Livingston & Mattesich Law Corporation

Kathryn Doi, formerly the Senior Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary in the Office of the Governor, has joined the Government Group of Livingston & Mattesich Law Corporation. As senior counsel in the firm's government group, Ms. Doi helps business clients with regulatory affairs and economic development in California. She also provides counsel to public officials and state contractors on conflicts of interest.

Ms. Doi served the Davis administration as the deputy responsible for Indian gaming compact negotiations and as the legal office liaison to several state agencies. She was the legal office liaison to the State and Consumer Services Agency; the Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency; the Office of Homeland Security; the Office of Emergency Services; the Department of Food and Agriculture; and, the Department of Veterans Affairs. As the deputy responsible for gaming compact negotiations and other Indian issues, she worked closely with the Governor's appointed negotiators, the Indian law section of the Attorney General's Office, tribal leaders and attorneys, the Governor's Cabinet office, and other state agencies. From 2000 to 2002, Ms. Doi served the Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency as Counsel to the Secretary responsible for agency compliance with all state and federal laws. From 1994 to 2000, she was Staff Counsel to the Commission on Judicial Performance. From 1986 to 1994, she was an associate in the litigation department of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, California. Her other legal experience includes clerking for the Honorable Jane A. Restani, Court of International Trade, in New York.

Ms. Doi received her Juris Doctor from King Hall School of Law, University of California, Davis, in 1985 and her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University in 1981.

McDonough Holland & Allen PC

McDonough Holland & Allen announced the hiring of six new attorneys. Jennifer Hartman King joins the firm's environmental section. Rachael Durrett and Amber Hyman join the firm's redevelopment and public law sections, with Hyman also a new member of the employment law section. John P. Skowronski joins the real estate section. In the firm's Oakland, Calif. office, Megan Holt Matthew and Gabrielle P. Whelan round out the redevelopment, public law and land use sections.

Hartman King joins McDonough after serving as Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary to former California Gov. Gray Davis. In that role, Hartman King, 30, provided legal advice and assistance to the Governor and his staff on a host of legal issues facing the state. She reviewed and analyzed proposed legislation pending before the Governor. She advised the Governor on parole and clemency issues. She oversaw the litigation challenging the Governor's parole decisions, including several high profile cases, working closely with the California Attorney General's Office. She also served as the primary liaison in the Governor's Legal Affairs Office for several state agencies and was responsible for reviewing the agencies' significant legal and litigation issues.

Prior to her appointment to the Governor's staff, Hartman King was an associate in the Los Angeles office of Bingham McCutchen, LLP. She practiced environmental litigation and compliance, focusing on toxic tort litigation, hazardous waste cleanup actions, water rights disputes, Clean Water Act permit challenges, power plant permitting and spill reporting.

Durrett focuses her practice on both transactional and litigation matters within redevelopment, public law and water law. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a legal intern for the Animal Protection Institute where she researched law relating to animal welfare issues, as well as drafted model legislation and wrote legislative position letters. She earned her J.D. from Tulane University Law School (2003) and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley (1996).

Hyman practices transactional and litigation matters for the firm's public law, redevelopment and employment law sections. While in law school, she worked as the pro bono and public interest law coordinator of the University of Wisconsin Law School and was a summer associate at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C. She earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School (2003) and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley (1995).

Skowronski maintains a broad-based real estate and finance practice that includes the representation of national and regional clients in the acquisition and disposition of offices, hotels and multi-family housing projects, as well as real property for development. He also has represented lenders and investors in a variety of commercial transactions, including affordable housing tax credit deals and commercial-mortgage-backed security (CMBS) deals. Before joining McDonough, Skowronski was a real estate associate with Sonnenshein Nath & Rosenthal in San Francisco. Skowronski earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder (1996) and his B.A. from the University of Virginia (1989).

Matthew joins the Oakland, Calif. office, focusing on redevelopment and public law. Before joining McDonough, Matthew worked as a legal intern for Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales in San Jose, Costa Rica. In that position, she wrote memoranda regarding issues of private land preservation and conservation easements within Costa Rica. She also previously worked on international environmental matters for the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. Matthew earned her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (2003) and her B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1995).

Whelan also joins the firm's Oakland office, which specializes in public and municipal law. Her practice has an emphasis on redevelopment, land use, public contracting and employment law for public agencies and private entities. Prior to joining McDonough, Whelan was the assistant city attorney for the city of Tracy and the deputy city attorney for the city of Livermore. Whelan earned her J.D. from the Santa Clara University School of Law (1994) and her A.B. from Dartmouth College (1986).

May / June 2005