Overview
With more than 120 attorneys, Sheppard Mullin has one of the largest, most diverse and experienced real estate, energy, land use and environmental practices of any AmLaw 100 firm. We represent builders, developers, investors, lenders, owners, retailers, major landowners, nonprofits and local agencies in key markets in the United States and internationally. We leverage the breadth of our experience, industry connections and market knowledge to deliver full-service counsel and holistic solutions to meet our clients’ needs. Our attorneys work as a seamless team with a single goal – to help you create value in an ever-changing environment.
Services
We provide the full range of land use and transactional services:
- Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Bankruptcy and Workouts
- CEQA Documentation and Defense
- Commercial Leasing
- Common Interest
- Financing
- Environmental
- Administrative Advocacy and Criminal Defense
- Cleanup and Remediation
- Compliance
- Due Diligence
- Legislative
- Litigation
- Permitting and Development
- Wetlands & Endangered Species
- Historic Preservation
- Joint Venture and Entity Formation
- Land Use Litigation
- Land Use Planning and Entitlements
- Permitting and Regulatory Compliance
- Public Private Partnerships
- Real Estate Litigation
- Real Estate Tax
We are experienced in many industries and with numerous assets:
Assets
- Affordable Housing
- Brownfield
- Commercial
- Data Center
- Distribution/Warehouse
- Industrial
- Office
- Hotel
- Infrastructure
- Master Planned Communities
- Mixed-Use
- Multi-family
- Redevelopment
- Research and Development
- Residential Homebuilding
- Institutional
- Hospital
- Medical office
- Education campuses
- Senior Care and Assisted Living
Cost-Effective, Positive Results
We understand our clients need to manage legal expenses closely. We staff our matters leanly and partner with our clients to ensure we provide the right people and resources on each matter. We use legal assistants and specialists whenever possible for services such as due diligence, title review, closing logistics and land use planning. We are committed to structuring alternative fee arrangements that meet our clients’ needs and work with our internal pricing and project management team to meet our clients’ budgets – with no surprises.
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News
Areas Of Experience
- CEQA Documentation and Defense
- Commercial Leasing
- Common Interest
- Distressed Real Estate Loan Workouts and Enforcement
- Historic Preservation
- Land Use Litigation
- Public Lands
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions
- Real Estate Development
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Portfolio Transactions
- Wetlands and Endangered Species
Leaders
Attorneys
- Kiersten Ahrns
- Tahir G. Ali
- Katharine E. Allen
- Eric L. Altman
- Marissa Baird
- Peter David Ballance
- Nathan Barbara
- Haley Horton Bartlett
- Aram Basmajian
- Hailey C. Bedell
- Andrew W. Bengtson
- Matt Bonovich
- Jennifer Brough
- Darby K. Brown
- Michelle R. Brown
- Lauren K. Chang
- Jennifer Chavez
- Neil Cohen
- Erinn M. Contreras
- Lisa Cottle
- Amanda L. Cottrell
- Laura C. D'Iorio
- Rockard J. Delgadillo
- John C. Dineen
- Evan Dorman
- Anna T. Dorros
- Domenic C. Drago
- J. Aaron Duffy
- Louise Dyble
- Shane P. Early
- Kate C. Eberhardt
- Lawrence C. Eppley
- Meigan Everett
- Christine Fan
- Shadi Farzan
- Alan M. Feld
- Jeffrey W. Forrest
- Richard M. Freeman
- Arthur J. Friedman
- Richard S. Fries
- Michelle Ganotis
- David M. Gao
- Diego García Mirón
- Jennifer L. Garlock
- Harry Garner
- S. Keith Garner
- AJ Gatesman
- Katherine M. Gillespie
- J. Anthony Girolami
- Camilo D. Godoy
- Jordan T. Golden
- Adam J. Goldstein
- Robert Gorzelany
- Bruce Grabow
- Elijah W. Griffen
- Gregory S. Grigorian
- Talya Gulezyan
- Brian N. Gurtman
- David B. Halberstein
- Hal Hamersmith
- Yin Lam "Annie" Hao
- Whitney Hodges
- Steven P. Hollman
- Ross A. Honig
- Briana Hopes
- David G. Huberman
- David M. Hymer
- Kathryn C. Kafka
- Joseph Karp
- Martin D. Katz
- Paul J. Kaufman
- Richard L. Kintz
- Peter G. Koffler
- Chris A. Kolosov
- Jennifer L. Kozun
- Matthew T. Lammers
- Ian Lange
- Lorie Soares Lazarus
- Michael R. Leake
- Amanda S. Lee
- Kendra E. Leghart
- Katarzyna Levecke
- Chenxi Li
- James A. Lonergan
- Yvette J. Mabbun
- Sean A. Maffett
- Justin J. Mahramas
- Paul Malingagio
- Shannon M. Mandich
- David Marini
- Julie M. Marion
- Daniel S. Maroon
- Kristyn M. Melvin
- Alexander L. Merritt
- Brooke Miller
- Chad E. Mills
- Scott A. Morehouse
- Edward W. Musharbash
- Jennifer L. Nassiri
- Barclay R. Nicholson
- Michael P. O'Brien
- Sean P. O'Connor
- Mark T. Okuma
- Aimee Cook Oleson
- Nika B. Palama
- Rabia A. Paracha
- Jeffrey J. Parker
- Laurette N. Petersen
- Levi I. Pinsky
- John E. Ponder
- James E. Pugh
- Alexander J. Queen
- Jeffrey T. Ramsey
- Andrew W. Ratts
- Timothy J. Reimers
- Jennifer E. Renk
- Julietta A. Rose
- Saul S. Rostamian
- Michael J. Roth
- Whitney Jones Roy
- Jack H. Rubens
- James Rusk
- Christopher Ryan
- Edward F. Schiff
- Eva C. Schneider
- Nancy T. Scull
- Paul Seeley
- Anthony P. Sensoli
- Venus Shaghaghi
- Abigail Sharkey
- Kathryn Shurin
- Caroline R. Sischo
- Katherine M. Skipper
- Jeffrey M. Smith
- Aaron J. Sobaski
- David M. Solberg
- Thomas W. Solomon
- Isabella G. Spies
- Brett Stanley
- Jodi Stein
- Scott Stern
- Lauren M. Stewart
- Joan H. Story
- E. Gail Suchman
- Mark F. Sundback
- Vicky Tavitian
- Olivier F. Theard
- Scott C. Timpe
- Tony Toranto
- Shane M. Trawick
- Kristine T. Truong
- Robert J. Uram
- Marko Valentine
- Nicholas W. van Aelstyn
- Doug Van Gessel
- Kelly M. Vazhappilly
- Jared A. Wachtler
- Kristina M. Walpole
- Jennifer S. Warheit
- Lee Weiss
- Pamela L. Westhoff
- William R. Wyatt
- John A. Yacovelle
- Douglas A. Yeager
- Eli Zaga
- Samuel Zarkower
- Abbey Zhou
- Samantha N. Zurcher
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