’s office.
• Successfully represented a citizens group challenging the adequacy of a registration permit issued by an LEA and obtained a favorable outcome in Administrative Hearing.
• Defend semiconductor manufacturing company named in a CERCLA and HSAA suit.
• Successfully defended the County of Los Angeles in a CEQA challenge regarding approval for landfill operations; drafted pleadings, prepared the AR; and sat second chair in litigation.
• Represented the County of Tulare in CEQA litigation challenge of a CAP; successfully negotiated a settlement with conservation groups to address GHG emissions.
• Represented the CPUC in the legal review and analysis of environmental documents for CEQA compliance and consistency with the Government Code, local ordinances and regulations for a variety of land use projects.
• Successfully defended a tenant named in a CERCLA, RCRA, and HSAA suit for the discharge of hazardous substances from historical dry-cleaning operations.
• Represented commercial property owner in storm water runoff dispute regarding a defective V-ditch undermining a retaining wall on an adjacent residential community.