About Barbara C. Zimmerman

Barbara was admitted to the California Bar in 2000 after graduating magna cum laude from California Western School of Law. Since 2005, Barbara has concentrated on providing general counsel services to common interest developments and mutual water companies. Her practice includes advising boards of directors on the operation and management of homeowners associations and commercial common interest developments, ensuring compliance with the detailed laws governing their operation and resolving disputes between associations and their members.

Barbara assists mutual water companies with operating in compliance with the law, handling member problems such as excessive water use, and issues related to updating and expanding water resources.

Barbara has experience with real estate transactions, commercial and residential real estate sales, business transactions, commercial contracts and transactions. Barbara has taken numerous courses on negotiation strategy, alternative dispute resolution, real estate issues, common interest development law, land use and planning law, contracts and contracting, banking law, and the commercial code.

Education:
California Western School of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1999)
University of California, San Diego (B.A. 1985 in Anthropology with a minor in American Literature)

Bar Admissions:
California State Bar in 2000.
United States District Court, Northern District of California in 2000.
Southern District of California in 2004.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2000.

Affiliations:
Sonoma County Bar Association (Director 2001 – 2004, 2011-2012),
Sonoma County Women-in-Law (Director 2004-2005, 2012-2013)
California Lawyers Association
Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO)
California Association of Community Managers (CACM)