Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, is pleased to announce that Arthur F. Coon, co-chair of the firm's Land Use Practice Group and chair of its Appellate Practice Group, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2019© and has been honored as the Best Lawyers’ 2019 Oakland Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year”. In addition, nine other MSR attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© directory. Marvin Starr, one of MSR's founding members, has been recognized by Best Lawyers every year since this recognition began in 1983.
“Art has established himself as one of the state's leading CEQA [California Environmental Quality Act] attorneys and it is no surprise that his peers have acknowledged Art's accomplishments and stature," said Ella K. Gower, Miller Starr Regalia's managing shareholder. "All of MSR's attorneys honored this year have been honored in the past, a testament to the ongoing professionalism and capabilities they exhibit year in and year out."
This is the second time Coon has been named a Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year". Coon is the author of “CEQA Developments” (www.ceqadevelopments.com), a leading CEQA blog, and the CEQA chapter of Miller & Starr, California Real Estate, the most widely used and judicially cited California real estate law reference. He is a litigator at the trial and appellate levels of both federal and state courts and has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court.
MSR attorneys receiving recognition this year are:
- Lance Anderson, real estate law (also recognized in 2018)
- Arthur F. Coon, land use and zoning law (recognized 2012-2019)
- James M. Frassetto, real estate law (recognized 2008-2019)
- Karl E. Geier, banking and finance law (recognized 2009-2019)
- Daniel R. Miller, construction law (recognized 2013-2019)
- Eugene H. Miller, commercial litigation; real estate law (2007-2019)
- Gary E. Rosenberg, real estate law (recognized 2007-2019)
- George Speir, litigation - land use and zoning; litigation - real estate (recognized 2008-2019)
- Marvin B. Starr, real estate law (recognized 1983-2019)
- Wilson F. Wendt, land use and zoning law; real estate law (recognized 2001-2019)
ABOUT BEST LAWYERS®:
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ABOUT MILLER STARR REGALIA
Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than fifty years. For nearly all that time, our firm has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th, a 12-volume encyclopedia on California real estate law. We call it “the Book.” The Book is the most widely used and judicially recognized real estate treatise in California and is cited by practicing attorneys and courts throughout the state. Our firm has expertise in all real property matters, including full-service litigation and dispute resolution services, transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, common interest development, construction, management, title insurance, environmental law, and redevelopment and land use. For more information, visit www.msrlegal.com
