Author Description
Paul S. Simmons is an attorney and shareholder in the law firm of Somach, Simmons & Dunn in Sacramento, CA. The firm specializes in the areas of water, natural resources and environmental law, and represents clients throughout California, as well as in Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. Mr. Simmons has represented numerous public agency and private clients in regulatory matters and litigation in connection with water rights, the Endangered Species Act, state and federal water quality laws, and other environmental matters. He represents Klamath Project contractors in the ongoing Klamath River adjudication. Additionally, he represents the Klamath Water Users Association in water rights and regulatory matters concerning the Klamath Project and in the negotiations related to the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement. Mr. Simmons is an honors graduate of both Grinnell College and the Cornell Law School, and is admitted to the bars of New York, California, and Oregon.
