Sher and Leff

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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS U.S. Department of State; State of New Hampshire; State of New Mexico; City of New York; City of Pomona; City of Santa Monica; City of Santa Barbara; City of Pomona; Orange County Water District; City of Riverside; Sacramento County Water Agency; Sacramento Groundwater Authority; Citrus Heights Water District; Del Paso Manor Water District; Fair Oaks Water District; Florin Resource Conservation District; Rio Linda Elverta Community Water District; Sacramento Suburban Water District; San Juan Water District; California-American Water Company; City of Sacramento; City of Roseville; Quincy Community Services District; City of Sunnyvale; Sunnyvale Redevelopment Agency; Yosemite Springs Park Utility Company; Hawaii Water Services Company; California Water Services Company; Montara Water and Sanitary District; City of Oceanside; City of Alhambra; City of Livingston; City of Shafter; City of Wasco; City of Delano; City of St. Louis (MI); Lamont Public Utilities District; City of Bakersfield; Plumas County*; County of Maui Board of Water Supply*; South Tahoe Public Utility District* *Mr. Sher represented these clients before joining Sher Leff. Mr. Sher has brought landmark environmental litigation on behalf of plaintiffs for 30 years. He co-founded the firm of Sher Leff LLP in January 2003 where his practice focuses solely on representing public water suppliers and other public agencies in lawsuits against the manufacturers of toxic chemicals that pollute sources of drinking water. Named a Northern California Super Lawyer since 2005, in 2009 he was lead trial counsel for the City of New York in City of New York v. ExxonMobil, a federal jury trial over MTBE contamination in Queens that resulted in a verdict for the City of $104.7 million. He is currently the lead outside counsel for the State of New Hampshire in State of New Hampshire v. Amerada Hess et al., co-outside counsel for the State of New Mexico in State of New Mexico v. Amerada Hess et al., and was designated by the court as national co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in In re MTBE Litigation, a federal multidistrict litigation. Representative other clients of Mr. Sher since starting Sher Leff include the United States Department of State, City of Santa Monica, City of Riverside, California Water Service Company, Hawaii Water Services Company, Montara Water and Sanitary District; City of Livingston, City of Oceanside, City of Shafter, City of Wasco, City of Delano, City of St. Louis (MI), as well as numerous other public water agencies and utilities, in matters involving MTBE, TCP, DBCP, PCE, DDT, and a variety of other chemicals. Mr. Sher’s previous representations, among others, included the plaintiffs in South Tahoe Public Utility District v. Arco, et al. (MTBE), City of Riverside v. Shell Chemical, et al. (DBCP), and Board of Water Supply of the County of Maui v. Shell, et al. (DBCP). From 1986 until 1997, Mr. Sher practiced with the public interest law firm Earthjustice, including as its President from 1994-1997. During this period, The American Lawyer called some of his work among the “most important public lands management litigation in this country’s history.

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