Misty Calder

Misty L. Calder is an associate in the Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources and Environmental Practice Group in the firm's Orange County office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Calder's practice focuses on environmental litigation, including compliance, natural resource and land use matters, focusing on the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), water rights, real property, and condemnation actions.  She assists land owners and developers through all stages of the entitlement and development process, providing counsel to clients on local planning and zoning regulations and approvals and related environmental matters.  Misty also advises clients on land use regulations, including CEQA, the California Coastal Act, the California Subdivision Map Act, redevelopment law and historic preservation.

Misty's practice features extensive litigation and administrative agency experience on land use and development issues, including zoning compliance, general plan consistency, development fees, vested rights, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, and land use initiatives.  In addition, Misty has experience in writ of mandate proceedings and other dispositive court hearings in environmental cases.

Misty also has experience in complex litigation.  Her practice in this regard focuses primarily on complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes, involving a range of environmental, property and other matters.

Education

• J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1999
• B.A., Indiana University, 1996

Memberships

• Member, California State Bar (Environmental Section)
• Member, Orange County Bar Association (Environmental Section)
• Member, American Wind Energy Association

Articles

• Effective Urban Fringe Planning: A Case Study of the 2007 San Diego Wild Fires, San Diego Daily Transcript, August 22, 2008

Real Estate & Construction Law Blog Articles

• "Court of Appeal Upholds Previous Decision, Finding That the Requirements for Exhausting Administrative Remedies Before Challenging CEQA Exemption Did Not Apply", October 15, 2010
• "Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Two Bills Providing Moderate CEQA Improvements", October 12, 2010
• "Pre-1915 Subdivisions Not Validated By Map Act Grandfather Provisions", July 31, 2008
• "Ninth Circuit Says EPA Must Regulate Marine Discharges, Including Ballast Water", July 29, 2008
• "Denial Of A Conditional Use Permit For Airport Requires Initial Study Under CEQA Because Airport Closure May Affect Environment", July 7, 2008