Diane Kindermann Henderson is a partner at Abbott & Kindermann, LLP. Since 1989, she has practiced in the areas of environmental, land use, and real estate law. She represents agricultural, mining, industrial, private development and public agency clients as well as other landowner and business interests in matters concerning environmental, land use, and real estate law. Her areas of practice include planning and zoning laws, CEQA, NEPA, Federal and State Endangered Species Acts, water quality, wetlands, water and mineral rights and hazardous waste matters.

Charles Cunningham, P.E., President of Cunningham Engineering, is a leader in the civil engineering industry with over 35 years of experience. His expertise within the field of civil engineering ranges from land development and planning to general engineering of roadways, utilities, subdivisions and site work. Mr. Cunningham has been involved in several winery projects, including the expansion of RH Phillips Winery and Helwig Vineyards & Winery. He understands the unique needs of wineries, especially those in rural locations, and has addressed winery projects with no municipal water or wastewater facilities, including locations which were subject to seasonal flooding. Mr. Cunningham has led entitlement processing with County Planning Departments to address water supply, wastewater disposal and flood protection concerns as well.

Glen Hansen is a senior associate with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP and his primary practice areas include land use, real estate, environmental, commercial and business litigation, as well as government law matters. Mr. Hansen’s litigation experience included reported appellate cases concerning toxic substance contamination and land use law, initiative measures, among many others – all of which come into play within land use, environmental and development litigation.

Dan Cucchi is currently a law clerk and soon to be associate with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, when he is admitted to the California State Bar. He primarily practices in the areas of land use, environmental, and real estate law. Dan was a Planner for seven years with the County of Yuba.

Dr. Deborah Golino has been the Director of Foundation Plant Services (FPS) since 1994. FPS is a unit of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at University of California, Davis. FPS is dedicated to the distribution of disease tested, true to identity plant materials produced by UC researchers or improved by technology developed by UC researchers. At this time, FPS is responsible for programs for grapes, strawberries, fruit trees, nut trees, sweet potatoes, and roses. The grape importation, quarantine and clean stock programs are the largest in the United States. These programs have played a key national and international role in distributing new crop varieties and healthy planting stocks. Since September, 1994, the department has been housed in the National Grape Importation and Clean Stock Facility, a state-of-the-art building funded by a combination of federal, state and industry monies.

Jim Clarke is a corporate and tax attorney who works with companies in many industries across the spectrum providing assistance on ownership structuring, acquisition strategy and operational tax efficiency. His practice focuses on business transactions, planning and dispute resolution, transactional tax and business planning matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions; structuring and choice of equity financings; reorganizations, acquisitions, business dispositions involving corporate (including nonprofit) and pass-through business entities, and client representation in federal, state and local tax controversy matters.

Scott Hervey is a corporate and intellectual property attorney who works with companies in a variety of different industries. He represents technology companies, entertainment/new media companies, wineries, restaurants and all varieties of brand driven enterprises in licensing and acquisitions, financings, and other general business transactions. Scott also assists his clients in protecting their valuable brands through trademark infringement litigation, domain name infringement arbitration, and proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Trademark Trial and Appeals Board.

Dale Stern's practice focuses on the food and agriculture industry. He provides counsel to his clients on all aspects of business operations including formation of businesses and non-profit organizations. Dale has served the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) as outside general counsel for more than 20 years. He represents many members of CAWG in their day-to-day operations including the drafting of agreements for the sale of agricultural commodities, and interactions with governmental entities. Dale regularly appears on behalf of clients before the California Departments of Food and Agriculture, Pesticide Regulation, Toxic Substances and various other state and federal agencies during rulemaking, disciplinary, mediation, arbitration and legislative proceedings. He earned his Juris Doctor at the UC Davis School of Law and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Biology with an emphasis on government regulation of agriculture from Cal Poly, Pomona where he was named the College of Agriculture’s 2010 Alumni of the year.