Education: Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, J.D. and Environmental Law Certificate, 1995; University of California, Berkeley, B.A. with high honors, 1992.  Professional Experience: Mr. Kracov is a lawyer in private practice in Los Angeles, where he represents clients in civil law, environmental and zoning cases.  Kracov offers experience honed by work for diverse non-profit and business clients and as a government lawyer.  His work includes high-stakes litigation and complex regulatory matters and he has particular experience in environmental public interest litigation concerning pollution at the United States-Mexico border.  Previously, Kracov served as a Deputy Los Angeles City Attorney where he counseled the Departments of Planning and Sanitation.  He was on the team that negotiated the $168 million settlement to remove trash from the Los Angeles River and advised the City's brownfield redevelopment program.  Before his public sector work, Kracov practiced at Rose, Klein & Marias LLP, a distinguished trial law firm.  There he litigated toxic tort and environmental lawsuits that helped shape these areas of the law including the Clean Air Act case Communities for a Better Environment v. Cenco Refining, 180 F.Supp.2d 1062 (C.D. Cal. 2001).  Kracov started his legal career at the prominent Los Angeles firm Weston, Benshoof LLP (now Alston & Bird LLP) where his practice involved tort defense for Fortune 500 clients.  In 2009, the authoritative lawyers Daily Journal named Kracov one of the top 20 attorneys under age 40 in California.