 | McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, LLP | | | | | Center Tower, 650 Center Drive
Suite 100
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Civil Trial in all State and Federal Courts. Environmental Law, Water Law, Special Districts, Municipal Law, Real Property, Real Estate Transactions and Real Estate Finance, Estate Planning and Probate, Land Use, (including CEQA Compliance), Natural Resources (including Oil and Gas Matters), Property Tax Matters, and Condemnation Actions. | | | | Year Established: 1988 | | | | Firm Profile: | | The partners and associates of McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, LLP have specialized in representing municipalities, special districts, business entities and individuals state-wide in matters of public law, eminent domain, water rights, environmental and land use issues. The firm's extensive experience in representing public entities enables it to provide a unique expertise to public entities as well as private companies and individual clients in these areas. The firm also provides representation and advice in the area of probate and estate planning, business transactions and litigation with considerable expertise. It is the philosophy of the firm to provide clients with attentive and efficient legal services. The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers under General Practice; Natural Resources Law; Environmental Law; Eminent Domain; Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate; and Civil Trial Practice. | | | | Firm Size: 14 | | | | Representative Clients: | | Yorba Linda County Water District; Santiago County Water District; Municipal Water District of Orange County; Rowland Water District; San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency; Foothill Properties; Sweetwater Authority, City of Barstow; Calleguas Municipal Water District; BKK; Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; Crow Winthrop Development Limited Partnership; Laguna Irrigation District; City of Corona; City of Riverside; Hearthside Hanes; City of Los Angeles Department of Airports; Mountainview Power Company a subsidiary of Thermo Ecotek, Inc.; Cachuma Conservation Release Board; San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority. | | | | Reference: | | Mercantile Pacific Bank. | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| | | | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | | | Arthur G. Kidman, (P.C.) (Senior Partner) born Bremerton, Washington; admitted to bar, 1974, California and U.S. District Court, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Education: Washington State University (B.A., with high honors, 1968); University of Chicago (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Co-Author: "The Relationship of Just Compensation to the Land Use Regulatory Power: An Analysis and Proposal," Symposium-Land Use Planning and Control, Pepperdine Law Review, Vol 2, 1974. Author: "San Gabriel Valley Groundwater Contamination as Cause of Water Scarcity," Proceedings, 17th Biennial Conference on Groundwater. University of California Water Resources Center, California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board, Report No. 72, September, 1989; "Pros and Cons of Groundwater Management or Look Out For Some Extremely Bogus Thinking," Proceedings, 18th Biennial Conference on Groundwater, University of California Water Resources Center, California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board, September 1991; "Connections Between Groundwater and Surface Water," Proceedings 20th Biennial Conference on Groundwater, University of California Water Resources Center, California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board, September 1995; "Mojave Adjudication Judgement Ends Decades of Groundwater Basin Overdraft and Political Controversy," Vol 6, No. 5, California Water Law and Policy Reporter; "There is no Paramount Overlying Water Right to Mine a Groundwater Basin," Vol. 9, No. 6, California Water Law and Policy Reporter; "The State Doesn't Own Natural Water," Vol.10, No 8, California Water Law and Policy Reporter; "What Now after Mojave? Are Overlying Farmers Entitled to Overdraft California Grandwater Basins, and Themselves, into Oblivion?" Vol.11, No.1. California Water Law and Policy Reporter; "A Rock and Hard Place: Financing Infrastructure," Vol. 11, No. 11, California Water Law and Policy Reporter; "Another Rock...an Even Harder Place: Housing Development and Water Supply," Vol. 6, No. 2, Western Water Law and Policy Reporter. Extension Instructor in Water Law, University of California, Irvine. General Counsel, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, 1993—; Rancho California Water District, 1980-1992; Yorba Linda Water District 1979—; Santiago County Water District, 1983—; Three Valleys Municipal Water District 1983-1988; Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District 1985-1991; Mesa Consolidated Water District, 1978-1981. Member: Orange County Bar Association; The State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Public Law; Real Property Law); Association of California Water Agencies (Member: Legislative Committee and Legal Affairs Committee; Chairman, Attorneys Conference, 1976-1980). [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Public Law; Water Law; Environmental Law. | | | | Russell G. Behrens, (P.C.) (Senior Partner) born Los Angeles, California; admitted to bar, 1961, California. Education: Santa Ana College (A.A., 1956); University of Southern California (J.D., 1960). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: "Domestic Uses of Water: A Battleground Over a Short Supply," Public Law, a publication of the State Bar of California Public Law Section, Summer, 1992. Deputy District Attorney, 1961-1963. General Counsel, Municipal Water District of Orange County, 1978—; San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, 1989—; Hemet/San Jacinto Groundwater Association, 1994—. Special Counsel to cities and special districts on water rights and public law matters. Member: Orange County (Member, Client Relations Committee, 1972-1990; Real Estate Section; Secretary, Orange County Barristers, 1964-1965) and American (Member: Environment, Energy and Resources Section) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member, Public Law Section Executive Committee; Vice-Chairman, 1991-1992; Real Property Law Section); Association of California Water Agencies (Member, Legal Affairs Committee and Legislative Committee, 1975-1991; Chairman: Attorneys Conference, 1986—; Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1994-2000); American Inns of Court (Member, Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Legion Lex Inn, Orange County). Practice Areas: Public Law; Water Law; Real Property; Construction Law; Environmental Law. | | | | Suzanne M. Tague, (P.C.) (Senior Partner) born Huntington Park, California; admitted to bar, 1977, California. