Stephen J. Meyer

Stephen Meyer has more than 40 years of experience in complex business litigation with a particular focus in the last several years on food and agriculture.

Stephen advises some of California’s largest agricultural producers on environmental, finance, and business disputes. He has handled matters involving dairies, cattle feeding, fertilizer and pesticide distribution and regulation, egg production, animal welfare, crop damage, food processing, and agricultural finance. More recently, he organized the firm’s food & agriculture practice, a rapidly growing interdisciplinary group that emphasizes collaboration and cooperation across the broad spectrum of specialty practices at the firm with a focus on food and agriculture in California.

He has represented clients in other areas including banking, oil and gas, pipeline distribution, and real estate development—he has also represented public entities. In recent years, he has expanded his practice to include alternative dispute resolution, bringing his experience as litigator and mediator, to helping parties resolve business, commercial, and environmental disputes.