Attorney Susan Brandt-Hawley vs. Attorney Richard Harray

ABSTRACT: Monterey County Superior Court has continued the hearing for The Flanders Foundation v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, et al. (M99437) to Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 9:00 A.M., Department 14, Judge Kay T. Kingsley presiding. Petitioner’s attorney is Susan Brandt-Hawley and respondent’s attorney is Richard Harray; Susan Brandt-Hawley specializes in “public-interest environmental cases,” whereas Richard Harray specializes in “the fields of business disputes, medical, legal and design malpractice, municipal law and employment issues.” Cases of Susan Brandt-Hawley and Richard Harray are presented with links to the cases; sources for the cases are the Brandt-Hawley Law Group website and the searchable California Appellate Court database.

Susan Lynne Brandt-Hawley - #75907

Susan Lynne Brandt began a general law practice in the Sonoma Valley in March 1979. What became the Brandt-Hawley Law Group now litigates public-interest environmental cases throughout California, with special focus on aesthetics, cultural landscapes, and historic resources.

Cases of Susan Brandt-Hawley of the Brandt-Hawley Law Group:

Supreme Court: 39 cases

1st Appellate: 51 cases

2nd Appellate: 22 cases

3rd Appellate: 16 cases

5th Appellate: 1 case

6th Appellate: 13 cases

Brandt-Hawley Law Group Cases:
California Supreme Court
2001 - Friends of Sierra Madre v. City of Sierra Madre, 25 Cal.4th 165

1999 - Sierra Club v. San Joaquin LAFCO, 21 Cal.4th 489

1994 - Public Resources Protection Association v. CDF, 7 Cal.4th 111

California Court of Appeal
2008 - Heritage Fresno and Friends of Old Armenian Town v. City of Fresno, unpublished C055298

2006 - Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose, 141 Cal.App.4th 1336

2006 - 108 Holdings v. City of Rohnert Park, 136 Cal.App.4th 186

2005 - Lighthouse Field Beach Rescue v. City of Santa Cruz, 131 Cal.App.4th 1170

2004 - Lincoln Place Tenants Association v. City of Los Angeles, 130 Cal.App.4th 1491

2004 - Architectural Heritage Association v. County of Monterey, 122 Cal.App.4th 1095

2000 - Friends and Neighbors of Old Hollywood v. City of Los Angeles, unpublished B131537

1999 - Preservation Action Council v. City of San Jose, unpublished H019468

1997 - League for Protection v. City of Oakland , 52 Cal.App.4th 896

1997 - Galante Vineyards v. Monterey Peninsula Water District, 60 Cal.App.4th 1109

1996 - Stanislaus Natural Heritage Project v. County of Stanislaus, 48 Cal.App.4th 182

1992 - Sierra Club v. County of Sonoma, 6 Cal.App.4th 1307

Superior Court
2009 - Save Old Stockton v. City of Stockton, San Joaquin County Superior Court

2008 - Whittier Conservancy v. City of Whittier, Los Angeles County Superior Court

2008 - San Buenaventura Conservancy v. City of Ventura, Ventura County Superior Court

2007 - Flanders Foundation v. City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey County Superior Court

2007 - Save Tightwad Hill! v. University of California, Alameda County Superior Court

2007 - Friends of Griffin House v. Foothill-DeAnza Community College District, Santa Clara County

2007 - Eureka Heritage Society v. Eureka Unified School District, Humboldt County Superior Court

2006 - Save Our Heritage Organisation v. City of San Diego, San Diego County Superior Court

2000 - Friends of Carmel Cultural Heritage v. City of Carmel, Monterey County Superior Court

1998 - Pasadena Heritage v. City of Pasadena, Los Angeles County Superior Court

1996 - Preservation Action Council v. San Jose State University, Santa Clara County Superior Court

1994 - Friends of Douglass Hall v. Town of Atherton , San Mateo County Superior Court

1988 - The Bridge Club v. Caltrans, Sonoma County Superior Court

Federal Court
1995 - Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation v. U.S. Navy, Fed. District Court C-95-3702

1992 - North Oakland Voters Alliance v. Oakland, 1992 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 19033, 1992 WL 367096


Richard Keats Harray - #41978

Richard K. Harray
came to the Monterey Peninsula and practiced as a trial lawyer from 1968 to 2003 when he retired. He returned to active practice in December 2008, and is currently engaged in trial work, primarily in business disputes, corporate and partnership dissolutions and other complex litigation matters. He started his own firm in 1977 as Harray & Rosecrans and ultimately merged his firm with Kennedy & Archer in 2001. Mr. Harray litigates in the fields of business disputes, medical, legal and design malpractice, municipal law and employment issues. He is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.A. 1964) and Stanford Law School (LL.B. 1967). After law school he served as law clerk to Justice Roy Gargano, California Court of Appeal, 6th District. He has served as a judge pro tem, arbitrator and mediator. The American Board of Trial Advocates named him as an advocate in 1991. Mr. Harray is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern California.

Cases of Richard Harray:
Supreme Court: 1 case

6th Appellate: 20 cases