GREGORY S. WEBER. A.B., Magna Cum Laude, Williams College, Williamstown, MA (1979). Religion Major. Phi Beta Kappa.

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1 GREGORY S. WEBER EDUCATION: J.D., Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA (1985). Class Rank: Top 1%. HASTINGS L. J., Volume 36, Editor. A.B., Magna Cum Laude, Williams College, Williamstown, MA (1979). Religion Major. Phi Beta Kappa. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA (1990- present). Subjects: Water Resources Law, Advanced Water Resources Law, Foundations of Water Resources Law, Water Resources Law Practice, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Prior Subjects: Administrative Law, Civil Pretrial Litigation, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Negotiations & Settlement, and Natural Resources Law. Director, Graduate and Professional Water Resources Law Program Director and Co-Founder, Pacific McGeorge Institute for Sustainable Development (Fall Spring 2010). Visiting Professor, Law Faculty, University of Salzburg (Austria) (November 2010). Taught graduate level course in cross-cultural negotiations. LEGAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE: Senior Attorney, California Court of Appeal, Third District, Sacramento, CA ( ). Served first as the court s Expedited Appeals attorney. Later served as personal attorney to Justice Rodney Davis. Associate Attorney, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Sacramento, CA ( ). Practiced in Natural Resources and Public Agencies Departments. Represented public agencies and private parties in water resources and environmental law matters. Judicial Clerk, Hon. Edmond Burke, Alaska Supreme Court, Anchorage, AK ( ).

2 PUBLICATIONS: Coauthor, Douglas Grant & Gregory Weber, Cases and Materials on Water Law (8 th Ed.) (West, Spring 2010). Author, Who Killed the Friendly Settlement? The Decline of Negotiated Resolutions at the European Court of Human Rights, 7 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 215 (2007). Coauthor, John Sprankling & Gregory Weber, The Law of Hazardous Wastes & Toxic Substances in a Nutshell (2nd Ed.) (West, 2007). Author, Assessing the Opportunities for a Collaborative Approach to Colorado River Delta Ecosystem Restoration, 19 PAC. MCGEORGE GLOBAL BUS. & DEVEL. L. J. 79 (2006). Coauthor, George Gould, Douglas Grant & Gregory Weber, Cases and Materials on Water Law (7th Ed.) (West, 2005). Coauthor, James Hogan & Gregory Weber, California Civil Discovery (2nd Ed.) (Lexis/Nexis, 2005) (Annually supplemented). Coauthor, Stephen McCaffrey & Gregory Weber, Guidebook for Policy and Legislative Development on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Freshwater Resources, United Nations Environmental Programme (2005). Author, Needling the Thread: A Moderator s Guide to Freedom of Speech Limitations on Government Sponsored Web-Based Threaded Discussions, 8 COMPUTER L. REV. & TECH. J. 323 (2004). Author, The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, in Major Acts of Congress, Brian K. Landsberg, ed. (Macmillan Reference 2003) Author, Potential Innovations in Civil Discovery: Lessons for California from the State and Federal Courts, 32 Pac. L. J (Spring 2001). Coauthor, John Sprankling & Gregory Weber, The Law of Hazardous Wastes & Toxic Substances in a Nutshell (West, 1997). Coauthor, James Hogan & Gregory Weber, California Civil Discovery (Bancroft-Whitney, 1996) (Annually supplemented). Author, Articulating the Public Trust: Text, Near-Text, and Context, 27 ARIZ. ST. L.J (1995). Author, The Role of Environmental Law in the California Water Allocation and Use System: An Overview, 25 PAC. L. J. 908 (1994). Author, Forging a More Coherent Groundwater Policy in California: State and Federal Constitutional Challenges to Local Groundwater Regulation, 34 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 373 (1994).

