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# Law firm adds associate By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/law-firm-adds-associate-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2004-01-08T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:29:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

A prominent Santa Monica law firm specializing in land use and property rights has announced that a new associate attorney has joined its ranks.

Valerie Sacks recently joined Harding, Larmore, Kutcher & Kozal. She was formerly an associate at Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shaprio, LLP in Century City. Prior to that, Sacks served in the California Department of Justice as deputy attorney general. Her practice has primarily focused in land use law.

Sacks received her juris doctorate magna cum laude from the University of Arizona. She also holds a master’s degree in cultural anthropology and received her undergraduate degree in humanities from the University of California at Berkeley.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 8, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/010804.pdf?ref=smdp.com)