Everett
L. DeLano III
everett@delanoanddelano.com
Everett DeLano specializes in land use and environmental law,
including matters under the California Environmental Quality
Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act,
Business & Professions Code § 17200, Proposition
65, as well as Constitutional matters such as civil rights
violations and inverse condemnation. Mr. DeLano represents
homeowners' associations, non-profit organizations, and neighborhood
groups and individuals concerned about land use and environmental
issues. His work includes advocacy before municipal and administrative
entities and litigation in federal and State court.
Logan Jenkins, a San Diego Union-Tribune columnist, dubbed
Mr. DeLano as "the NIMBY lawyer," proclaiming no
one is smarter "at applying the legal brakes to community-opposed
development."
Mr. DeLano graduated with a degree in Political Science from
the University of San Diego in 1989. He attended law school
at the University of Southern California, where served on
the Interdisciplinary Law Journal and Major Tax Journal, served
as an extern to the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and was the sole recipient
of the U.S. Law Week Award. He graduated from law school in
1992 and is licensed to practice law in both California and
Colorado.
Before starting his own practice in San Diego's North County
in 1998, Mr. DeLano worked with the Natural Resources Defense
Council in Los Angeles, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund
in Denver, and the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies in Boulder,
Colorado. Among his cases, Mr. DeLano has represented plaintiffs
in litigation against: (1) a State department of transportation,
resulting in a multi-year injunction forcing the agency to
decrease its water pollution; (2) a major San Diego shipyard,
which resulted in a court-ordered cleanup and fine; (3) a
proposed reopening of an older-technology oil refinery, resulting
in a settlement that ensured the site would be cleaned up
and the refinery would not resume operations; (4) a demolition
project on proposed parkland, resulting in a court order requiring
consideration of the impacts of the entire park project; and
(5) a proposed landfill, resulting in court decisions requiring
two different agencies to consider the full scope of the environmental
impacts associated with their actions.
Cases
on which Mr. DeLano has worked that have resulted in published
decisions include RiverWatch v. County of San Diego Department
of Environmental Health (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 768;
RiverWatch v. Olivenhain Municipal Water District (2009)
170 Cal.App.4th 1186; McLeod v. Vista Unified School District
(2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 1156; Center for Biological Diversity
v. FHA (2003) 290 F.Supp.2d 1175; Natural Resources
Def. Council v. Southwest Marine, Inc. (2001) 242 F.3d
1163; Communities for a Better Environment v. Cenco Refinery
Co. (2001) 179 F.Supp.2d 1128; Communities for a Better
Environment v. Cenco Refinery Co. (2001) 180 F.Supp.2d
1062; Natural Resources Defense Council v. Southwest Marine,
Inc. (1999) 39 F.Supp.2d 1235; Natural Resources Defense
Council v. Southwest Marine, Inc. (1998) 28 F.Supp.2d
584; Natural Resources Defense Council v. Southwest Marine,
Inc. (1996) 945 F.Supp. 1330; and Natural Resources
Defense Council v. Southwest Marine, Inc. (1994) 857 F.Supp.
734.
Mr. DeLano has served on several boards of directors, including
Communities for a Better Environment and The Escondido Creek
Conservancy. Among other things, he enjoys hiking, skiing,
racing cars, riding horses, and spending time with his wonderful
wife and children.
M.
Dare DeLano
dare@delanoanddelano.com
Ms. DeLano received her B.A (Cum Laude, Phi Betta Kappa) from
the University of Dallas in 1990. She received her J.D. from
the University of Virginia School of Law in 1994, where she
served on the Articles Review Board for the Virginia Environmental
Law Journal. In 1996, Ms. DeLano received an LL.M in international
law from the New York University School of Law, where she specialized
in international environmental law.
Before joining the firm in 2002, Ms. DeLano worked for the
Natural Resources Defense Council in New York, in the Water
and Coastal Program. While there she helped to develop a regional
program focused on cleaning up pollution of the Long Island
Sound. Ms. DeLano served as the NRDC spokesperson for coastal
and beach water issues, giving national press conferences
and fielding media calls. Prior to NRDC, Ms. DeLano worked
as a Legal Intern at the National Wildlife Federation, and
as an Attorney for the Legal Aid Society in New York. She
is admitted to the Bar in New York and California.
Tyler
T. Hee
tyler@delanoanddelano.com
Tyler Hee received his B.A. from the University of Washington
in 2011. He received his J.D. from the University of Hawaii
William S. Richardson School of Law in 2014. After graduating
from law school, Mr. Hee worked as law fellow for the State
of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources focusing
on marine conservation policy. During his time as a law fellow,
Mr. Hee played a critical role in training judges who would
sit on the bench for the states first-ever Environmental
Court. He also worked to improve the enforcement of state fishing
and ocean conservation laws.
Following
his time as a law fellow, Mr. Hee worked as a Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu. In this role,
he focused on criminal misdemeanor and DUI trials. After moving
to San Diego, Mr. Hee enrolled in the Master of Advanced Studies
in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation program at Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Fascinated with
the coastal history of California, he worked with the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife to design a better model to
predict seasonal catch for the states recreational red
abalone fishery as his capstone project. Mr. Hee graduated
with his M.A.S. M.B.C in 2018 and joined the firm shortly
after.
He
is admitted to the bar in California and Hawaii. Mr.
Hee volunteers with the San Diego County Chapter of Surfrider
Foundation. Outside of his practice, he enjoys camping, fishing,
hiking, surfing, snowboarding, and spending time with his
family and pets.
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