Walston Selected General Counsel for Metropolitan Water District.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2000 Roderick E. Walston, former chief assistant California attorney general The California Attorney General is the State Attorney General of the government of the state of California in the USA. The officer's duty is to ensure that "the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced" (California Constitution, Article V, Section 13. , has been selected general counsel of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest bulk water supplier for municipal use in the world. The name is usually shortened to the "Metropolitan Water District" or simply "MWD". , the region's major water importer and wholesaler. Walston was selected for the position at the June 13 meeting of the MWD MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California MWD Measurement While Drilling (oil drilling) MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (stock symbol) MWD Molecular Weight Distribution MWD Military Working Dog board of directors, concluding a widespread search. He succeeds N. Gregory Taylor, who retired after serving as MWD general counsel for more than seven years. As general counsel, Walston, 64, will lead Metropolitan's legal staff and consulting attorneys; direct its legal strategies in pending and potential litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ; and protect the district's interests in contracts and other legal matters. Walston will start at Metropolitan on July 10. "Our board is very pleased to appoint Mr. Walston as its general counsel," announced MWD Chairman Phillip J. Pace. "We have great faith that he will assist the board and staff in our ongoing efforts to assure Southern California has a reliable, safe and economical supply of drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. ." Walston, who received his law degree from Stanford and his bachelor's from Columbia University in American history, said he was honored by the appointment. "I'm very pleased to be joining Metropolitan at a time when the district is reorganizing itself under its Strategic Plan and helping to launch the new era of water marketing throughout the state," Walston said. "Metropolitan Water District is not only a key institution for the economy and quality of life in Southern California, it is a major participant in California and Western water law. I expect the job to be both challenging and rewarding." Walston has been with the attorney general's office in San Francisco since 1963. As chief assistant attorney general from 1991 to May 1999, he managed and supervised the public rights division of the attorney general's office, which handles all natural resources, environmental and water litigation for the state of California. He currently serves as special counsel to the attorney general's office. Prior to his appointment as chief assistant attorney general, he handled trial and appellate litigation for the state in the natural resources, water rights and water quality, land use, environmental and other matters. Walston has represented California's interests in several major cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the case of California v. United States, where the court held that federal water agencies must comply with state water laws. He also represented California before the California Supreme Court in a well-known Mono Lake case, National Audubon Society The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservancy. Incorporated in 1905, it is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world. v. Superior Court, where the court held that the public trust doctrine public trust doctrine n. the principle that the government holds title to submerged land under navigable waters in trust for the benefit of the public. Thus, any use or sale of the land under water must be in the public interest. applies to water rights. He is a former chairman of the American Bar Association's water resources committee, natural resources section -- and served as a gubernatorial appointee and California representative to the Western States Water Council. Walston received the United States Supreme Court United States Supreme Court: see Supreme Court, United States. Best Brief Award of the National Association of Attorneys General The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is an organization in the United States of U.S. state Attorneys General which, according to the organization itself, " in 1997. Walston is a resident of Orinda. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium composed of 27 cities and water agencies serving nearly 17 million people in six counties. The District imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water-recycling, desalination desalination or desalting Removal of dissolved salts from seawater and from the salty waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters, and municipal wastewaters. , conservation, storage, and other water-management programs. |
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