Top Land Use Lawyers Near Me in Los Angeles Area

Valerie Sacks is a Los Angeles native and Cal Berkeley grad with nearly 25 years of legal experience in California. After starting in the public sector, she shifted her focus to Real Estate Development, Environmental Law, and Land Use Law—launching her own zoning consulting firm in 2005 and earning her Broker's License soon after.. Valerie has advised on major development projects across Southern California, including multi-family housing, mixed-use properties, and infill redevelopments. She works closely with clients from site acquisition through entitlements, team building, and strategic planning. On the sales side, she helps clients position assets for maximum value, targeting seasoned developers and investors.

Steven H. Kaufmann is a shareholder at Richards, Watson & Gershon and Chair of the Firm’s Coastal Law Department. For 34 years, Mr. Kaufmann has represented either the California Coastal Commission itself or represented landowners, developers and public entities with matters before that agency. His work has involved a broad array of Coastal Commission administrative matters, as well as a substantial amount of litigation involving challenges to or defense of Commission decisions. Mr. Kaufmann’s experience includes every aspect of California coastal regulation, including coastal development permits, appeals, federal consistency review and appeals to the Secretary of Commerce, exemptions, local coastal programs, public works plans, enforcement, and legislation, as well as related local entitlements and compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). His work has produced successful results for clients on a host of projects involving complex energy or transportation-related issues; wetlands, environmentally sensitive habitat, or other habitat-related issues; golf courses, traditional hotels, timeshares, condominium hotels; and residences, subdivisions, commercial uses, and marinas. He has successfully challenged and defended decisions made by the Commission on coastal development permits, local coastal program amendments, and federal consistency.

STEPHEN A. JAMIESON is a founding partner with the Los Angeles-based law firm Solomon Saltsman & Jamieson (SSJLaw), Stephen A. Jamieson is recognized as a leader in the areas of land use and zoning, alcoholic beverage licensing, compliance and disciplinary actions, government relations, and business and personal-injury litigation, both for the defense and for the plaintiff. He is licensed to represent clients in California, Michigan and Wisconsin, and has extensive experience working with all sizes of companies, from Fortune 100 publicly-traded corporations to stand-alone businesses.. Mr. Jamieson is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. Federal Claims Court, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California. He is also a member of the Intertribal Court of Southern California.. Mr. Jamieson is rated AV® Preeminent with Martindale-Hubbell; a designation reserved for lawyers of the highest legal ability and outstanding legal ethics. His peers have voted him one of Best Lawyers® in America and rated him 10/10 on AVVO. Mr. Jamieson has also been honored by SuperLawyer as the top 1% of lawyers in Land Use/Zoning for each of the last 15 years. The National Association of Licensing and Compliance Professionals (NALCP) has recognized and honored Mr. Jamieson for his ongoing and exceptional commitment to his clients, awarding him the Most Valuable Associate Member Award in 2018.

My offices represent consumers in the legal areas of California Lemon Law, Federal Lemon Law, and Consumer Law including Auto Fraud, Dealer Fraud and Repair Fraud.. Our high success rate (99%), coupled with our reputation for thorough research and willingness to litigate to the fullest extent of the law, keeps us active throughout California from San Diego to San Francisco, as well as in rural areas where adequate representation isn’t always available.

Benjamin G. Shatz is Certified as a Specialist in Appellate Law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization. His practice covers state and federal civil appeals and writs.

Experienced Land Use attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.

Experienced Land Use attorney serving clients in Los Angeles and surrounding areas.