Harry O'Brien and Matt Bove Receive CLAY Award
Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass partners Harry O'Brien and Matthew Bove have been
have been honored with California Lawyer’s Attorney of the Year Award, also known as the CLAY Award.
O’Brien and Bove were recognized for their work on the landmark Tejon Ranch land
preservation deal, which provides for permanent protection of 240,000 acres of the
historic Tejon Ranch property, located along Interstate 5 about 60 miles north of Los
Angeles. O’Brien and Bove led a team of CPDB attorneys representing the Tejon Ranch
Co. in negotiations with many of the nation’s major environmental organizations,
including the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Audubon California,
the Planning and Conservation League, and the Endangered Habitats League, leading
to the unprecedented agreement, which was heralded as one of the largest of its kind in
California history when it was announced in May 2008.
