Nancy Thorington is a member of the firm’s Public Law and Land Use Practice Groups. She drafts ordinances, handles code enforcement, reviews professional services agreements and other contracts, and assists the firm’s municipal clients in a wide variety of transactional issues. Her land use work includes general plan updates, subdivision and affordable housing issues, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, and historical resources matters. She also engages in appellate work.

Ms. Thorington also brings over seven years of federal Indian law experience that includes drafting a variety of tribal codes that have been adopted by tribes nationwide. She has worked with several tribal organizations on community development plans for zoning, transportation and access issues and related land use matters. She negotiated a multi-million dollar real estate purchase and financing for two non-profit organizations. Ms. Thorington wrote a guidebook for the California Department of Transportation on tribal consultation requirements for Caltrans employees and contractors. She also wrote and oversaw over $1.3 million in federal and state grants.

Prior to joining Meyers Nave, Ms. Thorington worked as a senior appellate associate writing appellate briefs and conducting oral argument in California, Washington and Oregon. Previously, she was vice president of a mortgage brokering corporation where she supervised the escrow department and headed the loan servicing branch. She also taught English at a junior college in Tucson, Arizona and is a founding member of a music recording studio.

Education

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, JD with distinction, 1998
University of California Berkeley, BA English and Native American Studies, 1983

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Title: Associate
Location: Santa Rosa
Phone: 707.545.8009
Email: nthorington@meyersnave.com
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