Contact Information

555 Capitol Mall 9th Floor

Sacramento CA 95814

916.444.3900

kueda@mhalaw.com

Practice Focus

Litigation

Municipal Financing

Municipal Law

Redevelopment

Kara Ueda | Shareholder

Professional Experience

Kara practices in the firm’s Public Law practice group. Her practice includes transactional, advisory and litigation matters for both public agencies and private entities. Kara currently serves as City Attorney for the City of Rio Vista, Assistant City Attorney to the cities of Davis and Marysville, and as General Counsel to the First Five Yuba Commission. She regularly advises clients on conflicts of interest, elections, land use, and open government laws. Kara has litigated cases involving redevelopment plan amendments, elections, and the California Environmental Quality Act.

Prior to joining the firm, Kara worked as a staff attorney for the League of California Cities and served as a Senate Fellow at the State Capitol.

Presentations/Publications

Author, "Round and Round We Go … ? The new "revolving door" law," Public Law Journal, The State Bar of California, Vol. 30, No. 1, Spring 2007

Presenter, “Email and Open Government Laws – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You,” 2005 League of California Cities Mayors and Council Members Academy.

Presenter, “Zoning and Land Use,” Lorman Education Services, 2005.

Presenter, “Document Management in an Internet World” and “When E-Mail and the Brown Act Collide,” Association of California Water Agencies 2005 Continuing Legal Education for Water Law Professionals.

Co-author, "A Local Official’s Guide to Ethics Laws," published by the Institute for Local Government.

Reviewer, League of California Cities, Municipal Law Handbook.

Leadership Positions/Affiliations

Former City Attorneys’ Department Representative, League of California Cities Administrative Services Policy Committee

Vice President of Alumni Relations, UC Davis Alumni Association

Member, Milton L. Schwartz American Inn of Court

Member, State Bar of California – Public Law Section

Member, Sacramento County Bar Association Public Law Section

Member, Asian Bar Association of Sacramento

Member, Prytanean Women’s Honor Society Alumnae Association

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Admitted to Practice

State Bar of California, 2000

Education

University of California,

Davis, School of Law

J.D., 2000

Order of Barristers

Public Interest Law Scholar

Moot Court Board

University of California, Davis

B.S., with Honors, Environmental Policy, Analysis and Planning, 1996

Minor in Political Science