- Environmental Law
- Environmental Litigation
- Environmental Regulatory / Compliance
- Appellate Litigation
- Consumer Products + Manufacturing
- Energy + Infrastructure
- Hazardous Substances and Wastes
- Land Use / Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Natural Resource Protection
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
- Product Liability and Stewardship
- Proposition 65 Counseling and Defense
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Donald E. Sobelman
Partner
Services
Education
- Harvard Law School (J.D., 1996)
- cum laude
- managing editor, Harvard Environmental Law Review
- University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1991)
- summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.)
- U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.)
- U.S. District Court (E.D. Cal.)
- U.S. District Court (S.D. Cal.)
- 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Supreme Court
April 22, 2024 Articles
New PFAS Listing Under Superfund Will Lead to Major Expansion of Liability
April 18, 2024 Articles
New PFAS Federal Drinking Water Standards Create Major Liability and Litigation Risk
November 28, 2022 Articles
Regulatory and Litigation Risks From California’s New Recycling Laws
Industry Today
September 22, 2022 Webinar
How New Climate Change CEQA Thresholds Will Impact Bay Area Development Projects
CJ Higley and Don Sobelman
March 10, 2021 Webinar
New Proposition 65 Warning Requirements for Cannabis and Hemp-Derived Products
Cannabis Industry Education Series
February 22, 2021 Articles
Cannabis and Hemp-Derived Products Subject to New Prop. 65 Warning Requirements in California
Cannabis Business Times
January 20, 2021 Articles
Cannabis Industry, Including CBD Products, Subject to New Proposition 65 Warning Requirements
June 16, 2020 Articles
Key PFAS Regulatory Standards Set in California
Industry Today
June 5, 2020 Articles
New Screening Levels for Key PFAS Chemicals Will Spur Regulatory Action at Contaminated Sites
May 21, 2020 Articles
Supreme Court Ruling Expands Reach of Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting
California Ag Net
April 23, 2020 Articles
Major Supreme Court Ruling Expands Reach of Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting to Certain Discharges to Groundwater