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Firm: Valerie L Sacks
958 North Western Avenue , Los Angeles , California 90029
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning
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.
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“Valerie and I have worked together on a number of matters. If you have a zoning issue or have to deal with the government, she should be your go-to lawyer. I endorse this lawyer.”
4 Embarcadero Ctr Ste 1200 , San Francisco , California 94111
Practice Areas: Appeals, Constitutional, Government, Environmental, Land Use & Zoning
350 California St 22nd Fl , San Francisco , California 94104
Practice Areas: Environmental, Land Use & Zoning
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Firm: MacPherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP
2402 Michelson Drive Suite 210 , Irvine , California 92612
Practice Areas: Administrative , Animal Bites, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Assault & Battery, Banking & Finance, Business Organizations, Communications & Media , Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Constitutional , Construction , Consumer Protection, Debtor/Creditor, Entertainment & Sports , Environmental , Franchise , Housing & Construction Defects, Intellectual Property , Internet , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Premises Liability, Probate , Wills, Wrongful Death, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property
Firm: Watt, Tieder, Hoffar and Fitzgerald, L.L.P.
Main Street , Irvine , California 92614
Practice Areas: Civil ,Construction ,Land Use & Zoning
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Firm: Hahn & Hahn LLP
301 East Colorado Boulevard , Pasadena , California 91101
Practice Areas: Appellate , Civil , Land Use & Zoning, Land Use & Zoning, Land Use & Zoning
My practice is centered around providing my clients with practical advice and helping them achieve their goals through efficient and zealous representation.
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“An exceptional litigation attorney whose reputation speaks for itself. Highly recommended lawyer.”
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Rated 3.7 out of 5
Firm: Carrick & Conrad, APLC
8939 South Sepulveda Boulevard , Los Angeles , California 90045
Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Construction Defects, Land Use & Zoning, Products Liability, Construction & Development, Construction & Development
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Firm: Rutan and Tucker, LLP
611 Anton Blvd #1400 , Costa Mesa , California 92626
Practice Areas: Civil , Civil Rights, Land Use & Zoning, Municipal , Litigation, Litigation
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Rated 3.4 out of 5
10250 Constellation Boulevard 19th Floor Califor , Los Angeles , California 90067
Practice Areas: Administrative ,Construction ,Government Agencies,Land Use & Zoning,Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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Firm: Kassouni Law
455 Capitol Mall, Suite 604 , Sacramento , California 95814
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning
Timothy Kassouni is the founder of Kassouni Law. He has over 20 years civil litigation and appellate experience, with an emphasis on land use, property rights, real estate, and construction litigation.. While as a Loyola Law School student, Mr. Kassouni completed a judicial externship with Justice David N. Eagleson of the California Supreme Court, was President of the Loyola Law School Federalist Society, and studied eminent domain and inverse condemnation law under professor Gideon Kanner. Mr. Kassouni later received the first Fritz B. Burns Foundation public interest fellowship with the Pacific Legal Foundation, where he served from 1989-1991. While at the Pacific Legal Foundation, he argued before the California Supreme Court on vested rights issues and also submitted briefs before the United States Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on various constitutional property rights issues.. Mr. Kassouni served as a temporary Deputy District Attorney with the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office in 1991, and subsequently practiced complex land use, real estate, and construction litigation with firms in Orange and Sacramento Counties. His law review article, "The Ripeness Doctrine and the Judicial Relegation of Constitutionally Protected Property Rights," was published by the California Western Law Review in 1992 and has been cited numerous times by scholars in the land use field.. