Welcome to the Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker.
The Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker is a public-interest law firm in downtown Oakland, with three lawyers engaged in a full range of environmental litigation. We are committed to environmental preservation and protection and pursue high-quality, high-impact public-interest civil litigation whenever endangered environmental resources or principles are at stake.
Our clients include Sierra Club, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Friends of the Russian River, Save Medicine Lake Coalition, Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin Coalition, League to Save Sierra Lakes, Friends of the Santa Clara River, Friends of the River, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Northcoast Environmental Center, Marin Audubon Society, Desert Protection Council, North Cascades Conservation Council, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, Tri-Valley CARES, and various local governments and citizens’ groups throughout California.
Our lawyers argue before state and federal courts in California and other Western states. Mr. Volker is certified to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Suits brought by Volker Law Offices have led to the promulgation by the EPA of urgently needed water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay/ Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ecosystem, preparation of comprehensive management plans to protect the six Wild and Scenic Rivers within the Ozark National Forest, development of a comprehensive management plan for the North Cascades National Park and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, protection of Puget Sound waters from salmon farm pollution, prevention of new water diversions in the Sierra Nevada that would dewater High Sierra lakes and harm downstream fish habitat, and comprehensive revision of the General Plans of El Dorado and Riverside Counties.
Representative cases that we have recently won include the following groundbreaking suits:
City of Sausalito v. O’Neill, 386 F.3d 1186 (9th Cir. 2004)
Friends of the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency, 123 Cal.App.4th 1 (2004)
City of Martinez v. Texaco, 353 F.3d 758 (9th Cir. 2003)
Friends of the Eel River v. Sonoma County Water Agency, 108 Cal.App.4th 859 (2003)
Personal Watercraft Coalition v. Board of Supervisors, 100 Cal.App.4th 129 (2002)
The office environment is collegial, welcoming and friendly. Our comfortable offices, located in central downtown Oakland, are easily accessible by public transportation.
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