Practice Areas

Water Law

Public Agencies

Litigation

Environmental Law

Business, Tax, Agriculture and Commercial Law

Education

  • B.S. California Polytechnic State University, 1995, summa cum laude
  • M.S. University of California - Davis, 1998
  • J.D. University of California - Davis, 1998

Affiliations

  • California Bar Association
  • Director, Lodi District Grape Growers Association
  • Member, California Association of wine Grape Growers
  • Agribusiness Department Industry Advisory Council Member, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Bio

Jennifer has worked for Herum Crabtree since 1998, handling a diverse case load of commercial contract disputes, unfair competition claims, water and environmental law issues, Proposition 218 cases and other matters. She has served as lead trial counsel in court trials and jury trials throughout the state of California and in the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. She has also handled appeals for her clients in California’s Third and Fifth Appellate Districts, the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court of Appeals.
 
In addition to her work as litigation counsel, Ms. Spaletta serves as general counsel to several public agencies, including a number of local reclamation and irrigation districts, local farming operations, industrial manufacturing companies, food processing companies, material supply companies and non-profit corporations.  She also represents public agencies and individuals in processing water rights with the State Water Resources Control Board.
 
Ms. Spaletta has a background in agriculture and specialized knowledge of the California water industry.  She was raised in a citrus and olive farming family in the Central Valley and continues to farm wine-grapes near Lodi with her husband. For over 15 years, she has studied and worked in the California water industry on issues surrounding the implementation of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, regional groundwater recharge programs, water quality regulation and implementation of new irrigation technologies in the agricultural and urban markets.

News

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Liable for Breach of New Melones Water Contracts Court Says

North San Joaquin Water Conservation District

Feds Shorted Water Districts, Judge Decides in California Case

District appeals water lawsuit

Court Water Victory for San Joaquin

Court Orders Government to Pay for Water Losses

Compensation Likely for Local Water Districts