James Arnone

 Jim Arnone is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins LLP and is the global chair of the Environment, Land & Resources Department. He previously served as the deputy managing partner of the Los Angeles office and as the global co-chair of the Environmental Litigation Practice Group.

Arnone’s practice encompasses a wide range of project development work and litigation and has included extensive state court writ of mandamus and similar litigation since he started practicing law 28 years ago.

Arnone is a lecturer in law at the USC Gould School of Law, where he has taught Environmental Law for more than 20 years. In addition, he is a frequent author and lecturer on environmental, climate change and real estate law. He co-authored a global climate change chapter in an ABA-published Environmental Litigation book, co-edited the Water Quality section of the California Municipal Law Handbook, and authored many articles and client alerts on new developments in land use and environmental law. He has co-chaired a day-long CEQA symposium annually since 2005, convening highly distinguished faculties from government, consulting firms and the legal community.

Arnone is also a member of the California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, where he serves as chair of its Environmental Policy Committee. His community activities include having served as chair of the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA’s Board of Managers, chair of AIDS Project Los Angeles’ Board of Directors, board treasurer of the West Hollywood Library Foundation and a member of the Western Center on Law and Poverty’s Board of Directors.

Arnone earned his JD from Harvard Law School and graduated with a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Bloomberg BNA
April 18, 2019
Re: Orin Kerr

Orin Kerr discussed a case that asks whether or not suspects have a legal obligation to unlock their smartphones for investigators. "In light of the lower court disagreement, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to take on this issue in the next few years," said Kerr. "In the meantime, state and lower federal courts are grappling with it."

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"Antitrust Overreach: Undoing Cooperative Standardization in the Digital Economy," Michigan Technology Law Review.

Dorothy S. Lund
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“Nonvoting Shares and Efficient Corporate Governance,” Law Faculty Workshop, Pepperdine School of Law, Malibu, CA.

Gregory Keating
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Gregory Keating presented and commented on Margaret Gilberts' "Rights And Demands," at the Rights and Demands Conference held by the University of California, Irvine Center for Law and Philosophy.