RESUME OF LINDA C. BERESFORD

Professional Experience

Opper & Varco LLP
San Diego, California

Partner, July 2003 to present. Private law practice concentrating in the redevelopment of contaminated properties, hazardous waste cleanup (including civil litigation and appellate work relating thereto), state environmental compliance counseling, environmental permitting, land use, business and real estate transaction environmental issues, and underground storage tank issues.

Foley & Lardner
San Diego, California

Associate Attorney, 2002 – 2003. Private law practice concentrating in the redevelopment of contaminated properties, hazardous waste cleanup (including civil litigation and appellate work relating thereto), state environmental compliance counseling, environmental permitting, land use, business and real estate transaction environmental issues.

McKenna & Cuneo
San Diego, California

Associate Attorney, 1999 - 2002.  Private law practice concentrating in the redevelopment of contaminated properties, hazardous waste cleanup (including civil litigation and appellate work relating thereto), and general business civil litigation and supporting appellate work.

United States District Court, Southern District of California
San Diego, California

Law Clerk, 1998 – 1999.  Law Clerk to Magistrate Judge James F. Stiven.  Prepared bench memoranda in preparation for hearings and rulings on motions for summary judgment, motions to dismiss, various discovery disputes, and settlement conferences.

Kleinfelder, Inc.
San Diego, California

Environmental Consultant, 1993 – 1995. Prior to entering law school, worked two years as an environmental consultant implementing underground storage tank compliance programs for major gas station chain; drafted assessment and remedial action plans for approval by various regulatory agencies, including supporting staff work on the NAVY CLEAN project for Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro.

Education

Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, California, J.D., 1998. 

  • Graduated Order of the Coif (Top 10% of Class)
  • Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly
  • Director, Public Interest Task Force

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., B.A. 1993

  • Economics and Political Science major, Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Honors Philosophy Program
  • Member:  Catholic University Community Action Network

Published Opinions

The Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Diego v. The Salvation Army, 103 Cal.App.4th 755 (2002).

Publications

Author, “Brownfield Redevelopment: Laws and Cases Governing the Clean Up and Associated Cost Recovery of Contaminated Properties”, The Urban Lawyer, Fall 2002, Volume 34, Number 4. 

Admissions

State Bar of California
United States District Court, Southern District
United States District Court, Central District
United States District Court, Eastern District

Memberships

State Bar of California, Environmental Law Section
San Diego County Bay Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Sections
Federal Bar Association
Former member, Louis M. Welsh Inn of Court

 

Opper & Varco LLP, Attorneys At Law
225 Broadway, Suite 1900 • San Diego, California 92101
Telephone (619) 231-5858 • Facsimile: (619) 231-5853
svarco@envirolawyer.com