Kathryn Casey

Kathryn Casey joined the Firm in 2004 and has been a Shareholder since 2011.  Ms. Casey previously served on the Firm’s Board of Directors and is currently the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Ethics Committee.

Ms. Casey has extensive experience in several practice areas, including subdivision, litigation, land use and environmental.  Given the diversity of Ms. Casey’s practice and her unique skill set as both a litigator and transactional/administrative lawyer, she has a comprehensive understanding of the development process from start to finish, which serves as a significant benefit to her clients.

Ms. Casey currently focuses her practice in subdivision matters representing homebuilders. Ms. Casey assists clients in creating common interest development projects, including planned communities and condominium projects. She also prepares documents in compliance with federal, state and local regulatory requirements, including CC&Rs, deeds, subsidy agreements and private street agreements.

In addition her subdivision practice, Ms. Casey also currently works on litigation matters.  She has represented both private and public clients for over 20 years in state and federal courts, courts of appeal, and before the office of administrative hearings in cases related to CEQA, NEPA, the Clean Air Act, Political Reform Act, Outdoor Advertising Act, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, and other real estate, business, environmental, and municipal law issues.

On the administrative side, Ms. Casey has represented clients before city councils, county boards of supervisors, planning commissions, hearing boards and other local agencies and special districts in defending air quality and permit violation notices, complying with habitat conservation plans, and obtaining variances, conditional use and grading permits, and other development approvals and entitlements.  Ms. Casey has also counseled clients regarding environmental mitigation and regulatory compliance. She previously represented Imperial County Air Pollution Control District in air quality and mitigation efforts related to the Quantification Settlement Agreement, which involves transfers of Colorado River water and environmental impacts at the Salton Sea, the Port of Los Angeles on air quality issues, and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power with respect to air quality mitigation at Owens Lake.