Land Use/Environmental Litigation Sr. Associate or Of Counsel – 8+ Years of Experience (Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, or Sacramento, CA)

About Meyers Nave

Meyers Nave is a dynamic state-wide firm with 4 offices throughout California. For over 35 years, we have built a reputation as a “go to” law firm to handle high profile and high stakes transactional and litigation matters for both government agencies and major corporations.

Meyers Nave’s Land Use and Environmental Practice Group is at the forefront of the field. We serve as lead transactional and litigation counsel for many of the most innovative and highest profile institutional, civil infrastructure and economic development projects undertaken by public agencies, private enterprises and public-private partnerships throughout California. Our attorneys help clients navigate a myriad of complex and interrelated local, state and federal land use laws and regulations, ranging from CEQA, NEPA and ESA to critical issues regarding general and specific plans, conditional uses and variances, zoning and subdivision, and development agreements. For more information, please see: www.meyersnave.com/practices/land-use.

About the Position

Meyers Nave is looking for an ambitious senior associate or of counsel with eight or more years of experience for our fast-moving, in-demand Land Use and Environmental Practice Group to work in a collaborative team environment. Candidates should look forward to – and, in fact, thrive on – the challenge of wrestling with cutting-edge legal issues, independently handling matters and cases and arguing and appearing in court. Candidates must have substantive land use/environmental litigation experience, and transactional experience is a benefit. Prior experience with CEQA and NEPA as an attorney is required. This position is open to our Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento offices. Candidates should demonstrate strong work ethic and dedication to the practice of law as well as outstanding writing and analytic abilities.

The salary range for this California-based role is $180,000 – $260,000, and represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications, skill set and office location. Meyers Nave offers a reasonable billable hours requirement, annual discretionary and billable hours bonuses, competitive health insurance benefits, 401(k) with a partial match and profit-sharing.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should CLICK HERE and follow the link to apply. Please submit a cover letter, resume, transcript and two substantive litigation writing samples of which you are the principal author.

Meyers Nave is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience. We place a high value on diversity and inclusion and encourage diverse candidates to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of any qualified applicant’s race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status or any other category protected by law. Meyers Nave will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Meyers Nave complies with the requirements of all applicable California and federal employment laws, including those protecting disabled individuals. If you have difficulty using our online application system due to a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact us via email or phone: hiringmanager@meyersnave.com or (510) 808-2000.