Bio

Rob Donlan is a Partner in Ellison Schneider Harris & Donlan. Rob specializes in water and natural resources law, including all aspects of surface water and groundwater rights and management; state and federal Endangered Species Acts and fisheries laws; the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); water quality and wetlands regulation; and other areas of state and federal regulation involving use and management of water resources. Rob’s experience also includes public agency governance and administration, infrastructure and regulatory finance, desalination and recycled water use, and water supply for power and energy development. Rob represents a broad range of public agencies, counties, municipalities, utilities, public and private institutions, and individual water users before federal and California courts, the State Water Resources Control Board, Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Public Utilities Commission, and other administrative agencies. Rob often advocates before legislative and administrative bodies on behalf of water users and water suppliers concerning all aspects of water rights and water management policy.