Career Highlights

• Successfully representing both community groups and public agencies in CEQA litigation.
• Representing a variety of clients in litigating novel and complex challenges to local regulation and land use decisions, including defending COVID-19 emergency measures and challenging approval of detention center operations.
• Aiding in public acquisition of land to build long-term flood protection for communities in flood-prone regions.

Community Service, Publications, and Recognitions

• Member, Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association Environmental Law Section.
• Mindy Jian and Seph Petta, Planning for Environmental Justice: Implementing SB 1000, SMW In the Public Interest (Jul. 26, 2022).

Bar Memberships

Member of the Bars of the State of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California.

Education

UCLA School of Law, JD, 2020

University of Chicago, BA in International Studies and Environmental Studies, 2017

About Me

I came to California by way of Dallas, Cincinnati, and Chicago. I love all things music (irregularly play cello and piano) and soccer. Outside of work, I’m likely escaping reality in a video game or expanding my knowledge of dog-friendly parks in the Bay Area.