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Jolie Houston Appointed to California State Bar Public Law Section Executive Commitee

July 22, 2005

Jolie Houston, Berliner Cohen partner and City Attorney for the City of Los Altos, was appointed to the California State Bar Public Law Section Executive Committee.  The term of her appointment is October 2004 through September 2007.  In January 2005 Ms. Houston was elected Secretary of the Committee commencing in 2006.

Ms. Houston joined Berliner in 1998.  She also is the Assistant Attorney for the City of Gilroy and was formerly a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Santa Clara.  In addition to her municipal law practice, Houston practices in the area of land use and public law with an emphasis on municipal law.  She has represented clients for city approvals in American Canyon, Campbell, Hillsborough, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Modesto, Napa, San Jose, Santa Clara, Saratoga and Scotts Valley.

Berliner Cohen’s land use and municipal law practice consists of experienced transactional attorneys, litigators, and regulatory specialists with extensive experienced in public and private representation in all phases of land use and municipal law.  Berliner Cohen is one of the largest and oldest law firms in San Jose serving the business and regulatory needs of private business and public agencies.  For 40 years, the Firm has developed the special expertise required by a diverse client base consisting of nationally recognized business interests and a number of Silicon Valley’s largest national and multinational corporations, new ventures, leading real estate developers and brokerages, cutting-edge technology companies, healthcare and other service providers, banking and financial institutions, municipalities, public agencies and individuals.  Berliner Cohen also meets the growing demands of the San Joaquin Valley with its expanding office in Merced.