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Ginetta L. Giovinco is a shareholder in the Litigation Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon.
Ms. Giovinco represents municipalities and public entities, as well as private sector clients, in litigation matters in both state and federal courts. Ms. Giovinco has focused her practice on writ matters and land use issues, including CEQA.
She co-authored chapters in the C.E.B. Treatises California Administrative Mandamus (3d ed.), California Civil Writ Practice (4th ed.), and California Civil Discovery Practice (4th ed.).
Ms. Giovinco's representative appellate and writ cases include:
- Habitat Trust for Wildlife, Inc. v. City of Rancho Cucamonga, 175 Cal. App. 4th 1306 (2009) - Published Court of Appeal decision upholding City's right to select qualified conservation entity to receive mitigation lands dedicated by developer pursuant to CEQA;
- Gaviota Coast Conservancy, et al. v. Santa Barbara Local Agency Formation Commission, et al. - Obtained reversal from Court of Appeal in an unpublished opinion concluding that LAFCO's annexation of land into a water district was valid (represented real party in interest);
- Altmann v. City of Agoura Hills - Unpublished Court of Appeal decision and trial court ruling upholding City's approval of a Specific Plan and compliance with CEQA;
- Beverly Hills Residential-Business Alliance for a Livable Community v. City of Beverly Hills - Unpublished Court of Appeal decision upholding City's certification of EIR for mixed use public/private development that included commercial uses, residential uses, 200 room luxury hotel and public open space;
- Edmundson v. Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County - Unpublished Court of Appeal decision upholding trial court decision rejecting CEQA and Coastal Act challenge to remodel of single family residence, and upholding award of sanctions against petition (represented real party in interest);
- PRMHOA v. City of Poway - Unpublished Court of Appeal decision upholding validity of bonds issued in connection with a City-owned mobilehome park;
- Affordable Pasadena Housing in Distress v. City of Pasadena - Applicable portion of trial court ruling finding that City complied with CEQA in connection with adoption of negative declaration for legislative re-zoning and adoption of workforce overlay zone;
- Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
v. City of Rancho Cucamonga - Federal district court decision granting judgment in favor of City and concluding that City did not violate First Amendment in reporting citizen complaints that it had received regarding a billboard.
Ms. Giovinco is admitted to practice in:
- All California courts;
- Central and Northern Districts of the United States District Court in California;
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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J.D., University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, 2003
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, The American University,
1997
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