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Gena M. StinnettAssociateLos Angeles

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Gena M. Stinnett is an associate in the Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon. Ms. Stinnett serves as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the City of Beverly Hills. She also serves as Assistant City Attorney and Planning Commission attorney for the City of Monrovia. Ms. Stinnett concentrates on the representation of public agencies in a wide range of government law issues, and is Chair of the Firm's E-Documents and Public Records Practice Group.

Ms. Stinnett has recently given presentations on the Public Records Act to the Southern California City Clerks Association and California Contract Cities Association. She has also lectured for the UCLA Extension Public Policy Program.

Prior to joining RW&G, Ms. Stinnett was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Sidley Austin LLP. Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Stinnett worked in the broadcast industry.

Ms. Stinnett's publications include:

"California Supreme Court Enunciates Principles that Govern CEQA Analysis for Long-Term Future Water Supply," RW&G Advisor (Summer/Fall 2007).

"Ignorance is Bliss: A Comment on Pavlovich v. Superior Court," 36 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1733 (2003).

"Why California Shopping Centers Can’t Protect Mickey Mouse From Union Handbilling: A Comment on Glendale Associates v. NLRB," 37 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1799 (2004).

 
Education

B.A., with great distinction, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, California State University, Long Beach, 1979
J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, Loyola Law School 2004

 
Practice Areas

CEQA
E-Documents and Public Records
Land Use, Planning, Zoning and Subdivision Map Act
Public Agency and Municipal Law
Public Works