3 Author, Twenty Years of Local Groundwater Export Legislation in California: Lessons from a Patchwork Quilt, 34 Natural Resources J. 657 (1994). Author, The Endangered Species Act: New Weapon Enters Sixty Year Fish Fight, 3 RIVERS 276 (1992). Author, The Delta: Crossroads for California's Water Future, 9 A Journal 57 (Williams College Center for Envir. Studies, 1992). Founding & Contributing Editor, California Water Law & Policy Reporter, Vol. 1 through Vol. 2, No. 1. Contributed approximately 30 unattributed articles on then-recent developments in California Water Law. Coauthor, Weber & Schulz, "Changing Judicial Attitudes Towards Property Rights in California Water," 19 Pac. L. J (1988). Coauthor, Brazil & Weber, "Discovery," Encyclopedia of the Judicial System, Charles Scribner s Sons (1988). DISPUTE RESOLUTION & FACILITATION EXPERIENCE: Instructor, Secretariat on Environmental Matters, CAFTA-DR (Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement) Guatemala City, Guatemala (February 2012). Taught week long course in environmental dispute resolution for Central American lawyers. Instructor, Pacific McGeorge Executive Training Programs (April 2010 present). With Prof. Michael Colatrella, helped plan and teach training sessions on Negotiation, Advanced Negotiation, and Mediation. Senior Mediator/Facilitator, Center for Collaborative Policy (Sacramento, CA) (1998-present). Provided facilitation and mediation services, focusing on water resources and environmental issues. County of Napa (2013) Ongoing assessment of opportunities for constructive dialogue on land use issues in rural Napa County. Conducted Stakeholder Assessment for Groundwater Resources in the Four County Area (2008). Facilitated and mediated group of four state and federal agencies addressing fish passage and ecosystem restoration options in the Yolo Bypass ( ). Participated in the Delta Vision Stakeholder Assessment (2007), which lead to the successful launching of the Delta Vision project for the Delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Facilitated 50-member public Advisory Committee to California Department of Water Resources on a collaborative update to the State Water Plan. ( ) Facilitated 20 member exploratory process of the Sacramento Community Collaborative for Transportation and Air Quality. ( ). Mediator/Facilitator, Shasta River Coho Salmon Supplementation Project, Yreka, CA (December 2011-present). Under contract to California Trout, provide facilitation services for multi-party effort to restore population of endangered fish. Helped plan for, and then facilitated, a

4 two-day workshop on Coho salmon genetics and population supplementation approaches. Facilitated two separate working group meetings. Continue to assist Core Working Group with public outreach efforts. Mediator/Facilitator, Protect Our Waters Coalition, Mt. Shasta, CA (November 2007-September 2009). Under contract to California Trout, provided facilitation and mediation services for coalition of three non-profit organizations engaged in negotiations with large multinational corporation over a controversial proposed water bottling project. Planned and facilitated twicemonthly conference calls; quarterly coalition meetings; and six bi-monthly meetings with the corporation. Coached coalition participants in strategy and tactics. Successfully mediated intracoalition issues. Coalition successfully got the corporation to: rewrite and recirculate its deficient environmental documentation; exercise a contract withdrawal option with the public water supplier; and, ultimately, cancel the project outright and put its property up for sale. Facilitator, Judicial Council of California, Strategic Planning Retreat (June 2008 & June 2009). Co-designed and facilitated small group strategic planning sessions on leadership in a time of change for members of the Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts. Mediator/Facilitator, Upper Sacramento River Exchange, Dunsmuir, CA (2008). Conducted confidential interviews with private landowners to explore watershed restoration opportunities as part of the Upper McCloud River Watershed. Facilitator, Strategic Planning Retreat, McCloud Watershed Council, McCloud, CA (September 30, 2007). Planned and facilitated all day meeting for Board of Directors of non-profit dedicated to sustainable watershed management. Facilitator, Strategic Planning Retreat, Upper Sacramento River Exchange, Dunsmuir, CA (May 12, 2007). As a pro bono project, planned and facilitated morning session for Board of Directors of non-profit dedicated to sustainable watershed management. Facilitator, Sessions on Terrorism, and Peace and Justice, Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2006 (Dakar, Senegal) (January 4 & 6, 2006). Facilitated workshop sessions for 18 judges from 9 international courts, commissions and tribunals. Facilitator, Forest Stewardship Council, Bonn, Germany ( ). As a pro-bono project for the Institute for Sustainable Development at Pacific McGeorge, planned a stakeholder-led review and revision of the internal dispute resolution processes for an international non-governmental organization dedicated to sustainable forestry. Made presentations and led workshops on the project in Manaus, Brazil (Dec. 2005) and Bonn, German (Sept. 2004). Instructor, Plea Bargaining and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Criminal Processes, Training Session for Chilean Prosecutors and Defenders (Sacramento, CA) (January and February 2004) and (Santiago, Chile) (December 2004). Co-led four, two-day workshops on negotiation skills for approximately 40 Chilean lawyers (taught, in part, in Spanish). Facilitator, Session on Judicial Independence, Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2004 (Salzburg, Austria) (July 1, 2004). Facilitated morning workshop for 14 judges from 8 international courts, commissions and tribunals. In attendance, as an observer: Justice Anthony Kennedy, United States Supreme Court.

