Chapman University Fowler School of Law graduate Max Thiele has joined Somach, Simmons & Dunn, where he will assist clients on the gamut of environmental and natural resources issues, including air quality compliance, water rights applications, litigating water disputes, and local government law. At Chapman, he competed on the Alternative Dispute Resolution team at national events, and as an undergraduate at Whittier College, he was Captain of the NCAA DIV III Lacrosse team.

Somach Simmons & Dunn is a midsize environmental and water law firm, with offices in California, Colorado, and the District of Columbia. The firm’s attorneys represent public and private sector clients across a range of water, air, and land disciplines, including litigation, transactional, and public policy matters.