Resume: Robert E. Donlan
Professional
Partner – Ellison, Schneider & Harris L.L.P.; 2600 Capitol Avenue Suite 400; Sacramento, California
Specializes in water and natural resources law, with emphasis on water resource issues involving water rights permitting, groundwater rights and management, water transfers, and endangered species. Experience in public agency governance, administration and finance.
Law Clerk – California Department of Fish and Game (1996); California Attorney General, Environment, Natural Resources and Land Use Division (1995).
Professional Activities
Reporter for California for the American Bar Association Natural Resources Section Annual Publication, “Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law – Year-In-Review.”
Speaker, Association of California Water Agencies Legal Conferences, California Farm Bureau, Sacramento Area Water Forum.
Professional & Trade Organizations
State Bar of California, admitted 1996
American Bar Association
Association of California Water Agencies, Federal Affairs and Groundwater Committees, and Water Transfer Sub-Committee.
Sacramento County Bar Association
United States District Court, Eastern District of California
Education
J.D. McGeorge School of Law, 1996
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1991
