Whitman F. Manley

  • Education
    • J.D., Cornell University, 1987 (Order of the Coif, Magna Cum Laude); Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Law Review (1986-1987)
    • A.B., Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1981
  • Professional Affiliations and Community Activities
    • State Bar of California
      • Environmental Law Section
    • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    • United States District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California
    • Sacramento and Yolo County Bar Associations
    • AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell (1998 – present)
    • Board member, Center for Natural Lands Management (Fallbrook, CA) (2003 – present)
    • Board member, Yolo Basin Foundation (Davis, CA) (2008 – present)
    • Founding Board member, Secretary, Woodland Tree Foundation (2000 – present)
    • President (1997-1998), Board member (1995 – 2000), and chair of legal and endowment committees (1996 – 2000), Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Association
    • Contributing Editor, California State Bar Environmental Law Section, Environmental Law Section Update (2000 – present)
    • Instructor, State Bar of California (Continuing Education of the Bar); Judicial Council of California – California Center for Judicial Education and Research (2000 – present)
    • Selected for inclusion in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers® magazine

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Mr. Manley’s practice focuses on advising and representing public agencies, project applicants and citizen’s groups both during administrative proceedings and in trial and appellate litigation. His practice encompasses California and Federal environmental and land-use law, including the California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, California Planning and Zoning Law, Subdivision Map Act, Williamson Act, initiatives and referenda, air and water quality, solid and hazardous waste, forestry, natural resources, endangered species, wetlands and related matters.

Upon graduation from law school in 1987, Mr. Manley spent a year clerking for the late Chief Judge Robert F. Peckham of the Northern District of California. He then joined the environmental section of McCutchen Doyle (now Bingham McCutchen) in San Francisco. In 1991 he moved to Sacramento and joined Remy and Thomas as an associate. He joined the partnership in 1996, became a named partner in 2003, and became managing partner in 2007.

Along with Tina Thomas and Jim Moose, he is co-author of Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act (11th ed. 2007, Solano Press Books).

Published Decisions

  • Western States Petroleum Ass’n v. Superior Court (1995) 9 Cal.4th 559 (as Amicus Curiae) (CEQA)
  • Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County v. Local Agency Formation Comm’n of Sacramento County (1992) 3 Cal.4th 903 (CEQA)
  • Friends of the Sierra Railroad v. Tuolumne Park and Recreation Dist. (2007) 147 Cal.App.4th 643 (CEQA)
  • Save Our Neighborhood v. Lishman (2006) 140 Cal.App.4th 1288 (CEQA)
  • Association for Sensible Development at Northstar, Inc. v. Placer County (2004) 122 Cal.App.4th 1289 (CEQA)
  • Friends of Davis v. City of Davis (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 1004 (CEQA; Planning and Zoning Law)
  • Citizens for Responsible Government v. City of Albany (1997) 56 Cal.App.4th 1199 (as Amicus Curiae) (CEQA)
  • Chaparral Greens v. City of Chula Vista (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 1134 (CEQA)
  • Natural Resources Defense Council v. California Fish and Game Comm’n (1994) 28 Cal.App.4th 1104 (California Endangered Species Act)
  • Ecodyne Corp. v. Shah, 718 F.Supp 1454 (N.D. Cal. 1989) (CERCLA)