5 Facilitator, Session on Judicial Ethics, Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2003 (Salzburg, Austria) (July 24, 2003). Facilitated day-long workshop on ethics for 14 judges from 9 international courts, commissions and tribunals. Planned session and helped develop materials. Consultant, Forest Stewardship Council, Oaxaca, Mexico (Spring 2000). With two colleagues, investigated and reported on a dispute involving the setting of regional standards for sustainable forestry in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Co-authored 100 page report, with over 100 specific findings and conclusions. Consultant, Forest Stewardship Council, Oaxaca, Mexico (Winter ). Developed dispute resolution protocol for a multi-national NGO that promotes sustainable development standards for forests and forest products. Won Board of Directors approval of protocol. PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES: Presentation, Current Developments in California Water Resources Law (CLE International), San Francisco (October 2012). Panelist, Confronting Confrontation: Anti Government Protest in Public Policy Collaboration, Association for Conflict Resolution, Section of Environment & Public Policy Conference, Tucson, AZ (May 21, 2012). Co-Organizer, Critical Intersections for Energy & Water Law: Exploring New Challenges & Opportunities, University of Calgary, May 20-21, 2009 (Co-sponsored by the Pacific McGeorge Institute for Sustainable Development, the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, and the UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy & Science, Dundee, UK). Co-Organizer, Taking Stock of Sustainable Development at 20: A Principle at Odds with Itself?, Pacific McGeorge Institute for Sustainable Development, November 16-17, 2007 (Saturday session). Organizer, The Business of Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Multinational Business Enterprises, Pacific McGeorge Institute for Sustainable Development, February 24-25, Rapporteur, Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2006 (Dakar, Senegal, January 2006). Organizer, Transboundary Freshwater Ecosystem Restoration: The Role of Law, Process & Lawyers, Pacific McGeorge Institute for Sustainable Development, February 18-19, Presentation, Assessing the Opportunities for a Collaborative Approach to Colorado River Delta Ecoysystem Restoration, Pacific McGeorge Institute for Sustainable Development, February 19, Rapporteur, Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2004 (Salzburg, Austria, July 2004). Speaker, Negotiated Rulemaking and California, Sacramento County Bar Ass n, Environmental Law Section (October 7, 2003). Rapporteur, Brandeis Institute for International Judges 2003 (Salzburg, Austria, July 2003).

6 Speaker, Encouraging Negotiated Rulemaking in California, Sacramento County Bar Ass n, Administrative Law Section (April 28, 2003) Presentation, Potential Innovations in Civil Discovery: Lessons for California from the State and Federal Courts, California Law Revision Commission, Sacramento, CA (May 2002). Speaker, Public Trust Doctrine: How Administrators Rather than Courts are Clarifying the Doctrine, 15th Annual Water Law Conference, American Bar Association, Section of Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment, San Diego, CA (Feb. 20, 1997). Amicus Curiae, Baldwin v. County of Tehama, 36 Cal. Rptr. 2d 886 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994). Speaker, "California Courts of Appeal: Standards of Review," California Center for Judicial Education and Research, 1993 Appellate Justices Institute, Palm Springs, CA (April 29, 1993). Speaker, "California Groundwater Law and the Recent Proliferation of County Groundwater Ordinances," CLE International, "California Water Law" Seminar, San Francisco, CA (March 18, 1993). Witness, "The California Environmental Quality Act," Joint Hearings of the California Legislature, Senate Committees on Judiciary, Local Government, Natural Resources, and others (January 12, 1993). Testified on proposals to streamline the California Environmental Quality Act. Speaker, "Current Developments in California Water Law," CLE International, "California Water Law" Seminar, Los Angeles, CA (September 1991). PUBLIC SERVICE: Facilitator, Strategic Planning Retreat, Upper Sacramento River Exchange, Dunsmuir, CA (May 12, 2007). As a pro bono project, planned and facilitated morning session for Board of Directors of non-profit dedicated to sustainable watershed management. Consultant, Forest Stewardship Council, Bonn, Germany (Current). As a pro-bono project for the Institute for Sustainable Development at Pacific/McGeorge, facilitating a stakeholder-led review and revision of the internal dispute resolution processes for an international nongovernmental organization dedicated to sustainable forestry. Researcher, Fondo Mundial Para La Naturaleza Mexico (World Wildlife Fund) (Spring 1998). While on sabbatical leave, volunteered to research (in Spanish) Mexican land tenure, forest resources, and environmental law issues for a community of indigenous people in the Sierra Norte mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Consultant, Forest Stewardship Council, Oaxaca, Mexico (Winter ). While on sabbatical leave, volunteered to develop a dispute resolution protocol for a multi-national Non Governmental Organization that promotes sustainable development standards for forests and forest products. Won Board of Directors approval of protocol.

7 Consultant, California Law Revision Commission, Administrative Rulemaking Project ( ). Commissioner & Vice Chair, Natural Resources Commission, City of Davis, CA ( ). Advised the Mayor and City Council about natural resources and environmental issues affecting the City of Davis. Served on the Hazardous Waste Subcommittee, monitoring and reporting quarterly on the clean-up of a dozen hazardous waste sites in Davis, including two Superfund sites. PERSONAL: Spent Fall 2010 in Aix-en-Provence, France, and Fall 1998-Spring 1999 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. Languages: Spanish (proficient); French (intermediate). Admitted to practice, State Bar of California (inactive). Member: American Bar Association, Association of American Law Schools.