Attorneys

Attorney Name

Assignment

County Counsel

Areas of Direct Supervision:

• Board of Supervisors​
• Civil Grand Jury
• County Executive
• County Hearing Officer Program
• Legislation and County Executive's Office - Office of In​tergovernmental Relations
• Management Auditor
• Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring
• Redevelopment Dissolution​

Other Boards:

• Redevelopment Dissolution Countywide Oversight Board of Santa Clara County

Chief Assistant County Counsel

• CEO – Information Security Office; Office of Data Oversight, Monitoring and Evaluation (ODOME) Supervision; and Privacy Office
• Department of Child Support Services (DCSS)
• Human Services - Social Services Agency (excluding Child and Family Protection Team cases and Adult and Elder Protection Team cases) Supervision
• Social Justice & Impact Litigation Supervision
• Special Projects and Initiatives
• Technology, Data Security & Privacy Team Supervision (w/ Steve Mitra for Technology)
• Writs and Appeals Supervision (w/ Douglas Press)

Board, Board Committees, and Advisory Bodies:

• Board of Supervisors (back-up to James Williams)

Boards/Commissions oversight:

• Human Trafficking Commission
• Juvenile Justice Commission
• Senior Care Commission
• Seniors Policy Council
• Social Services Advisory Commission

Assistant County Counsel

• CEO –  Learning Organization, Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance Supervision
• Education Law Supervision
• Employee Services Agency (ESA) – Administration, Benefits, Human Resources, Labor Relations Supervision
• ESA Executive Services
• Equal Opportunity Division
• FIRST 5 Supervision
• Labor & Employment Team Supervision
• Office of the County Hearing Officer Supervision
• Surveillance-Technology Ordinance Use Policies Supervision

Board Committees:

• Children, Seniors, and Families Committee

Boards & Commissions:

• Commission on Equal Access and Employment Opportunity

Boards & Commissions oversight:

• County of Santa Clara Defined Contributions Plans Committee
• Youth Task Force

Assistant County Counsel

• CEO – Offices of Labor Standards Enforcement; Mediation and Ombuds Services Supervision
• CEO – Office of Sustainability Supervision (w/ Steve Mitra)
• Civil and Code Enforcement Supervision
• CPUC Proceedings
• Environment and Land Use Team Supervision (Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency, Parks and Recreation Department, Planning and Development Department, Roads and Airports Department, and Vector Control District)
• Human Services (Office of Supportive Housing) Supervision

Board Committees:

• Housing, Land Use, Environment, and Transportation Committee

Boards & Commissions:

• Unhoused Task Force

​Boards & Commissions oversight:

• Airport Land Use Commission
• Airports Commission
• Animal Advisory Commission
• Assessment Appeals Board
• Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board
• County Community Resources Group for Stanford University
• Fish and Game Commission
• Historical Heritage Commission
• Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee
• Integrated Pest Management Technical Advisory Group
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission
• Roads Commission
• San Martin Planning Advisory Committee
• South County Joint Planning Advisory Committee

Assistant County Counsel

• Assessor’s Office Supervision
• CEO – Asset & Economic Development; Countywide Contracting Management; Office of Budget and Analysis; Office of Public Affairs
• CEO – Office of Sustainability Supervision (w/ Tony LoPresti)
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act Supervision (w/ Kavita Narayan)
• General Contracting and Procurement Supervision
• Finance and Government Operations Team Supervision (Clerk of the Board, Clerk-Recorder, Controller-Treasurer, Dept. of Tax and Collections, Facilities & Fleet, Fire Districts, Library, Procurement, Registrar of Voters)
• Office of Veterans Services Supervision
• Real Property and Public Works Team Supervision
• Technology Services and Solutions Supervision
• Whistleblower Program Supervision

Board Committees:

• Finance & Government Operations Committee

Boards & Commissions:

• Personnel Board (w/ Aaron Bloom)

Boards & Commissions oversight:

• Board of Plumbing Examiners
• Citizen's Advisory Commission on Elections
• Code Enforcement Appeals Board
• County Treasury Oversight Committee
• Measure A (2008) Citizens' Oversight Committee
• Measure A (2016 Housing Bond) Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee
• Planning Commission
• Sister County Commissions
• Vehicle Accident Review Board
• Veterans Commission of the County of Santa Clara

