|
Julia Bond is an experienced trial and appellate court litigator specializing in land use and environmental litigation. Julia represents primarily public entity clients in litigation involving a wide range of land use and environmental laws, including the California Environmental Quality Act, the State Planning and Zoning Law, the Coastal Act, the Subdivision Map Act, the Mitigation Fee Act, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act and civil rights claims in the land use context. Julia is the co-author of the Land Use Litigation chapter of California Land Use Practice, published by CEB in 2006.Ms. Bond also has substantial appellate experience and is a member of the firm's appellate group. She currently represents the City of Rancho Cordova in an important CEQA case in the California Supreme Court relating to analysis of water supply issues in environmental impacts reports. She also assisted the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) in a Supreme Court case involving the Public Records Act.Julia represented LAWA in connection with its approval of a major expansion of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Julia has assisted LAWA with regard to compliance with CEQA, NEPA, the California Coastal Act, the federal Coastal Zone Management Act and other state and federal regulatory laws, and in the defense of the CEQA lawsuits challenging the approval of the LAX expansion plans. Julia is also representing the Port of Los Angeles in connection with several large projects.Prior to joining Meyers Nave, Julia worked at Rutan & Tucker in Costa Mesa, where she represented public agency clients in land use and environmental litigation. Julia also served as deputy city attorney for two Southern California cities, and, in that capacity, counseled those cities on a variety of matters, including Brown Act, conflict of interests, elections, Public Records Act, CEQA and land use issues.Julia received her B.A. from Smith College, where she graduated cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1993, where she also served as an editor for the UCLA Law Review. | 