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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
550 SOUTH HOPE STREET
SUITE 2400
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-2678
CALIFORNIA
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Kyndra Joy Casper
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner
Career
Kyndra Joy Casper’s practice emphasizes land use and environmental matters, including project management, obtaining development entitlements, land use due diligence, administrative proceedings and litigation.
She is extensively experienced in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Among her recent work is her lead role in the massive US$1 billion Crossroads of the World project in Hollywood, which included obtaining certification of the project from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research as an Environmental Leadership Development Project, one of only seven in the entire state; the Primestor shopping center project at Mission Hills; the Lowe Enterprises mixed-use Ivy Station project in Culver City and Los Angeles; and The Vineyards at Porter Ranch, a Shapell Properties lifestyle center and multifamily project.
Kyndra’s value to her clients arises from her insight into the public process through the lens of her clients’ commercial goals. She assists land owners and developers through all stages of the entitlement and development process, providing counsel on local planning and zoning regulations and related environmental matters as well as counseling on community outreach and media strategies. She also advises on land use and environmental regulations, including the California Subdivision Map Act, state CEQA streamlining laws and density bonus laws. Kyndra also has experience in writ of mandate proceedings and real estate and environmental litigation.
Education
J.D., Southwestern University School of Law; B.A., University of Southern California
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
(Next Generation Partners)Praised for its ‘unparalleled in-market experience, expertise and knowledge of key decision makers’, DLA Piper LLP (US)
has extensive know-how appearing before before local governments, state and federal agencies and both administrative and judicial tribunals. With real estate and land use a core pillar of the firm’s work, the team acts as legal counsel on large-scale residential, commercial, office, retail, sports and entertainment, and industrial projects across the country. Operating out of the Chicago office, practice leader Richard Klawiter has a strong track record for handling some of the most significant local land use matters. Katherine Jahnke Dale is another key name in Chicago, notable for obtaining zoning and public financing approvals for large-scale projects in the region. Los Angeles-based Kyndra Joy Casper remains a pre-eminent practitioner in the space, with extensive experienced in CEQA compliance. Jerold Neuman, head of the California-based practice, is notable for both his affordable housing work and extensive acumen regarding regulatory and legislative issues. Northern Virginia-based co-head Antonio Calabrese is consistently singled out by clients for his ‘unparalleled knowledge of the zoning process’, also receiving praise for ‘background, expertise and skill’ in the land use and zoning space.
Lawyer Rankings
- Land use/zoning United States > Real estate
- Next Generation Partners United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense