Image: 

Christian Marsh advises urban and agricultural water agencies, private development interests, and cities, counties and other public agencies on natural resource, energy, and land use permitting and entitlement matters involving endangered species, water supply and water quality, wetland and streambed alterations, California planning and zoning law, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Christian conducts trial and appellate-level litigation in each of these areas, including before the California Supreme Court. His work has helped entitle a wide-variety of projects including infrastructure improvements and development, utility- and small-scale energy facilities and associated transmission, as well as mixed-use, commercial, and residential projects.

Before practicing law, Christian served as Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he advised the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Water & Science on endangered species and water policies. He also helped coordinate the Department’s implementation of the California Bay-Delta Accord, Central Valley Project Improvement Act, and the North American Free Trade Agreement’s Environmental Side Accord. Christian received his J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law and earned B.A. degrees in Economics and Politics at the University of California Santa Cruz.