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

Ruth Stoner Muzzin