Background
Somach, Stuart Leslie was born on May 7, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gene and Irma M. (Lubell) Somach.
Somach, Stuart Leslie was born on May 7, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Gene and Irma M. (Lubell) Somach.
San Jose State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (Juris Doctor, 1979).
United States. v. California 694 F.2d 1171 (9th Circuit 1982); National Audubon Society v. Superior Court, 33 California 3d 419 (1983); Sayles Hydro Associates v. West. Don Maughan, 985 F.2d 451 (9th Circuit 1990); Jordan v. City of Santa Barbara (1996) 46 Cal.App.4th 1245, review den. 9/18/96Worked at De Cuir & Somach, A Professional Corporation (Sacramento, California) specializing in Civil Litigation, Water Law, Natural Resources Law, Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, California. 1981, United States. District Court, Eastern District of California, United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. 1982, United States. District Court, Central District of California.
1985, United States. Supreme Court. 1988, District of Columbia.
Member: Moot Court Honors Board.
Traynor Society. Author: "Water Rights, Water Supply and Water Related Law," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1985, 1988 and 1990. "The Excess in Environmental Regulation of the Water Resource," 20 Pacific Law Journal 337, 1989.
"The American River Decision: Balancing Instream Protection with other Competing Beneficial Uses," 1990 Rivers, Studies in the Science Environmental Policy, and Law of Instream Flow, Volume 1(14).
"Who Owns Reclaimed Wastewater?" (25 Pacific Law Journal 1087, 1994). "What Outrages Maine About the Endangered Species Acting" (24 Envtl. L. 801, 1994) Adjunct Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.
Attorney, United States.
Department of the Interior Solicitor"s Honors Program, 1979-1980. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Eastern District, California, 1982. Senior Trial Attorney, United States.
Department of Justice, 1983-1984.
Attorney Delegate to 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1989-1992. Member: Federal (President, Sacramento Chapter, 1989-1990) and American (Chairman, Water Resources Committee, Section on Natural Resources Law, 1990-1992) Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Member American Bar Association (chairman water resources committee 1990-1992), Federal Bar Association, Association Trial Lawyers American, California Bar Association, Sacramento County Bar Association, Traynor Honor Society.
Married Christine L. Letcher, June 15, 1969. Children: Rebecca, Cory.