Background
Kidman, Arthur G. was born on June 14, 1946 in Bremerton, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Arthur G. Kidman
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Washington State University (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, 1968). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Career
Worked at McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, Limited Liability Partnership (Costa Mesa, California) specializing in General Civil Practice and Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Environmental Law, Water Law, Special Districts, Municipal Law, Real Property, Real Estate Transactions and Real Estate Finance, Estate Planning and Probate, Land Use, (including CEQA Compliance), Natural Resources (including Oil and Gas Matters), Property Tax Matters, and Condemnation Actions. Admitted to the bar, 1974, California and United States.
District Court, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California.
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma.
Company-Author: "The Relationship of Just Compensation to the Land Use Regulatory Power: An Analysis and Proposal," Symposium-Land Use Planning and Control, Pepperdine Law Review, Volume(s) 2, 1974. Author, "San Gabriel Valley Groundwater Contamination as Cause of Water Scarcity," Proceedings, 17th Biennial Conference on Groundwater.
University of California Water Resources Center, California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board, Report Number.
72, May 1990. "Pros and Cons of Groundwater Management or Look Out Foreign Some Extremely Bogus Thinking," Proceedings, 18th Biennial Conference on Groundwater, University of California Water Resources Center, California Department of Water Resources and State Water Resources Control Board, September 1991. Extension Instructor in Water Law, University of California, Irvine.
General Counsel, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, 1993.
Rancho California Water District, 1980-1992. Yorba Linda Water District 1979. Santiago County Water District, 1983.
Three Valleys Municipal Water District 1983-1988.
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District 1985-1991. Mesa Consolidated Water District, 1978-1981.
Member: Orange County Bar Association. The State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Public Law.
Real Property Law); Association of California Water Agencies (Member: Legislative Committee and Legal Affairs Committee.
Chairman, Attorneys Conference, 1976-1980). Military: First lieutenant, United States. Army, 1968-1971
The partners and associates of McCormick, Kidman & Behrens have specialized in representing municipalities, special districts, business entities and individuals state-wide in matters of public law, eminent domain, water rights, environmental and land use issues.
The firm"s extensive experience in representing public entities enables it to provide a unique expertise to public entities as well as private companies and individual clients in these areas.
The firm also provides representation and advise in the area of probate and estate planning, business transactions and litigation with considerable expertise. lieutenant is the philosophy of the firm to provide clients with attentive and efficient legal services.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Orange County Bar Association. The State Bar of California (Member, Sections on: Public Law. Real Property Law); Association of California Water Agencies (Member: Legislative Committee and Legal Affairs Committee.
Chairman, Attorneys Conference, 1976-1980).
Military: First lieutenant, United States. Army, 1968-1971.
