Upcoming Speaking Engagements
BBK attorneys regularly share their insights by speaking at conferences and hosting webinars throughout the year on timely legal and policy issues affecting clients.
| Presentation Date | Organization/Event | Presentation Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | |||
| 8/3/2026 | Institute for Local Government Webinar | Expanding Public Access: SB 707’s Updates to the Brown Act | Nicholaus Norvell |
| 8/7/2026 | California Association of Sanitation Agencies Annual Conference | Understanding the Shifting Legal Landscape | Lutfi Kharuf |
| 8/25/2026 | California Special Districts Association Annual Conference | What’s New in CEQA Review: Key Updates and Practical Strategies | Amanda Daams |
| 8/25/2026 | California Special Districts Association Annual Conference | Proposition 218 in Practice: Emerging Trends, Legal Updates, and Real-World Solutions | Lutfi Kharuf |
Past Speaking Engagements
| Presentation Date | Organization/Event | Presentation Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2026 | VATOA Webinar | A Look Ahead: What Can Local Governments Anticipate in Federal | Gerard Lederer |
| 1/14/2026 | California Association of Sanitation Agencies | Understanding and Navigating the Brown Act and the Conflict-of-Interest Code | Nicholaus Norvell and Stephanie Veniez |
| 1/15/2026 | IRWA Chapter 27 Meeting | 2026 Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation Legal Update | Mark Easter and Greogry Snarr |
| 1/20/2026 | National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Webinar | Looking to the Year Ahead – Goodbye 2025 and “Oh No!” 2026 | Cheryl Leanza |
| 1/21/2026 | Cal Cities Mayors and Council Members Academy | Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors and Officials (AB 1661) | Cecilia Martin |
| 1/27/2026 | IMLA Webinar | Navigating NEPA and ESA Compliance in a Changing Landscape | Gary Gold and Joseph Manalili |
| 1/29/2026 | ILG Webinar | Expanding Public Access: SB 707's Updates to the Brown Act | Nicholaus Norvell |
1/29/2026 | Mid Pacific Region Water Users Conference | Evolving Needs for Endangered Species and ESA Compliance | Michael Brain |
| 1/29/2026 | APP Winter Conference | Ports and PFAS | Anya Kwan |
| 1/29/2026 | ACHRO Winter Town Hall | Legislative Updates: New Year/New Laws and What to Look Out For in 2026 | Michael Travis |
| 1/31/2026 | Southwest Chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives | NEPA After Marin Audubon Society: What Practitioners Need to Know About the Changing Federal Environmental Review Landscape | Joseph Manalili |
| 2/4/2026 | California Special Districts Association Webinar | Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Supervisors | Laura Fowler |
| 2/6/2026 | Greater Ontario Business Council Vision 2026 | Housing and Continuum of Care | Lauren Langer |
| 2/11/2026 | eNATOA Webinar | The Changing Accessibility Requirements for Local Governments and PEG Channels – The Legal Perspective | Gerard Lederer |
| 2/12/2026 | League of California Cities City Managers Conference | City Hall 2050: Will Artificial Intelligence Be the Next City Manager? | Sonia Carvalho |
2/21/2026 | Independent Cities Association Winter Seminar | Ethics Training | Michael Travis |
| 2/23/2026 | eNATOA Webinar | The Future of U.S. Telecommunications and How We Got Here | Gerard Lederer |
| 2/25/2026 | League of California Cities Public Works Officers Institute | Fiber Frenzy: Navigating Fiber Deployments and Local ROW Management | Tillman Lay and Brittany Weidner |
| 2/25/2026 | California Society of Municipal Finance Officers Annual Conference | Balancing Rates with Sustainable Infrastructure Investment | Lutfi Kharuf |
| 3/3/2026 | California Special Districts Association Webinar | California Public Records Act Update 2026 | Christine Wood |
| 3/5/2026 | Sustainable Water Investment Summit | Cross-Border Water Markets: Investment Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges in the Lower Basin | Ana Schwab |
| 3/5/2026 | Water Law in California Conference | Water Rights 101 and Bring Back the Kern Case That is Pending Before the California Supreme Court | Eric Garner |
| 3/5/2026 | Water Law in California Conference | Water Quality | Anya Kwan |
| 3/5/2026 | Water Law in California Conference | Sustainable Groundwater Management Act | Wendy Wang |
| 3/5/2026 | Water Law in California Conference | Federal Funding and Legislation | Ana Schwab |
| 3/5/2026 | Water Law in California Conference | Ethical Considerations - Elimination of Bias | Lutfi Kharuf |
| 3/6/2026 | Water Law in California Conference | Land Use & Water | Samuel Johnson and Alison Toivola |
| 3/10/2026 | California Association of Councils of Governments | Financing Development Without Calling it Redevelopment | Michael Maurer |
| 3/12/2026 | California League of Cities Planning Commissioners Academy | Planning Commissioner Jeopardy! | Henry Castillo and Albert Maldonado |
| 3/17/2026 | National League of Cities 2026 Congressional City Conference | Accessible, Efficient, Online: Local Government for the Digital Era | Cheryl Leanza |
| 3/19/2026 | California Lawyers Association Public Law Conference | How Agency Technology Creates Public Records & What to Do With Them | Christine Wood |
| 3/19/2026 | California Lawyers Association Public Law Conference | Dos and Don'ts of Quasi-Judicial Proceedings | Kellan Martz |
