Attorneys
Roger K. Masuda: Born Turlock, California, July 9, 1947; admitted to bar,1972, California; 1973, Idaho; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (A.B., 1969); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1972). Staff Writer, 1970-1971; Research Editor, 1971-1972, University of California at Davis Law Review. Author: "Consumer Credit Sale Disclosure in California," 4 University of California at Davis Law Review 123-178, 1971; "Assessment of Fish Impacts and Development of Mitigation Measures for a Water Supply/Hydroelectric Project - Project Owner's Perspective," International Energy Symposium, December 1996. City Attorney, Livingston, 1977-1984. Co-Chair, Fisheries Subcommittee, San Joaquin River Management Program, 1991- 1998 . Member: Stanislaus County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1973-1976]. Reported Cases: Tuolumne Air Service v. Turlock Irrigation District (1978), 87 Cal.App.3rd 248, 150 Cal.Rptr. 809.

In his over 30 years of practice, Roger Masuda has primarily advised and represented governmental and public agencies - first as an Army JAGC attorney with emphasis on government contracts, administrative, and environmental law, and then in private practice as general counsel and special water counsel to public agencies and as a city attorney. He has advised and represented clients on surface water and groundwater rights, the integration of surface water and groundwater resources through conjunctive use and water banking, and balancing multiple uses and demands on river systems, and FERC hydropower issues. Mr. Masuda has extensive experience in fish resource issues, with special emphasis on salmonid issues since 1975. He has negotiated and drafted significant transactional documents for major public agency projects. He has served as the issuer's (non-bond) counsel in numerous public agency and joint powers agency financings involving general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, notes, and certificates of participation. Roger Masuda also advises and represents private clients in estate planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate, real property, land use, agricultural, municipal, business and corporate law matters.

Email: rmasuda@calwaterlaw.com
Sara J. Lima: Born Cambridge, England, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990,California. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1987); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1990). Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association.

Sara Lima advises and represents clients on Brown Act, Public Records Act, Fair Political Practices Act, conflicts of interest, government contracts, water rights, domestic water systems, water resources, environmental, and reservoir recreation law matters. Ms. Lima is the Chief Assistant General Counsel for the Turlock Irrigation District and is the attorney for the Don Pedro Recreation Agency and the Don Pedro Project Board of Control.  

Email: slima@calwaterlaw.com