Fernando Villa joined Pircher, Nichols & Meeks in 2007 as a partner in the firm�s real estate department.
Mr. Villa specializes in land use, environmental law, local government matters and real estate dispute resolution. He represents clients in land use entitlement, California Environmental Quality Act and local government law matters involving a broad scope of entitlements for a variety of development projects, including mixed-use, industrial, residential, retail, master-planned and commercial developments.
Mr. Villa also represents clients in federal and state environmental cost recovery actions such as those under CERCLA, RCRA and the California Hazardous Substance Account Act, and toxic tort litigation involving claims for real property damage arising from alleged hazardous substance disposal.
Concentrating much of his practice on Brownfield development projects, Mr. Villa combines his environmental, land use, real estate, public agency law and litigation expertise to entitle his clients� development projects and help them manage environmental risks.
Mr. Villa handles a variety of real estate and related commercial disputes, including claims of breach and fraud involving purchase and sale agreements, commercial lease actions, business fraud involving oil and gas leases and real estate based securities and vendor-vendee actions. He is experienced at every phase of dispute resolution, from pre-litigation counseling through ADR and trial or arbitration.
In 1984, Mr. Villa received his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt School of Law. He received his bachelor�s degree from University of California at Los Angeles in 1980, graduating magna cum laude.
PRACTICE AREAS
Land Use
Environmental Law
Brownfield Development
Local Government Law
Real Estate Dispute Resolution
BAR ADMISSIONS
The State Bar of California, 1985
U.S. District Court of the Central District of California, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1987
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 1995
EDUCATION
J.D., University of California at Berkeley, Boalt School of Law, 1984
B.A., magna cum laude, University of California at Los Angeles, 1980 |