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Gena M. Stinnett is a senior attorney in the Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon. Ms. Stinnett serves as the Assistant City Attorney for the Cities of Beverly Hills and Rancho Palos Verdes. She also serves as Assistant City Attorney and Planning Commission counsel for the City of Monrovia. Ms. Stinnett concentrates on the representation of public agencies in a wide range of government law issues.
Ms. Stinnett is Chair of the Firm's E-Documents and Public Records Practice Group and a member of the Firm's Telecommunications Practice Group. Ms. Stinnett's public records practice includes advising public agencies on complex public records requests including those dealing with electronic document production. Her telecommunications practice includes advising public agencies on cable television franchising, local wireless telecommunication regulations and cell site leasing.
Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Stinnett worked in the broadcast industry.
Ms. Stinnett has lectured extensively on a variety of public law issues at conferences and seminars including:
- "Preparation and Control of Disasters from Beginning to End," Orange County City Attorney's Association (July 21, 2011).
- "Legal Aspects of Public Records Requests," International Code Council/Los Angeles Basin Chapter Training Matrix (September 28, 2010).
- "Disasters Beginning to End: Preparing for Disasters - Knowing the Law," City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County's Annual Spring Conference (March 13, 2010).
- "All Things Electronic - Advising Public Officials on Email Best Practices and Electronic Records," Orange County City Attorneys Association (January 21, 2010).
- "E-mailing: Best Practices for Elected Officials," California Contract Cities Association's 29th Annual Fall Conference (September 26, 2009).
- "All Things Electronic - Advising Public Officials on Email Best Practices and Electronic Records," City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County (June 18, 2009).
- "Best Practices for Use of Email," League of California Cities Mayors and Councilmembers Executive Forum (May 28, 2009).
- "Electronic Records," Orange County City Clerks (April 13, 2009).
- AB 1234 Ethics Training (Public Records Act), RWG Webinar (2008).
- "Public Records Act Update," Southern California City Clerks Association (September 13, 2007).
- AB 1234 Ethics Training (Public Records Act), California Contract Cities Association Conference (May 19, 2007).
- AB 1234 Ethics Training (Public Records Act), UCLA Extension Public Policy Program (April 20, 2007).
Ms. Stinnett's publications include:
- "Right-of-Way Turf Wars: Enter DAS Facilities," RW&G Advisor (Summer/Fall 2010).
- "Lack of Transparency Can Be Expensive for Local Agencies," RW&G Advisor (Summer 2009).
- "Bolting the Doors Can Be Costly: 'Effective Denial of Access' Theory Affords CPRA Plaintiffs Attorney Fees," Public Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, Spring 2009.
- "An Ounce of Prevention: Email Best Practices," Outlook (Municipal Management Association of Southern California), January 2009.
- "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).
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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
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