Samantha Seikkula assists clients on matters involving compliance with and challenges to environmental and land-use regulations and entitlements.
Samantha advises clients in connection with:
Infrastructure and development projects
Environmental and land-use laws, including:
CEQA
Local zoning and land-use regulations and ordinances
Local and state ballot initiative and referendum requirements
Actions before agencies such as the California Public Utilities Commission, and various municipal and local agencies
Challenges to and defenses of residential and commercial projects throughout Southern California in state administrative and judicial proceedings
While in law school, Samantha served as the editor-in-chief of the Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal. Samantha also externed for Judge M. James Lorenz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
Thought Leadership
Co-Author, "EPA Targets Oil and Gas Sector with Suite of New Emissions Rules," Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, May 2016
Co-Author, "President Obama Signs PIPES Act of 2016, Reauthorizing PHMSA and Introducing New Mandates for Oil and Gas Pipeline Programs," Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, June 2016
Co-Author "California Court of Appeal Partially Upholds Air Quality Thresholds of Significance Following State Supreme Court Decision," Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, August 2016
Co-Authored “California Supreme Court Addresses Subsequent Review Under CEQA; Rejects Lishman “New Project” Test,” Latham's Clean Energy Law Report, September 2016
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
California
Education
JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 2015
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2012 cum laude, College Honors
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