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David M. Snow, AICP.AssociateLos Angeles

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David M. Snow is an associate in the Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon. Mr. Snow specializes in advising public agencies and in litigation involving the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and matters involving land use regulation. Mr. Snow joined RW&G in 2001 with over ten years of experience in municipal government, focusing on zoning, land use, and environmental matters. Before joining the firm, Mr. Snow served as the Deputy Director of Planning for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, where he managed the City's Planning and Code Enforcement Departments while attending law school. During Mr. Snow's eleven year planning career, he gained broad experience in processing complex master planned communities and large-scale commercial projects, construction management, CEQA management, coastal issues and other environmentally constrained projects. Mr. Snow is a co-author of chapters 3 and 12 of the Continuing Education of the Bar's practice guide California Administrative Mandamus, third edition, and is an active member of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Mr. Snow currently serves as the Assistant City Attorney in the cities of Beverly Hills and Rancho Palos Verdes.

 
Education

B.S., Clarkson University, 1989
J.D., Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, 2001
Certificates, Land Use Planning, Transportation Planning for Air Quality, and Economic Development, University of California, Riverside

 
Practice Areas

CEQA
Climate Change
Land Use
Planning, Zoning and Subdivision Map Act
Public Agency and Municipal Law
Public Agency and Municipal Law Litigation

Redevelopment
Telecommunications and Cable Television Regulation
Transportation, Aviation - Airport Law