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Mr. Brown is a Shareholder in the Santa Barbara office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. He is a member of the Natural Resources, Land Use, State & Local Legislation & Policy and Real Estate groups, specializing in land use, environmental and public law. Mr. Brown concentrates his practice in the representation of clients before governmental agencies in land use and environmental entitlement matters.
Mr. Brown has successfully represented applicants in a wide range of complex land use matters, shopping centers, and master plan permits for non-profit and educational and cultural organizations. He has addressed a variety of land use and environmental regulation issues in his practice, both before administrative agencies and in the courts. Particular specialties include environmental regulation and permitting, development agreements, exactions and dedications, coastal permitting, growth management, and the law of inverse condemnation and takings. He is a regular speaker on land use law, environmental law, and public law issues, and has provided professional education on these topics to a range of groups and public agencies.
Mr. Brown also has significant and broad experience in the public law field. He has served as city attorney for the City of Carpinteria since 1992 and as special counsel to a variety of public agencies. He has held several leading positions with the League of California Cities, City Attorneys' Department, serving three years as an Officer of the Department, including one year as President.
Before joining Brownstein, Mr. Brown served as Deputy District Attorney for the County of Santa Barbara and was a shareholder with the law firm of Hatch & Parent for twenty-four years.
Publications & Presentations
"California Public Agency Ethics Training," Brownstein Client Alert, February 14, 2008.
"Ethics and Effectiveness in Land Use Practices," Presenter at Zoning and Land Use in California Seminar, July 2003
"California Public Officials Training Seminar: What You Need to Know," Moderator and Presenter, May 2003 | 