| 3/19/2026 | California Lawyers Association Public Law Conference | Recent Statutory and Case Law Updates to the Public Records Act | Christine Wood |
| 3/20/2026 | California Association of Public Cemeteries | Ethics Training AB 1234 | Brian Hughes |
| 3/27/2026 | WonderCon2026 | Fallout: The Okey Dokey Law of the Wasteland | Katrina Wraight |
| 4/10/2026 | International Municipal Lawyers Association, Mid-Year Seminar | Telecommunications: Strategies for Local Defense as the Feds Go on Offense Again | Gerry Lederer, Tillman Lay, Cheryl Leanza and Brittany Weidner |
| 4/15/2026 | GSRMA Golden Standard Leadership Summit | Creating Respectful, Harassment-Free Workplaces: Anti-Harassment Training | Cecilia Martin |
| 4/15/2026 | GSRMA Golden Standard Leadership Summit | Ethics in Action: Leading with Integrity: Ethics Training for Supervisors | Olivia Clark |
| 4/21/2026 | Central Oregon Society for Human Resource Management | Employment Law Update | Kurt Barker |
| 4/22/2026 | CALAFCO-U Training Series | LAFCO 201: Applying Judgment in Complex Decisions | Paula de Sousa |
| 4/23/2026 | American Environmental Professionals California State Conference | Riding the Exemption Wave: The Ins and Outs of Common CEQA Exemptions | Alisha Winterswyk |
| 4/24/2026 | Los Angeles Business Council Housing, Transportation, and Jobs Summit | Innovation in Housing Finance | Michael Maurer |
| 4/27/2026 | California Municipal Clerks Association Annual Conference | Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service | Stephanie Smith |
| 4/28/2026 | California Special District Association Webinar | Rate-Setting Under Proposition 218: Legal Updates and Strategies for Success | Lutfi Kharuf |
| 5/1/2026 | County Counsels' Association of California Spring Land Use Study Section Meeting | Expanding Public Access: SB 707 Updates to the Brown Act | Nick Norvell |
| 5/6/2026 | Association of California Water Agencies | Proposition 218 Today – Legal Landscape, Rate Resilience & Legislative Updates | Lutfi Kharuf |
| 5/13/2026 | Cal Cities City Attorneys Spring Conference | Housing Approvals and Density Mandates | Amanda Daams and Lauren Langer |
| 5/13/2026 | California Special Districts Association Leadership Academy | District Policies: From Ideas to Execution | Olivia Clark |
| 5/16/2026 | California Lawyers Association Real Property Retreat | The Complicated Journey: Negotiating and Documenting Commercial Real Property Purchase and Sale Agreements | Nancy Park |
| 5/16/2026 | California Lawyers Association Real Property Retreat | Considerations in Leasing With Public Entities: Practicalities, Provisions, and Politics | Jessica Lomakin and Michael Russo |
| 5/16/2026 | California Contract Cities Association Annual Municipal Seminar | AB 1234 Ethics Training | Lauren Langer and Trevor Rusin |
| 5/19/2026 - 5/21/2026 | International Institute of Municipal Clerks Annual Conference | Storytelling as a Municipal Superpower: Communicate, Connect, and Influence with Impact | Stephanie Smith |
| 05/14/26 | JAG Conference | WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance | Gerard Lederer |
| 05/14/26 | JAG Conference | The Future of PEG Access on Cable and Beyond | Gerard Lederer |
| 5/28/2026 | California Association of Sanitation Agencies Law Symposium | Rate-ing the Future: Proposition 218, Mega-Projects, and Affordability | Lutfi Kharuf |
| 6/1/2026 | U.S. Housing Community Development Conference & Expo | From Discretion to Defensibility: By-Right Housing Approvals and Zoning Reform | Todd Leishman and Robert Murillo |
| 6/2/2026 | Bisnow Southern California K-12 School Real Estate & Facilities Summit | From Bond to Building: Tracking the Capital Improvement Pipeline, Funding, Procurement, and Delivering K-12 Projects in Today's High-Cost Environment | Tyree Dorward |
| 6/3/2026 | U.S. Infrastructure Development Conference | Navigating Alternate Delivery Model Projects Through Shifting Legal and Policy Winds | Mary Beth Coburn, Craig Hayes and Lowry Crook |
| 6/9/2026 | California Lawyers Association, Trust & Estates Law Section Webinar | Step Into Wellness: Kick Off the 2026 CLA Wellness Walking Challenge | Alison Bassett |
| 6/18/2026 | California Special Districts Association Webinar | Copyright, Trademark & Brands: Legal and Practical Perspectives for Public Agencies | Henry Welles |
| 6/25/2026 | 4th Annual ARMA California Conference | Public Records Act and eDiscovery | Christine Wood and Jennifer Ransom |
| 6/28/2026 | California Special Districts Association, General Manager Leadership Summit | Pre-Conference Workshop II: Crisis-Ready Leadership - Leading with Clarity, Credibility, and Calm When Everything Is On Fire (Literally or Figuratively) | Stephanie Smith |
| 6/29/2026 | California Special Districts Association, General Manager Leadership Summit | Burnout-Proof Leadership | Stephanie Smith |
| 7/21/2026 | California Special Districts Association Leadership Academy | District Policies: From Ideas to Execution | Nicholaus Norvell |
| 7/23/26 | League of California Cities, City Clerk Meeting Riverside County Division Workshop | Legislative Updates | Henry Castillo and Stephanie Smith |
| 7/23/26 | San Diego Comic Con | Star Trek 60th: Celebrating the Law of the Genesis Trilogy | Katrina Wraight and Joshua Gilliland |
| 7/31/2026 | Public Cemetery Alliance Annual Conference | Roundtable Discussion | Brian Hughes |
| 7/31/2026 | Public Cemetery Alliance Annual Conference | Reclaimed Graves | Brian Hughes |