Brownstein Attorneys Named to Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2024 Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s List

Brad Herrema, chair of the firm’s Natural Resources Department, and Jonathan Sandler, office managing partner of its Los Angeles office, were recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal in its 2024 Leaders of Influence: Thriving in Their 40s issue. The special report honors  leading professionals in their 40s and features insights about their careers, attributes and accomplishments.

Herrema serves as special water counsel to private corporations, private equity funds, renewable energy developers, water purveyors, resorts and golf courses, mining companies, investor-owned utilities and landowners developing innovative strategies to address water supply planning, water right permitting and adjudications, and environmental concerns. He has more than 20 years of experience handling the most significant and complex water matters in California, Nevada and across the west. A trailblazer in groundwater matters, he serves as general counsel to the Chino Basin Watermaster, which oversees the implementation of a four-decade old groundwater right adjudication in the Inland Empire. Herrema chairs the firm’s Natural Resources Department and is a director emeritus of the Groundwater Resources Association of California.

Having completed numerous jury and court trials throughout California, Sandler has litigated on a wide range of matters from their inception through judgment including a wide variety of business/commercial disputes, consumer protection matters, class actions of various nature, real estate disputes, health care litigation and employment litigation. Because of his diverse exposure, he frequently counsels clients on upcoming litigation issues and trends. In addition to serving on various committees, he serves as the office managing partner of the Los Angeles office guiding its growth and strategy. 

They were featured in the Dec. 30 special publication.