Water Education Foundation
This is just one post in the International Water Issues Category
Click here to view all posts

Water expert Eric Garner tapped to shape global laws; Riverside lawyer wants to build legal structure to help developing nations

Posted by: Maven on February 5, 2009 at 8:08 am

Originally published in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, here’s an article on Riverside water rights attorney Eric Garner, who has been chosen to chair the International Bar Association’s water rights committee:

Eric Garner grew up playing alongside a creek that meandered through his family’s backyard in North Carolina. Later, he visited major waterways in his extensive global travels. One was the River Thames in London and another the Seine in France. The experiences, he said, underscored the beauty and importance of bodies of water. In fact, he’s devoted his life to protecting them.

Garner, managing partner of Best Best & Krieger in Riverside, has carved out a reputation as one of
California’s highest profile and most sought after lawyers for bitter legal brawls over groundwater. He’s
helped guide resolutions of some of the state’s biggest water wars, including fights over supplies in Santa Maria, the American River in Sacramento and the Mojave River near Barstow.

Garner co-wrote a book, “California Water,” that is viewed as the leading text on historical, legal and policy issues guiding the state’s supply. He’s helped Pakistan, South Africa and other countries draft water laws, and this month began duties as chair of the International Bar Association’s water law committee.

“Eric is one of the few really bright stars among the water bar,” James L. Markman, a partner with
Richards, Watson & Gershon in Brea who has worked with Garner on several cases, said. “Water law is
very arcane, but he has almost total recall of case citations – it’s a little scary.”

Read the rest of this article by clicking here.

February 5, 2009 · Filed Under International Water Issues

Comments

Leave a Reply