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Published Date: Oct. 3, 1997
Company Name: Gaines & Strahlstrom
Address: 21700 Oxnard St., Suite 1750
Woodland Hills, Calif. 91367
Main Telephone
Number: 818/593-6355
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.gaineslaw.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Fred Gaines, managing partner
Public Relations
Contact: Fred Gaines
Industry: Law Firm
Market Makers: Land Use, Zoning and Environmental Law
Company description: Gaines & Strahlstrom focuses its practice on real estate-related matters, and in particular with regard to land use, zoning, environmental law, administrative law, related litigation and political advocacy. Gaines & Strahlstrom attorneys have represented clients in political and judicial jurisdictions throughout California. Attorneys of the firm have handled more matters before the California Coastal Commission The California Coastal Commission is a state agency in the U.S. state of California with quasi-judicial regulatory influence over land use and public access in the California coastal zone. than any other private counsel in California history. Attorneys at the Firm Fred Gaines, born in Los Angeles, Aug. 31, 1959; admitted to Bar, 1986, California; 1987 U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. (M.P.P., 1983); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). (J.D., 1986). Activities UCLA Undergraduate Student Body President, 1980-81. Kennedy Fellowship in Government and Public Service, 1981-83. Extern extern /ex·tern/ (ek´stern) a medical student or graduate in medicine who assists in patient care in the hospital but does not reside there. ex·tern n. Clerk, Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel Judge Marilyn Hall Patel (b. 1938) is an active judge presiding in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She was Chief District Judge of that jurisdiction from 1997 until 2004, and heard several notable cases during that time. , U.S. Judge, Northern District of California, 1985. University of California Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. , 1984-85; Valley Industry and Commerce Association, Vice Chair, 1996-; California Building Industry Association Select Committee on Industry Litigation, 1991-; Valley Development Forum, President, 1995; San Fernando Valley Bar Association, President-Elect, 1997-98; Regional Advisory Council, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Chair, 1995-96; Sherman Oaks Town Council, President, 1995; Adjunct Professor of Law, University of West Los Angeles The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a private, non-profit School of Law with two campuses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Inglewood and Woodland Hills, California. The School of Law is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California. School of Law, 1993-96; Los Angeles County Public Library Commission, Chair, 1997. Member: Los Angeles County, San Fernando Valley and American (Member, Section of Urban State and Local Government Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Public Law Section). L. Elizabeth Strahlstrom, born in Ventura, Calif., Nov. 8, 1968; admitted to Bar, 1994, California; 1997 U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State (B.A., cum laude, 1990); McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1994). Recipient, John A. McCarthy Academic Scholarship, 1992. Dean's List, McGeorge School of Law, 1994. Comment Staff Writer and Legislative Review Staff Writer, Pacific Law Journal, 1993-94. Activities: Environmental Law Forum, McGeorge School of Law, 1993-94; Valley Development Forum, 1995-96; Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, Membership Co-Chair, 1996; Valley Leadership Institute, 1995-96; California Building Industry Association Select Committee on Industry Litigation, 1995-97. Member: State Bar of California, Los Angeles County and San Fernando Valley Bar Associations. Sherman L. Stacey, born Riverside, Calif., Feb. 7, 1951; admitted to Bar, 1974, California; 1976, U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission (A.B., International Relations, 1971); UCLA School of Law The UCLA School of Law is the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles. It is generally regarded as the top law school in Southern California, as well as one of the top fifteen law schools in the United States. (J.D., 1974). Member: State Bar of California. Stacey has conducted more than 1,500 hearings before the California Coastal Commission. CONTACT: Gaines & Strahlstrom |
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