Bret Stone is a founding partner of Paladin Law Group. Mr. Stone has been working on environmental issues for over 20 years.

The depth of his experience includes responding to environmental problems (e.g., pollution or other forms of environmental contamination), risk management and regulatory compliance, cleantech and green businesses, green building, climate change, and sustainability.

Mr. Stone’s client base is equally diverse: from emerging startups to multinational Fortune 500 companies, to municipalities and special districts. Mr. Stone’s work includes Brownfields redevelopment, real estate transfers, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and litigation.

For a developer, he successfully negotiated immunity for environmental liability under the first agreement of its kind under the California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act (“CLRRA”) with the Regional Water Quality Control Board – Central Coast Region.

Mr. Stone has worked on sites involving manufacturing, metal plating and anodizing, dry cleaning, printing, ship building, and oil exploration and production.

He is also recognized for his success in representing insurance policyholders and, through insurance archaeology, bringing historical insurance assets to the table to cover environmental, asbestos, and products liability claims.

Further, for his clients working in global markets, Mr. Stone has experience working through international laws and regulatory directives in Europe and Asia.

His focus on sustainable development includes carbon, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade, water, renewable energy, social and human impacts, and the business acumen to make the project financially viable.

State Bar of California, 1997

United States District Court, Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California

California Department of Real Estate, Real Estate Broker, 2001