BRITT K. STROTTMAN MEDIA COVERAGE
Britt K. Strottman is a seasoned litigator with 15 years of experience, more than 30 jury trials, and over 60 state and federal administrative hearings. She serves as Chair of Meyers Nave’s statewide Crisis Management: Public Policy, Ethics and Investigations Practice Group. Britt has earned numerous recognitions for her expertise, results and leadership in California’s legal profession, including “Top 100 Lawyers” (2016), “Top 100 Women Lawyers” (2015), “Top 20 Under 40” (2015), “Giant Slayer” (2015) and “Top 75 Women Lawyers” (2014).
Many of Britt’s high-profile cases receive extensive media Britt K. Strottman attention. Please click on the links in the Table of Contents Principal below to guide you to media coverage, including article quotes and televised interviews, of Britt’s front-page work. 555 12th Street, Suite 1500 Oakland, CA 94607 Table of Contents T: 510.808.2000 F: 510.444.1108 [email protected] I. Catastrophic gas pipeline explosion in the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea (p. 2)
II.Multi-Million Dollar Wastewater AgencyRatepayer Dispute (p. 2)
III.Deadly Gas Pipeline Explosionin the City of San Bruno (pp. 2-4)
IV.Butte Fire in Calaveras County (p. 4)
V. Nortenos Gang Injunction (p.4)
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I. Catastrophic Gas pipeline explosion in the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
Print Carmel Fears PG&E Tampered with Records in 2014 Blast, SF Gate, 01/17/2016
II. Wastewater agency ratepayer dispute
Print Wastewater Agencies Demand San Jose Turn Over Public Records Tied to Wastewater Treatment Plant Expenses, PR Newswire, 03/09/2016
Television Santa Clara Co. Group of Water Agencies Allege San Jose Uses Ratepayer Money for City Projects, KRON News 4, 03/09/2016
III. Deadly Gas Pipeline Explosion in the City of San Bruno
PG&E to Pay $86.5 Million for Backdoor Lobbying of Regulators, San Diego 7 NBC News, 03/29/2017
Commission Fine Against PG&E Survives Appeal, Daily Journal, 6/17/2015 Drinks, Dinners, Favors Helped PG&E Lobbyist Build PUC Ties, Emails Show, Los Angeles Times, 04/22/2015 (Also in Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business Week, Salon, KQED News, KOB- TV New Mexico, Houston Chronicle, Modesto Bee, KSL-TV Utah, Fresno Bee, ABC News, WTVA-TV Mississippi, Philly.com, KOST 103.5 FM, New Jersey Herald, WCF Courier, Winona Daily News, WXXV Mississippi, Ledger Independent, Lexington Dispatch, NBC Monterey, Texas Valley Morning Star).
CPUC Names Latest General Counsel, Daily Journal, 3/13/2015
Emails Show Back-Channel Talks Between CPUC, PG&E, SFGate, 01/30/2015
Report: State Agents Search Homes of Former CPUC Chair, PG&E Executive, Eastbay Times, 01/28/2015
State Regulators Fine PG&E $1 Million and Order Potential Reduction in Customer Bills, San Jose Mercury News, 11/20/2014
San Bruno Seeks Records Showing Relationship Between PG&E, Regulators, San Jose Mercury News, 09/26/2014
New Judge will Oversee PG&E Rate-Setting Case, SFGate, 09/25/2014
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Its Time for Peevey to Go, East Bay Express, 09/17/2014
Shakeup at PG&E, State Agency Over ‘Inappropriate’ Talks, SFGate, 09/16/2014
State’s Share of $1.4B Blast Penalty Questioned, Washington Times, 09/03/2014 (Also on FOX News, Yahoo! Finance, The Boston Globe, Contra Costa Times, The Sacramento Bee, KTVU, The Modesto Bee, Chico Enterprise-Record, Herald of Everett, Electric Light & Power, Longview, Texas News-Journal, ABC Action News, Washington Examiner) PG&E, Our Indifferent Regulators, and the 8 Dead of San Bruno, Los Angeles Times, 07/30/2014
San Bruno Takes CPUC to Task: City Officials Seek Removal of President After Email Shows ‘Cozy’ Relationship with PG&E, The San Mateo Daily Journal, 01/29/2014
Regulators Fine PG&E in Judge Shopping Case, Fox KTVU
In San Carlos Dispute, CPUC Fines PG&E, But not Orrick, The Recorder, 12/19/2013
San Bruno Officials Suspect PUC Judge Under Pressure to go Easy on PG&E, San Jose Mercury News, 12/1/2013
Regulators Call on PG&E to Pay Record $300M Fine in San Bruno Explosion, CBS San Francisco, 07/16/2013
CPUC Arm Spurns $2 Billion PG&E Upgrades in Place of Fine, Law 360, 07/11/2013
CPUC’s Top Lawyer Blasted by Staff During, and After, Keynote Speech, The Recorder, 06/18/2013
PG&E Clarifies ‘Lost its Way’ Ad Campaign, SFGate, 01/16/2013
PG&E Consultant Defends Pope Inspections, SFGate, 01/13/2013
Television Utility Regulator in More Legal Trouble Over Emails?, NBC Bat Area, 11/24/2014
PG&E Penalized $1.4 Billion for Violations Related to 2010 San Bruno Gas Pipeline Explosion, NBC Bay Area, 09/02/2014
San Bruno Sues CPUC for Access to Blast Documents, ABC News Bay Area, 02/04/2014
Radio Ed Baxter Talk 910 Radio interview- 12/17/2014 CPUC Commission meeting -11/21/2014 National Public Radio interview - 11/20/2014 KPIX – SF (CBS) interview - 11/20/2014
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KCBS (AM) interview - 11/20/2014 National Public Radio interview - 09/4/2013
IV. Butte Fire in Calaveras County
Print Cal Fire Seeks $90 Million from Utility Company for Deadly Butte Fire Sparked by Power Line, LA Times, 04/28/2016
Television PG&E Negligence Over Pine Tree Started Butte Fire in Sierra: CalFire, NBC Bay Area, 04/28/2016
V. Nortenos Gang Injunction
Print More Witnesses Testify Oakland Gang Injunctions Case, Oakland Local, 03/08/2011
Still no Court Decision on the Fruitvale Gang Injunction, OaklandNorth, 02/24/2011
Television Man Denies Norteno Ties in Oakland Gang Injunction Hearing, CBS San Francisco, 02/24/2011
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