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A., 1974); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Lecturer, Estate Planning and Probate, California Continuing Education for the Bar and National Business Institute. Member: Orange County (Member, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section; Member, 1978—, Chairman, 1998, Executive Committee on Probate Fees—Ordinary and Extraordinary Fees, 1983; Committee on Probate Policy Memorandum, 1981; Delegate State Bar Convention, 1997) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Section on Estate Planning, Trust and Probate); Orange County Estate Planning Council, 1997; Executive Board, 2001—. (Certified Specialist, Probate and Estate Planning and Trust Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Probate Law; Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Nonprofit Corporations; Family Partnerships; Corporate and Business; Administration of Class Actions; Public Law; Aged and Aging; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Medicare and Medicaid. | | | | David D. Boyer, (P.C.) (Senior Partner) born Peoria, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, California; 1990, U.S. District Court, Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Education: Bowling Green State University (B.S., 1982); University of Alabama (J.D., 1985). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Damages. Frazier Reams Fellowship. Harold Anderson Scholarship. Member: American and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of California; State Bar of Alabama; Orange County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Public Law; Real Property; Land Use Planning; Water Law; Business; Commercial Practices and Transactions; Insurance Coverage. | | | | Daniel J. Payne (Junior Partner) born Long Beach, California; admitted to bar, 1988, California and U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., History, 1979); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1988). Member, Orange County Water Association. Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Litigation; Water Law; Real Property; Construction Law; School Law; Public Law. | | | | ASSOCIATES | | | | Hannah Bentley (Senior Associate) born April 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1987, California; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Occidental College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); Columbia University (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 1986-1987. Member: Orange County, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Climate Change; Municipal Contracts; Municipal Torts. | | | | John P. Glowacki (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, California; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Berkley (B.A., Political Science, 2001); University of California, Hasting College of Law, San Francisco, CA (J.D., 2004). Member: Orange County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Estate Litigation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Trust Litigation. | | | | Eddy R. Beltran (Senior Associate) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1999, California and Illinois. Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S., Finance, 1993); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1998). Formerly with Alvarado, Smith & Sanchez. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Public Law; Municipal Law; Air Quality; California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Climate Change. | | | | Joan Bennett (Senior Associate) born Fresno, California; admitted to bar, 1990, California. Education: Pepperdine University, Malibu (B.A., Communications, 1977; J.D., 1981). Member: The State Bar of California; Orange County Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Estate Planning , Consumer Bankruptcy). Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate; Transactional Bankruptcy. | | | | Tram T. Tran (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, B.A., Asian American Studies 2002); University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D. 2005). Member: Orange County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Environmental Law; Business Law; Municipal Law; Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation. | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Homer L. McCormick, Jr., (P.C.) (Of Counsel) born Frederick, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1962, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1976, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1977, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: San Jose State University (A.B., 1951); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1961). Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif; Thurston Society. Member, 1959-1961 and Associate Editor, 1961, Hastings Law Review. Lecturer, Real Property Remedies, 1976-1977, 1979-1980, 1982, 1988 and Proposition 13 and Property Tax Matters, 1980-1981, 1987, California Continuing Education for the Bar. Author: "Recovery in Deceit Actions in California," 11 Hastings Law Journal 183; "Excessive Force Claims Under the Fourteenth Amendment," The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter, 1997. Contributing Author: "Real Property Remedies, "California Continuing Education for the Bar Book, 1982; Speaker, Alternative Dispute Resolution State Bar Convention, 1988—. Speaker and Panelist, Appraising, Valuation, Condemnation Law, Public Law and Evidence—Civil Procedure Matters. Member, Board of Governors, 1966— and President, 1973, Hastings Alumni Association. President, Board of Trustees, Hastings 1066 Legal Foundation, 1975-1977; Selected Hastings Alumnus of the Year, 1992. Judge Pro Tem, Orange County Superior Court, 1975, 1981, 1984. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The Bar Association of San Francisco; Orange County (Member, Judiciary Committee, 1982-1985. Administration of Justice Committee, 1990—; (Chairman, 1991-1992). Lawyers Reference Service 1993; Liaison to State Commission of Future of The State Bar and Legal Profession, 1993-1994. Delegate State Bar, 1985-1993), Federal and American (Member: Condemnation and Condemnation Procedure Committee, Section on Local Government Law, 1963-1985; Committee on Legal Education, 1975—; Committee on Natural Resources, 1973—) Bar Associations; The State Bar of California (Member: Condemnation Law and Procedure Committee, 1965-1968; Public Law Section; Litigation Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Orange County Chapter, 1973); American Judicature Society; Orange County City Attorneys Association (President, 1972); California Condemnation Lawyers Group; Business Trial Lawyers Association; Consumer Attorneys of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Property Tax Law; Civil Litigation; Condemnation Law. | | | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | | | Dee Ramsey (Legal Administrator) |
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