California Water Service Group announced that Shawn C. Bunting, Esq. will join the company as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective March 1, 2023. He succeeds Lynne P. McGhee, who will retire after more than 19 years of service.

Bunting comes to Group from American Water Works Company Inc. (American), where he has served as a key member of the legal leadership team for nearly fifteen years. In 2015, Bunting was named Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and in 2021 he was promoted to Senior Vice President. In this role, Bunting led a large team of attorneys, legal, and compliance professionals supporting nationwide operations.

Before his promotion to Deputy General Counsel in 2015, Bunting served as the Division General Counsel for three of American's five operating divisions, including its largest utilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Prior to joining American in 2008, Bunting served as Assistant General Counsel at Allegheny Energy Inc. and practiced at K&L Gates LLP, a large, international law firm, in the Corporate and Securities group. Bunting holds a Juris Doctor from University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as Executive Editor of the Journal of Law and Commerce.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Gettysburg College.