Remy, Thomas, Moose and Manley LLP is a law partnership focusing on land use and environmental law since 1982.

Ms. Leisy joined the firm in 1999 as an associate and became a partner in 2005. Her practice focuses on land use and environmental matters, with an emphasis on issues arising under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State Planning and Zoning Law, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the state and federal Endangered Species Act, the Integrated Waste Management Act, initiative and referendum law relating to land use matters, and other relevant land use and environmental statutes. She represents public agencies, project proponents, consulting firms, non-profit organizations, and individuals throughout all phases of the land use entitlement and permitting processes, including administrative approvals and litigation.

Starting in 2001, Ms. Leisy has regularly taught annual CEQA Update courses through the Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP), CLE International, Lorman International, and the California Continuing Education of the Bar program. Ms. Leisy also serves on the Editorial Board of the Climate Change Law & Policy Reporter which provides monthly articles and updates on Climate Change related regulations and other developments.

Representative matters in which Ms. Leisy is currently involved include the following:

• Outside counsel to the California Department of Water Resources with respect to the pending Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), a proposed habitat conservation plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and related EIR/EIS;
• Counsel to the California Prison Health Care Receivership Corporation with respect to the environmental review and compliance required to effectuate the restructuring and development of a constitutionally adequate prison medical health care delivery system;
• Lead attorney representing real party in interest in defense of El Dorado County’s approval of a congregate care project in California Native Plant Society v. County of El Dorado (2009) 170 Cal.App.4th 1026.

Ms. Leisy is also a member of the Board of Directors of Cottage Housing, Inc., a Sacramento-based nonprofit corporation devoted to empowering homeless to become self-sufficient individuals through the provision of safe and secure housing, treatment, skills development and mentorship programs. In the past, Ms. Leisy served on the Board of Governors of VIP Mentors, a nonprofit mentorship organization founded in 1972 which matches attorneys with parolees to help reduce California’s recidivism rates, and in the past, Ms. Leisy has also served on the Sacramento City-County Solid Waste Advisory Committee.

Ms. Leisy received her undergraduate degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1994, where she completed a double major in Legal Studies and Ethnic Studies. She received her law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1999. While in law school, she clerked at the United States Attorneys’ Office, Environment and Natural Resources Division, California Department of Water Resources, California Indian Legal Services and worked with the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic.