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Barbara works closely with the AQMD's District Counsel on issues
ranging from interpreting the Clean Air Act to CEQA compliance and general
governmental law issues and acts for the District Counsel in his absence. Her accomplishments include legal advice for AQMD’s
landmark fleet rules, successfully defending paint industry challenges to
architectural coatings rules, and defeating the federal government’s claim
that its polluting sources were immune from AQMD permit fee regulation.
Before joining AQMD in 1989, as Senior Deputy District Counsel, Barbara
served as Deputy County Counsel for the County of San Diego for eight years
handling a wide variety of litigation and emphasizing land use and environmental
issues. In this role she represented the San Diego Air Pollution Control
District in all enforcement and litigation matters. She also served as Deputy
City Attorney for two years handling misdemeanor jury trials.
Barbara has a number of published appellate decisions including several
regarding
air pollution law. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar
of California, Environmental Law Section, from 1989 to 1992 and has taught Air
Pollution Regulations and Laws in the Air Quality Management Certificate Program
at the University of California, Irvine. She holds two degrees from the
University of Michigan: a B.A. in urban studies, earned with high honors in
1974; and her J.D. earned with honors in 1978.
For fun Barbara enjoys needlepoint and other crafts, travel, walking, and
frequently visiting friends and relatives in San Diego.
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