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Assistant County Counsel

• Child and Family Protection (juvenile dependency cases) Supervision
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act Supervision (w/ Steve Mitra)
• County Executive’s Office – Offices of Census; Cultural Competency; Gender-Based Violence Prevention; Immigrant Relations; LGBTQ Affairs; and Women’s Policy Supervision
• Fairgrounds Management Corporation Supervision
• Public Safety and Justice Team Supervision (County Communications, District Attorney’s Office, Medical Examiner-Coroner, Office of Emergency Management, Office of Reentry Services, Office of the Sherriff and Dept. of Correction, Pretrial Services, Probation Dept., Public Defender’s Office)

Board Committees:

• Public Safety and Justice Committee

Boards & Commissions:

• Anti-Terrorism Approval Authority
• Hate Crimes Task Force
• Re-Entry Network
• Santa Clara County Emergency Operational Area Council

Boards & Commissions oversight:

• Advisory Commission on Consumer Affairs
• Asset Forfeiture Fund Oversight Comm.
• CEDAW Task Force
• Certification Appeals Board
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Community Corrections Partnership
• Domestic Violence Council
• Human Rights Commission
• Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
• Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative
• SCC Cal-ID Remote Access Network Bd.
• SCC Inmate Welfare Fund Committee

​Assistant County Counsel

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation Supervision
• Claims Administration Supervision
• Health & Hospitals Team Supervision (Behavioral Health Services, Community Health, County Hospitals, Custody Health, Emergency Medical Services, Public Health, Valley Health Plan)
• Jail Consent Decrees Supervision
• Writs and Appeals Supervision (w/ Greta Hansen)

Board Committees:

• Federal Affairs Advocacy Task Force
• Health and Hospital Committee

Boards & Commissions oversight:

• Behavioral Health Board
• Child Abuse Prevention Council
• Emergency Medical Care Committee
• Health Advisory Committee
• HIV Commission
• Homeless Healthcare Advisory Board
• Race and Health Disparities Community Board
• Santa Clara County Health Care Reform Implementation Stakeholders' Working Group

Attorney Name

Assignment

• Labor & Employment 

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Education Law (labor and employment issues)
• Employee Services Agency - Benefits, Hiring
• Fairgrounds Management Corporation Labor and Employment
• Labor & Employment
• Occupational Safety and Environmental Compliance

Boards & Commissions:

• County of Santa Clara Defined Contributions Plans Committee

• Civil and Code Enforcement
• Finance and Government Operations team projects 

• Assessor Litigation
• Assessor’s Office (w/ Robert Nakamae)
• County Hearing Officer
• Independent Defense Counsel Office
• Public Defender’s Office

Board & Commissions:

• Code Enforcement Appeals Board

• Civil and Code Enforcement
• Custody Health Services
• Jail Consent Decrees (w/ Aryn Harris)
• Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Board & Commissions:

• Personnel Board (w/ Steve Mitra)

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Equal Opportunity Division (w/ Relic Sun)
• Labor & Employment

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Bail Bonds Appeals
• Cable Franchise / Water Franchise
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• County Executive’s Office – Office of ReEntry Services
• Department of Correction (w/ Karun Tilak)
• Office of Veterans’ Services
• Pitchess Petitions
• Sheriff’s Office (w/ Karun Tilak)

Board & Commissions:

• Board of Plumbing Examiners
• Veterans Commission of the County of Santa Clara

• County Hospital Facilities PSAs and PAs
• County Sanitation District No. 2-3
• Public Works

• Office of Supportive Housing Real Property and Finance Issues 
• Real Property

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

Lead Deputy​

• Lead for Real Property and Public Works Team
• Central Fire Protection District
• Facilities and Fleet Department (see Karen Willis for real property)
• Los Altos Hills County Fire District
• Rancho Rinconada Recreation and Park District
• Redevelopment Dissolution
• Roads and Airports Department
• South Santa Clara County Fire District

Board & Commissions:

• Airports Commission
• Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board
• Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee
• Measure A (2016 Housing Bond) Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee
• Planning Commission
• Roads Commission

• County Communications
• ESA – Human Resources
• Labor & Employment
• Learning and Employee Development
• Medical Staff (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Michaela Lewis)

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Labor & Employment 
• Surveillance-Technology Ordinance Use Policies

