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Christopher J. DiazAssociateLos Angeles

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Christopher J. Diaz is an associate in the Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon.  Mr. Diaz concentrates on the representation of public agencies in a wide range of government law issues.   Specifically, Mr. Diaz has extensive experience in land use transactions, including the environmental review required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Mr. Diaz obtained his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he served as Articles Editor of the Chicano Latino Law Review.  Prior to law school, Mr. Diaz was a legal assistant with Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco.  He also spent a year working in the state capitol on policy issues as a Jesse M. Unruh Assembly Fellow for then Assembly Speaker Antonio R. Villaraigosa.

 
Education

B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1998
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2004

 
Practice Areas
CEQA
Land Use
Public Agency and Municipal Law