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Kassouni worked with Ronald A. Zumbrun as Senior Attorney with the Zumbrun Law Firm. From 2008 to 2009 Mr. Kassouni was Legal Director with the Zumbrun Law Firm.. Mr. Kassouni specializes in land use law, including inverse condemnation, eminent domain, government abuse, permitting issues, California Coastal Commission issues, and building and planning department abuses. Mr. Kassouni also has extensive experience in real estate and construction defect litigation. His litigation expertise in land use law has led to legal victories and the setting of legal precedents throughout the state of California.. Mr. Kassouni graduated from Loyola Law School in 1989 and the University of California at Berkeley in 1985 with an A.B. in philosophy.. Highlights. Oral argument and amicus curiae briefing before the California Supreme Court in. Beverly Towers Inc. v. City of West Hollywood (1991) 52 1184 (local. governments precluded from enforcing condominium conversion regulations after the property owner obtains all discretionary approvals).. As lead trial counsel representing a self storage company, Mr. Kassouni obtained an inverse condemnation liability ruling against the County of Alamenda after a six day trial. The Court concluded that the County of Alameda acted arbitrarily in denying building permits, and ordered a second trial for damages in March, 2010.. As lead trial counsel representing a self storage. Representation of over 75 individual property owners in construction defect. litigation in Orange County, California, generating multi-million dollar settlements.. Lead counsel in land use litigation, including inverse condemnation, civil rights,. exactions, vested rights, and estoppel challenges to governmental regulation.. Lead counsel in real property actions including quiet title, prescriptive easements, mining issues (including Surface Mining and Reclamation Act), breach of contract, specific performance, subsurface oil and gas rights, conservation easements, and foreclosures.. Invalidation of non-competition covenant in complex litigation action against a. publicly traded company on behalf of large group of orthodontists, which triggered. a multi-million dollar nationwide settlement.. Successful representation of developers in land use and construction defect. litigation in Orange County, California.. Successfully opposed anti-slapp motion brought by Topanga Canyon resident, on the ground that trespass on private property for the purpose of obtaining evidence of an alleged Coastal Act violation is not protected speech.. Publications. The Ripeness Doctrine and the Judicial Relegation of Constitutionally. Protected Property Rights. California Western Law Review, Volume 29, Number 1. (Fall 1992). The Daily Journal California's leading legal newspaper. The following articles. were drafted by Mr. Kassouni and Ronald A. Zumbrun: The Uses and Abuses of. Conservation Easements; The Task of Restoring Private Property Rights. after Decades of Abuse; Ninth Circuit Resurrects Due Process Protections. for Property Owners; The Cost of Wetlands in /Half Moon Bay; The Unrepentant. Sins of the California Coastal Commisison
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“Tim Kassouni is a skilled attorney who maintains integrity in his practice and demonstrates the highest level of dedication to his clients. His legal work product is thorough, well…”
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Firm: Hefner, Stark and Marois, LLP
2150 River Plaza Drive 450 9 , Sacramento , California 95833
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning,Real Estate
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Firm: Meyers, Nave Professional Law Corporation
555 12th Street Suite 1500 , Oakland , California 94607
Practice Areas: Environmental , Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate , Real Estate
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Rated 3.3 out of 5
555 Capitol Mall 9th Floor , Sacramento , California 95814
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning,Real Estate
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Rated 3.3 out of 5
455 Capitol Mall 210 , Sacramento , California 95814
Practice Areas: Environmental ,Land Use & Zoning,Municipal
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Firm: Sims Lawrence & Broghammer
1478 Stone Point Dr Ste 450 , Roseville , California 95661
Practice Areas: Business , Construction , Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate , Insurance, Insurance, Insurance
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Rated 3.3 out of 5
813 Sixth Street Third Floor , Sacramento , California 95814
Practice Areas: Environmental ,Land Use & Zoning,Natural Resources,Water ,Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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Firm: Golub and Morales, LLP
6170 Cornerstone Court East 300 Californ , San Diego , California 92121
Practice Areas: Arbitration,Condemnation & Eminent Domain,Construction ,Corporate ,Insurance ,Land Use & Zoning,Real Estate ,Zoning, Planning & Land Use
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Firm: Corder Law Office
11355 West Olympic Blvd. , Los Angeles , California 90064
Practice Areas: Civil , Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Land Use & Zoning, Telecommunications , Litigation
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235 Pine Street 16th Floor , San Francisco , California 94104
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning,Real Estate
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Rated 4.1 out of 5
11355 W Olympic Blvd , Los Angeles , California 90064
Practice Areas: Hotel and Resort , Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate , Real Estate