Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson, Jr. is an of counsel in O’Melveny’s Silicon Valley office and a member of the Water Industry Practice Group. He is the Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law at Stanford Law School, the Perry L. McCarty Director and Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment, and Senior Fellow (by courtesy) at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies.
The author of several books on water law and policy, he is one of the nation’s leading experts on water issues. He has advised clients on water law issues for decades, developed innovative legal strategies for best exploiting water resources and, in 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court appointed Buzz to serve as the special master in Montana v. Wyoming (137 Original).
Prior to joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1996, Buzz was a partner in our Los Angeles office, and a lecturer at the UCLA School of Law. He was a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Joseph T. Sneed of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Buzz is chairman of the board of the Resources Legacy Fund, the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, and the American Farmland Trust; a California trustee for The Nature Conservancy; and a board member of both the Sonoran Institute and the Santa Lucia Conservancy. Buzz previously served as a member of the Science Advisory Board for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Buzz advises our clients in water law property and environmental matters, and is also available to serve as a private arbitrator and special master.
Admissions:
California
Education:
Stanford University School of Law, J.D., 1976
Stanford Business School, M.B.A., 1976
Stanford University, A.B., 1972, Economics and Political Science
Member:
Board of Directors and Chair, American Farmland Trust
California Trustee and Chair of the California Water Committee, The Nature Conservancy
Board of Directors and Chair, Resources Legacy Fund
Board of Directors and Chair, Resources Legacy Fund Foundation
Board of Directors, Sonoran Institute
Board of Directors, Sonoran Institute
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