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Eric Moorman, Senior Law Clerk

Eric Moorman

Counsel
San Francisco

Counsel, San Francisco

T: +1.415.983.1211
T: +1.415.983.1211

Areas of Focus

Eric Moorman focuses his practice on environmental law, land use policy, and natural resources.

Eric advises transportation and energy clients on environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as issues arising under the California Coastal Act, Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA.)

Representative Experience

  • Represented San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) on CEQA and NEPA review and related environmental issues for the BART to Livermore extension project.
  • Advised energy clients on environmental review and permitting for offshore production platform decommissioning projects.

Professional Highlights

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Environmental Law (2024 – 2025)
  • Recipient of the 2020 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (Law360)
  • “‘A Greater Sense of Urgency’: EPA’s Emergency Authority Under the SDWA and Lessons from Flint, Michigan,” Environmental Law Reporter, Issue 9, September 2017.

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  • Associations
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law), 2017

    B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Admissions

  • California

Eric's Insights

Alert 10.09.20

Federal Court Temporarily Pulls the Teeth Out of California’s Alligator and Crocodile Product Ban

California’s recent ban on the importation and sale of alligator products in the state has faced significant legal pushback from retailers and wholesalers of alligator products, the federal government, and others, and has raised questions about the state’s authority to regulate the sale and import of animal products where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has authorized such activities in foreign and interstate commerce.

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