Chris Sanders has been a prominent figure in the California water industry for over 35 years. With extensive expertise in water use and management, Chris specializes in water rights and quality permitting, adjudications, water transfers, conjunctive water use, and reclamation. He is well-versed in handling matters related to the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, California Environmental Quality Act, Endangered Species Act, and Clean Water Act. Leveraging his engineering background, Chris develops strategies for resolving complex water-related issues.

Chris represents a diverse clientele, including private companies, municipalities, special districts, and individual landowners, in transactional negotiations, litigation, and administrative agency proceedings. Before becoming an attorney in 1998, he spent over a decade as an environmental engineer with the State of California's Environmental Protection Agency. Chris holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and is a licensed civil engineer in California.

Contact

chris@celawgroup.com
(916) 572-3863

Education:

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
  (with Honors)

• B.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, Chemical Engineering

Bar Admissions

• California

Professional Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America®, 2024 edition
  (Natural Resources Law)