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René Alejandro Ortega

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Joined Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger in:
2022
Primary Practice Areas:
City Attorney & General Counsel Services, Housing, Land Use Planning & Zoning, Public Works Labor Compliance, Litigation & Appeals

Career Highlights

  • Served as Chief Deputy City Attorney for City of San José; member of leadership team in City Attorney’s Office; advised Housing, Planning (Historic Preservation), Parks, Public Works (Labor Compliance), Environmental Services, Real Estate/Economic Development, Airport (SJC), Police, and Transportation Departments.
  • Served as Planning Commissioner for the City of Redwood City.
  • Former land use counsel for a Northeast Ivy League educational institution.
  • Former environmental counsel for various regulated entities.
  • Appellate litigation experience in state and federal courts.

Community Service, Publications, and Recognitions

  • Connecticut Super Lawyer in Environmental Law, Land Use/Zoning, Appellate.
  • Co-author, “Injunctive Relief Under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act,” Connecticut Lawyer, April 2013.
  • Co-author, “Federal Preemption in the Environmental Law Context,” Connecticut Lawyer, January 2012.
  • Co-author, “Federal District Courts Begin to Apply the Lessons of Burlington but Questions Remain Unanswered,” Connecticut Lawyer, November 2009.
  • Co-author, “Supreme Court Confirms Decades-Old Purpose of Pillar of Environmental Law,” Connecticut Lawyer, February 2008.
  • Co-author, “Application of Daubert in Environmental Cost Recovery and Toxic Tort Cases,” ABA Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts Committee Newsletter, Winter 2007/2008.
  • Co-author, “A Split in the Circuits Will Force the Supreme Court to Decide Whether PRPs Have Additional Remedies Under CERCLA,” Environmental Commentary, Andrews Litigation Reporter, Vol. 27, Issue 12, January 10, 2007.
  • Co-author, “Obstacles Exist to Grid Upgrading,” The National Law Journal, March 15, 2004.

Bar Memberships

Member, States of California, Connecticut, and New York; Second Circuit Court of Appeals; Various Federal District Courts.

Education

Boston College Law School, JD, 2003

University of California, Santa Cruz, BA, 1996

About Me

I love planning day trips with my wife and son to explore all the Bay Area (and beyond) has to offer.

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