Ruth Stoner Muzzin
Top rated Energy & Natural Resources attorney in San Francisco, California
Friedman & Springwater LLP
Practice Areas: Energy & Natural Resources, Utilities, Appellate
Licensed in California since: 2011
Education: University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Selected to Rising Stars: 2019 - 2021 Friedman & Springwater LLP
350 Sansome StreetSuite 800
San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: 415-834-3800 Email: Ruth Stoner Muzzin Visit website
Details
Ruth Stoner Muzzin is a litigator with a practice focused in the energy, water, transportation and telecommunications industries and related environmental issues. She is experienced in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has represented public agencies and public utilities in state and federal courts and before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
First Admitted: 2011, California
Professional Webpage: https://friedmanspring.com/attorney/ruth-stoner-muzzin/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section Member, American Bar Association, International Section Member, 2020
- IR Global Rising Star 2021-2023, 2021
- Past President (2019), Board of Directors, Conference of California Public Utility Counsel., 2020
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Represented the prevailing complainant in an adjudicatory proceeding against a regulated public utility before the California Public Utilities Commission, 2023
- Represented a software developer in pursuing cessation of unfair business practices and settling the claims outside of litigation, 2023
- Represented a telecommunications provider in resolving contract disputes with a public agency outside of litigation., 2022
- Represented a public water district in multiple complex proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) concerning a regulated public utility's successive proposals for an alternative water supply project, including several weeks of evidentiary hearings and extensive briefing on preliminary issues of preemption and jurisdiction as well as applications for settlement and project approvals, ensuing original proceedings in the California Supreme Court, including under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and in subsequent proceedings before other state permitting agencies., 2020
- Represented a corporate client and its officers in federal court, defending against a racketeering action that claimed price-gouging during the Covid-19 pandemic and obtaining a settlement for dismissal of all claims within three months., 2020
- Represented a telecommunications company as real party in interest in a challenge to decisions of the California Public Utilities Commission in the California Court of Appeal, 2019
- Represented a public water district before the California Superior Court, the Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court, defending against a challenge under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to environmental review for participation in a major water supply project approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, including discretionary writ proceedings and traditional appeal, ultimately obtaining three reversals on appeal., 2018
- Represented 19 defendants, including a corporation's sole shareholder and president in a state administrative proceeding against the corporation, defending against allegations of alter ego., 2016
- Represented a transportation industry group before the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court in challenges to the CPUC's Transportation Network Company (TNC) decisions, including an original CEQA petition to the California Supreme Court., 2014
Industry Groups:
- Energy
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- Water
Office location for Ruth Stoner Muzzin
350 Sansome Street
Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94104
Selections
3 Years Rising Stars
- Rising Stars: 2019 - 2021