• Emergency Medical Services
• Health and Hospital IT Contracts
• Health and Hospital Physician Contracts
• Healthlink Implementation / Data Migration for OCH/SLRH
• Valley Health Plan (w/ Dave McDonough and Jenny Sprinkles)

Boards & Commissions:

• Emergency Medical Care Committee

• Social Justice & Impact Litigation
• Social Services Agency Department of Employment & Benefits Services, In Home Supportive Services, and Senior Nutrition Programs General Advice

• Clerk-Recorder 
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• Department of Tax and Collections General Advice
• Finance and Government Operations projects

• Environment and Land Use team projects
• Finance and Government Operations team projects
• Real Property

Lead​ Deputy

• Lead for Health & Hospitals Team
• County Hospitals (w/ Jennifer Sprinkles and David McDonough)
• Health & Hospitals Compliance (w/ Michaela Lewis)
• Medical Staff (w/ Michaela Lewis and Nancy Clark)

Boards & Commissions:

• Santa Clara County Health Care Reform Implementation Stakeholders' Working Group

• Intellectual Property (w/ Robert Nakamae)
• Technology, Data Security & Privacy
• Technology Services & Solutions (w/ Robert Nakamae)

• Social Justice & Impact Litigation
• Writs and Appeals

• County Executive's Office - Office of Mediation and Ombuds Services
• Parks and Recreation Department
• Planning and Development Department projects support

Boards & Commissions:

• Parks and Recreation Commission

• Annual Reporting on Non-Cooperation with Identity-Based Registries and Internment Activities
• Clerk of the Board (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• County Executive’s Office – Office of Gender- Based Violence Prevention
• County Executive’s Office – Office of LGBTQ Affairs
• County Executive’s Office – Office of Women’s Policy
• Education Law
• Registrar of Voters

Boards & Commissions:

• Child Abuse Prevention Council
• Commission on the Status of Women
• Domestic Violence Council
• Human Rights Commission
• Human Trafficking Commission
• Sister County Commissions (Florence, Hsinchu, Moscow)
• Task Force on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Lead Deputy​​

• Lead for Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
• Assessor’s Office Oversight

• Civil Grand Jury
• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation
• Jail Consent Decrees (w/ Aaron Bloom)

​Lead Deputy​

• Lead for Technology, Data Security & Privacy Team
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• County Executive’s Office – Information Security Office
• County Executive’s Office – Office of Countywide Contracting Management (OCCM)
• County Executive’s Office – Office of Sustainability
• County Executive’s Office – Privacy Office
• Facilities and Fleet Energy Projects

• Department of Family and Children’s Services Advice (w/ Nandini Iyer and Laura Underwood)
• Social Justice & Impact Litigation
• Social Services Agency – General Advice, Office of Research and Evaluation (w/ Michaela Lewis)

​Lead Deputy​

• Lead for Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation 
• Claims
• Library Joint Powers Authority
• Medical Examiner/Coroner

Boards & Commissions:

• Vehicle Accident Review Board

• County Executive’s Office - Office of Emergency Management (back-up to Kavita Narayan)
• Education Law
• Public Health Department
• Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

• HIV Commission

• Labor & Employment

​Lead Deputy​

• Lead for Human Services Team
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• County Executive’s Office - Office of Data Oversight, Monitoring, and Evaluation (ODOME)
• Department of Child Support Services
• Health & Hospitals Privacy and Compliance (w/ David McDonough)
• Medical Staff (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Nancy Clark)
• Social Services Agency – General Advice, Office of Research and Evaluation (w/ Meredith Johnson)
• Technology, Data Security & Privacy

Boards & Commissions:

• Race and Health Disparities Community Board
• Senior Care Commission
• Seniors Policy Council
• Social Services Advisory Commission

• Pretrial Services
• Public Safety Legislation
• Technology, Data Security & Privacy

• ​Labor & Employment

• Civil and Code Enforcement
• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• County Hospitals (w/ Theresa Fuentes and Jenny Sprinkles)
• Health & Hospitals Privacy and Compliance (w/ Michaela Lewis)
• Valley Health Plan (w/ Wes Dodd and Jenny Sprinkles)

• Assessor Litigation
• Assessor’s Office (w/ Mark Bernal)
• Intellectual Property (w/ Andy Gottlieb)
• Procurement Department (w/ Sara Ponzio)
• Technology Services and Solutions (w/ Andy Gottlieb)

