Guiding California Development with Care
With a team of seasoned land use lawyers who handle entitlement and environmental issues in tandem, Sheppard provides integrated CEQA counsel that combines technical sophistication, agency insight and practical advice.
We focus first on determining whether CEQA applies and, if so, whether an exemption or streamlining path is available under recent legislative reforms. When full review is required, we manage the process efficiently, coordinating consultants and agencies to keep projects moving.
Our dedicated CEQA team represents developers, public agencies and private entities in every aspect of environmental review and litigation, under CEQA and its federal counterpart, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We guide projects through the preparation of Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Negative Declarations and other CEQA documents. When litigation arises, we defend them in trial and appellate courts across California.