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Practices:

• Real Estate
  • Acquisitions and Dispositions
  • Energy Practice
  • Land Use, Entitlements and CEQA
  • Real Estate Development
  • Real Estate Litigation

Industries:

• Charter Schools
• Climate, Energy and Sustainability
• Energy
• Real Estate

Civic Activities:

• HomeAid San Diego - Board Member and Board Secretary
• Downtown San Diego YMCA - Board Member

Professional Activities:

• Urban Land Institute: San Diego/Tijuana - Board member and Chair, Public Policy Committee
• University of California, San Diego - Urban Studies & Planning Program - Steering Committee
• Building Industry Association - San Diego Legislative Committee
• San Diego County Bar Association

Experience

Brian Fish focuses his practice on land use, redevelopment, public contracting, environmental and real estate matters. Mr. Fish assists public and private clients with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, planning and zoning issues, Subdivision Map Act processing, Williamson Act issues, condominium conversions, prevailing wage analysis and all other manner of documentation required to acquire, develop, entitle, redevelop, occupy and sell property. In addition, he appears before administrative agencies, and handles litigation at the trial court and appellate court levels, with respect to public contracting issues, entitlements, CEQA, Subdivision Map Act and other land use and real estate related matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fish was a planner with the City of San Diego, Development Services Department, and was also a community development specialist with the City of San Diego Redevelopment Agency (Southeastern Economic Development Corporation).

Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America® - First Year Listed: 2008 - Most Recent Listing: 2012 (Litigation Real Estate, Real Estate Law)
• "Best Lawyers" - San Diego Magazine - Most Recent Listing: 2012 (Real Estate)
• Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition - Most Recent Listing: 2010 (Land Use/Zoning)
• San Diego Super Lawyers - Most Recent Listing: 2013 (Land Use/Zoning)
• 2011 Chairman's Award - Building Industry Association of San Diego - Recognizing "Outstanding Service and Contributions to the Industry"

Representative Matters

• Successfully represented a major public energy company in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) litigation regarding property located in Long Beach, California.
• Represented a national commercial developer on the acquisition, entitlement and development of an infill, master planned project with a 130,000-square-foot Civic Center, 350 residential units, a 47-acre Community Park and a 330,000-square-foot Lifestyle Shopping Center, including drafting of a land swap agreement with the City of Chino Hills, CEQA compliance, specific plan and zoning issues, advice regarding prevailing wage laws, Development Agreement negotiation, and other related real estate and land use documentation.
• Conducted land use and real estate due diligence for a national apartment developer regarding the potential acquisition of a shopping center in the city of San Diego for redevelopment as a large, mixed-use project.
• Advised a national title company regarding Williamson Act compliance issues for property in areas such as the county of Imperial, the county of Sacramento and the city of Chino.

Education

• JD, Emory University School of Law, 1996
• BA (Urban Studies & Planning), University of California, San Diego, 1991

Bar Admissions

• California