**About This Opportunity**

At KnowHireMatch, we believe the best legal careers are built on meaningful work that shapes the world around you. This isn’t just another counsel role—it’s a chance to put your stamp on California’s most ambitious public and private development projects. You’ll join a tight-knit, highly regarded team at a firm that values your expertise, your voice, and your ability to navigate the complex intersection of land use, environmental law, and community impact. If you’re ready to move beyond routine compliance and into the kind of work that defines skylines and protects natural resources, this is your next chapter.

**The Role: Of Counsel – Land Use & Environmental**

You will advise both public and private sector clients on complex land use entitlements, planning and zoning issues, and regulatory permitting matters. You’ll provide strategic counsel on environmental compliance—with a heavy focus on the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)—and manage matters from initial project planning through entitlement, administrative proceedings, and into litigation. You’ll lead CEQA challenges and related disputes, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop legal strategies for large-scale development, infrastructure, and public works projects. You’ll also draft and review legal memoranda, entitlement documents, environmental analyses, and advocacy materials that carry real weight.

**What You Bring**

- A Juris Doctor from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials
- At least 10 years of relevant legal experience in land use and environmental law
- Deep, working knowledge of CEQA, California planning and zoning laws, and land use regulatory processes
- A track record of advising clients on complex development projects and environmental review
- Sharp research, writing, and advocacy skills—you can build a case and make it stick
- The ability to juggle multiple priorities while staying collaborative and focused
- A genuine interest in contributing to the firm’s reputation and client relationships

**Where You’ll Work**

This role is available in our Los Angeles, Oakland, or San Diego offices. You’ll have the flexibility to work where you’re most effective, with a team that values your presence and your perspective.

**Compensation & Benefits**

- **Annual base salary:** $250,000 – $340,000 (commensurate with experience)
- Competitive health insurance
- 401(k) with partial match
- Profit-sharing
- Annual discretionary and billable-hours bonuses
- A reasonable billable hours requirement—because we value your life outside the office, too

If you’re ready to shape California’s future—one project, one permit, one legal strategy at a time—we want to hear from you.