Lecturers in Law

Joseph Byrne is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Best Best & Krieger and is a member of the firm’s Environmental Law & Natural Resources, Special Districts and Business practice groups. He provides general counsel services and advises both public and private sector clients on water law and government strategies, and has additional experience in general business law.

Byrne serves as general counsel to the Castaic Lake Water Agency, Municipal Water District of Orange County and the Rowland Water District, and he works closely with a number of other public entities, including the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District, City of Santa Maria and other cities and special districts. In his general counsel capacity he advises clients on a broad range of issues, including; contracts, opening meeting laws, the Public Records Act, the California Environmental Quality Act, conflicts of interest, personnel, public works bidding and contracts, and general compliance with state and federal laws. He regularly attends public agency meetings and works closely with elected board members.
 

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Newsweek
June 22, 2018
Re: Orin Kerr

Orin Kerr was quoted about a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that decided whether cell phone records could be obtained by the federal government without a warrant. According to Kerr, the government’s case relied on older cases stemming from the 1970s when technology was inferior to today’s wireless and heavily interconnected world.

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP

Jonathan Barnett
April, 2018

Jonathan Barnett's original op-ed posted in The Hill "SCOTUS is About to Hear the Easiest Antitrust Case Ever" was reprinted in Competition Policy International on April 2, 2018.

George Lefcoe
April, 2018

George Lefcoe attained SSRN's designation as being in the top 10% of Authors on SSRN by all-time downloads.

Daniel Klerman
April, 2018

“Reputational Economies of Scale” posted to SSRN and BePress.