• Social Justice & Impact Litigation

• Civil and Code Enforcement
• Environment and Land Use projects
• Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency (Agriculture & Environmental Management and Department of Environmental Health)
• Vector Control District

Boards & Commissions:

• Animal Advisory Commission
• Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission

• County Executive’s Office General Contracts
• Finance Agency: Administration and Controller/Treasurer
• Santa Clara County Financing Authority
• Santa Clara County Tobacco Securitization Corporation
• Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority

Boards & Commissions:

• Assessment Appeals Board (w/ Jerett Yan)
• 2008 Measure A Citizens’ Oversight Committee
• County Treasury Oversight Committee

Lead Deputy

• Lead for Environment & Land Use Team
• Lead for Finance & Government Operations Team
• Assessment Appeals Board oversight
• Clerk of the Board (w/ Mary Hanna-Weir)
• Conflicts & Political Reform Act
• CPRA Disclosure Questions
• Fire Marshal
• Habitat Conservation Plan
• Planning and Development Department (w/ Lizanne Reynolds)

Boards & Commissions:

• County of Santa Clara Community Resources Group for Stanford University
• Fish and Game Commission
• Historical Heritage Commission
• San Martin Planning Advisory Commission
• South County Joint Planning Advisory Committee

Jeremy Pilaar

• Finance and Government Operations projects

• Blood Test Petitions
• Collections (DTAC, ESA, SSA, and County Hospitals)
• County Hospitals Subrogation
• Procurement Department (w/ Robert Nakamae)

Lead ​Deputy​

• Lead for Education Law Team
• Lead for Public Safety and Justice Team
• Census 2020
• Probation Department (w/ Mona Williams)
• Santa Clara County Office of Education
• Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

• Community Corrections Partnership
• Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
• Juvenile Justice Systems Collaborative
• Youth Task Force

• County Executive’s Office – Office of Cultural Competency
• County Executive’s Office – Office of Immigrant Relations
• County Executive’s Office – Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
• FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
• Social Justice & Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

• Juvenile Justice Commission

• Environment and Land Use projects
• Finance and Government Operations projects
• Planning and Development Department (w/ Elizabeth Pianca)

Boards & Commissions:

• Airport Land Use Commission

​Lead Deputy

• Lead for Civil and Code Enforcement Team

Lead Deputy

• Lead for Equal Opportunity and Employment Investigations

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Social Justice and Impact Litigation Fellow

Lead Deputy

• Lead for Labor and Employment Team
• ESA – Labor Relations
• Fire Districts (labor and employment)
• Labor & Employment

• CEO – Employee Wellness Program
• Community Health Services
• County Hospitals (w/ Theresa Fuentes and David McDonough)
• Health & Hospitals Ethics
• SCVMC Institutional Review Board
• Valley Health Plan (w/ Wes Dodd and David McDonough)
• Valley Homeless Healthcare Program

Boards & Commissions:

• Health Advisory Commission
• Homeless Healthcare Advisory Board

ON LEAVE

• Department of Correction (w/ Chris Capozzi)
• District Attorney’s Office (including Crime Lab)
• Sheriff’s Office (w/ Chris Capozzi)
• Social Justice and Impact Litigation

Boards & Commissions:

• Advisory Commission on Consumer Affairs
• Asset Forfeiture Fund Oversight Committee
• Certification Appeals Board
• Santa Clara County Cal-ID Remote Access Network Board
• Santa Clara County Inmate Welfare Fund Committee

​Lea​d Deputy

• Lead for Social Justice and Impact Litigation
• Appeals
• County Counsel’s Office Contracts
• Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring

Boards & Commissions:

• Community Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring Committee

• Civil and Code Enforcement
• Environmental and Land Use team projects

• Health and Hospitals team projects
• Human Services team projects
• Office of Supportive Housing

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Civil Rights, Tort, and Employment Litigation

• Behavioral Health Services Department

• Education Law
• Probation Department (w/ Marcelo Quinones)

• County Executive’s Office – Office of Asset and Economic Development
• Facilities and Fleet Department Real Property

• Civil and Code Enforcement
• Environmental and Land Use projects

• Environment and Land Use projects
• Finance and Government Operations projects

Boards & Commissions:

• Assessment Appeals Board (w/ Lesley Pak)