Kerry Shapiro is the chair of the Firm’s Natural Resources and Mining Group and co-chairs its Construction and Building Materials Group. He also leads the Firm’s Government, Land Use, Environment and Energy Department in the San Francisco office. He has represented the mining, construction and building materials industries on mineral extraction and land development projects for over 25 years, providing legal services on government, land use, environment, and natural resources matters, at federal, state, and local levels. Kerry has extensive experience working with SMARA, CEQA, the Mining Law of 1872, NEPA, FLPMA, the Mineral Materials Act, Endangered Species Acts, and the Clean Water Act, in relation to various entitlements processes, public land transactions, administrative appeals, and related litigation.  

Kerry's experience has included securing entitlements for the largest federally-approved sand and gravel project in the United States, obtaining the first vested rights confirmation from the State Mining and Geology Board for the largest aggregate deposit in California, and successfully representing mining companies before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and state courts of appeals on mining, CEQA and federal endangered species matters.  

Kerry currently serves as General Counsel to the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA), and chairs the Association's Legal Action Committee. He received CalCIMA's 2011 Spirit of the Industry Award, for participation in negotiations on California SB 108 legislation relating to idle mines. He has given presentations to numerous industry, government and professional groups including U.S. Department of the Interior, and American Association of Professional Landmen.

Career Highlights:

• Yuba Goldfields Mining Project, Yuba County; vested rights confirmed by State Mining and Geology Board in April 2010; largest aggregate deposit in California 
• Soledad Canyon Sand and Gravel Mining Project, LA County, CUP/RecPlan approved in 2006; BLM Record of Decision, approved in August 2000; largest federally-approved mineral material contracts for construction aggregates in the United States