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Ellen Berkowitz

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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Shareholder

Career

Ellen Berkowitz provides strategic, legal, business, and political advice to clients involved in the development of real property throughout California, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. She represents clients before government agencies in connection with land use approvals and compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as well as related litigation arising from project challenges under land-use regulations. Ellen is recognized for her ability to fully understand the unique business and political interests impacting her clients’ development projects, and use that knowledge to navigate the often competing interests of her clients, the community and the governing authorities. Her pragmatic approach has resulted in numerous approvals for some of the most complex and controversial land-use projects in California.

Concentrations
Affordable and workforce housing
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Condominium and mixed-use developments
Economic development and incentives
Environmental and natural resources policy and regulation
Government contracts
Health care real estate
Industrial leasing and development
Infill and transit-oriented developments
Land use and development
Land use litigation
Local government advocacy
Master-planned communities and subdivisions

Capabilities
Real Estate
Land Development
Land Use

Admission to Practice
California

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1989
  • Production Editor, Loyola Law Review
  • Order of the Coif
  • Recipient, National Association of Women Lawyers – Outstanding Woman Law Graduate Award
  • Fritz Burns Scholar
• B.A., cum laude, Brandeis University