Mr. Tal C. Finney

Head of West Coast Marketing, Mr. Tal C. Finney spent over eight years as Counsel to the California State Controller, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor. He received his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles in 1991 and a diploma in international trade, finance, and business law, awarded in 1989 from ISSEC in Paris, France. Mr. Finney spent seven years practicing business and malpractice litigation, regulatory compliance and enforcement, corporate transactions, and insurance coverage. He took a leave of absence in late 1995 to serve the public, resulting in the substantial development of his government regulatory and political expertise. Since then, he has created a unique practice consisting of corporate and transactional, regulatory compliance, land use and development, energy, entertainment, government, international business, insurance, and administrative law work representing Fortune 100 companies, government entities, mid-sized, and start-up ventures in a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, education, life science, high tech, entertainment, agricultural, commercial development, insurance and brokerage, and others. In 1993, Mr. Finney was elected Controller of the statewide California Democratic Party. In 1995, he was appointed by the State Controller to serve as General Counsel and Deputy Controller. In 1998, he was appointed to serve as General Counsel to the Lieutenant Governor. In 1999, Mr. Finney became Senior Advisor and Director of Policy to the Governor of California. Prior to his California state experience, Mr. Finney worked in Washington, D.C. for presidential campaigns and Members of the United States Congress. His work also included Congressional committee work and constituency work in Congressional district offices. He was a member of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference for the United States Armed Forces. Mr. Finney provides his clients corporate transactional, government regulatory enforcement and compliance, land use, CEQA and business litigation, energy, international trade and finance, nonprofit corporate transactional, intellectual property, and private equity transactional services. Over the course of his career, Mr. Finney has litigated multiple environmental contamination cost recovery actions. Finney Arnold has been Panel Counsel to LAUSD’s Facilities Division and OEHS for 15 years and has also served as Counsel of Record in the Monsanto matter for the district on this matter for over five years. With over 30 years of practicing law in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Finney has extensive expertise and experience in handling environmental law for both private companies and public entities throughout California.