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Catherine C. Engberg

Partner
She/Her/Hers
Joined Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger in:
2002
Primary Practice Areas:
City Attorney & General Counsel Services, Election Law, Local Initiatives & Referendums, Planning & Zoning Law, CEQA Compliance & Litigation, Utility Law (CPUC)

Career Highlights

  • Serving as City Attorney, City of Half Moon Bay and Deputy City Attorney, Saratoga and Orinda.
  • Successfully representing Protect Our Communities Foundation in CPUC proceeding determining that SDG&E’s shareholders, not its ratepayers, must bear the costs of devastating fires resulting from poor management practices (SDG&E v. California Public Utilities Commission (cert. denied Oct. 7, 2019)).
  • Teaching Land Use Law at Stanford Law School and Berkeley Law.

Community Service, Publications, and Recognitions

  • Northern California Super Lawyers, Land Use/Zoning.
  • Board Member, Bay Nature Institute.
  • Former board member, Kensington Municipal Advisory Council.
  • Licensed Professional Civil Engineer.

Bar Memberships

Member of the Bar of the State of California.

Education

Stanford University, JD, 2001

Stanford University, BS, Civil Engineering/Environmental and Water Studies

Clerkship: Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of California

About Me

I balance dance mom and baseball mom duties on the weekends. I am working to improve my tennis game and hip hop dance skills, with mixed results. My black lab “Eevee” likes to take me on jogs in nearby Tilden Park.

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