Parissa Ebrahimzadeh Florez
Experience
Parissa Ebrahimzadeh Florez is an associate in the Environment, Land Use and Natural
Resources group. Parissa focuses her practice in environmental and energy law. Her
practice emphasizes land use, environmental due diligence, the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) permit approval process, municipal law, and land
use and environmental litigation. She also works with Indian tribes and parties
engaged in business or other transactions with Indian tribes. Prior to joining the firm,
she was a clean tech policy intern for the U.S.-China Green Energy Council where she
worked on current policy, legislation and trends in clean tech and green energy, and a
law clerk for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel. Parissa was also a Green Policy and
Leadership Intern at Green For All working under Van Jones to collaborate on key
provisions to be entered into 2009 Climate and Energy Bill passed through the House
of Representatives. Parissa was a Stoel Rives summer associate in 2010 and 2011 and a
Sacramento Bar Association Minority and Diversity Fellow in 2010.
Associate
San Diego, CA
Prior to joining the legal community, Parissa founded and ran a premiere tutoring
(858) 794-4106 direct
company that provides private academic tutoring to both privileged and
(858) 794-4101 fax
underprivileged communities. There Parissa managed over seventy-five tutors who
advised and assisted hundreds of students.
parissa.florez@stoel.com
Representative Work
Education
Regulatory Compliance
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Provide advice on various matters related to water rights, water supply and
Provide advice regarding Williamson Act issues related to developing solar
International Law and Policy
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Antioch University, M.F.A., Creative
Writing, 2005
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University of California, Irvine, B.A.,
projects on agricultural lands throughout the Central Valley, California.
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Advises and represents clients before Regional Water Quality Control Boards and
Philosophy and Comparative
the State Water Resources Control Board related to water quality issues, storm
Literature, 2002
water management and pollution control, NPDES permitting and waste discharge
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requirements.
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Advises clients regarding compliance with California's Construction Storm Water
Admissions
General NPDES Permit and Industrial Storm Water General NPDES Permit.
Environmental Litigation
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China University of Law and Political
Science
Submissions Editor, Journal of
evaluating water quality certification under the Clean Water Act.
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University of California, Davis, J.D.,
2012
Provide CEQA and permitting advice for development of solar, wind, geothermal
and natural gas energy facilities throughout California.
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Peking University
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California
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U.S. District Court for the Central,
Eastern, Northern and Southern
Represents clients in litigation under the California Environmental Quality Act
Districts of California
(CEQA).
Languages
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Farsi
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Mandarin
Parissa Ebrahimzadeh Florez
Global Climate Change Counseling
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Provided strategic guidance to developers and electrical generating interests regarding the implications of AB 32 and cap and
trade regulations.
Professional Honors and Activities
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California Diversity Committee Representative, Stoel Rives
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Recipient, Sacramento Bar Association Diversity Fellowship, 2010
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Student Associate, Schwartz/Levi American Inn of Courts
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Co-Chair, King Hall Legal Foundation
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Symposium Co-Chair, Environmental Law Society
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Member, Middle Eastern Southeast Asian Law Student Association
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Member, Native American Law Student Association
Publications
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Regular contributor to the Stoel Rives California Environmental Law Blog
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"Ten Things to Know About California's New Industrial Storm Water Permit" (coauthor), Stoel Rives California Environmental law
Blog, Apr. 2014
Civic Activities
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Volunteer, Artists for a New South Africa, 2006-2011
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Volunteer Director and Program Coordinator, Feed the Children, 2007-2010
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Volunteer, 826 Valencia, 2008-2009