Giulia Gualco-Nelson

Deputy County Counsel

Giulia Gualco-Nelson joined the Office of the County Counsel in 2020.  As a member of the Environment and Land Use Team, Giulia advises the Department of Parks and Recreation on a variety of public law, land use, and environmental issues.  Prior to joining the Office of the County Counsel, Giulia served as a law clerk to the Honorable Goodwin H. Liu of the California Supreme Court.  She also served as a Research Fellow in Law and City Planning at UC Berkeley and Columbia University, where she co-authored the California Land Entitlement Study, a leading study of land use practice. Prior to law school, Giulia worked in affordable housing development in the Bay Area.

Giulia’s professional expertise includes:

• Land use
• Environmental law
• Local government law
• Affordable housing

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 2018
  • Editor, California Law Review and Ecology Law Quarterly
  • Thelen Marrin Prize for Academic Achievement
  • Ellis J. Harmon Environmental Law Writing Award
• University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 2012

Prior Experience

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Goodwin H. Liu of the California Supreme Court (2019-2020)
• Fellow in Law and City Planning, UC Berkeley and Columbia University (2018-2019)