Land Use & Natural Resources

Our lawyers offer specialized expertise helping clients achieve their land use and development goals in various pursuits, including commercial, residential, industrial, and agricultural. Deep knowledge, skill, and experience guides our advice and representation of clients regarding the array of laws—federal, state, and local—that governs the use and development of land and agency review of the effects of human activities on the environment, including the California Environmental Quality Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Subdivision Map Act, California Coastal Act, Permit Streamlining Act, California Water Code, California Fish and Game Code, Williamson Act, the public trust doctrine, and local general plans and zoning ordinances, among others. Unparalleled knowledge of the law of the sea and international environmental law enables us to serve clients overseas as well. Our lawyers are particularly expert in water boundaries, waterfront development, and wetland and wildlife regulation.