Background
Helps developers secure and defend entitlements for complex projects, major infrastructure and renewable energy projects in California. Extensive experience with CEQA and NEPA. Regularly prepares and defends litigation‑ready environmental reviews.
Daniel Brunton focuses his practice on environmental law, with an emphasis on helping developers obtain entitlements for large or controversial projects and defending those entitlements in court.
Daniel has extensive experience with California’s environmental-review statute and the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the federal National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). He often works with developers to ensure that their CEQA and NEPA documents are litigation-ready and has successfully defended many lawsuits challenging the environmental review of projects he has worked on. Daniel has broad experience with other statutes governing development, including the Clean Water Act, the Subdivision Map Act, the Coastal Act, the Endangered Species Act, and local zoning and land-use laws. He has also developed expertise in tribal consultations under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and under California law.
Daniel’s entitlement practice focuses on large-scale infrastructure projects, including renewable energy projects, stadiums, rail and highway projects, and transmission lines.
Credentials
EDUCATION
JD, 2001, New York University School of Law
BA, 1997, University of Washington
ADMISSIONS
California
