Miguel Mauricio is a Land Use associate in Miller Starr Regalia’s Walnut Creek office. His expertise includes representing residential, commercial, and industrial developers on a wide range of land use entitlement and environmental matters throughout the state of California, with a particular focus on residential development. At Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Miguel represented clients in a broad range of transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, financings, and development projects. He advised on complex regulatory issues impacting various projects, such as retail centers, mixed-use developments, office projects, and historic rehabilitations. Miguel is well-versed in zoning planning, CEQA, and processing entitlements for major real estate developments in California.

Miguel sits on the board of directors for the Kennedy-King Memorial College Scholarship Fund and Opportunity Junction. In 2025, Governor Newsom appointed Miguel to serve on the governing board of the 23rd District Agricultural Association.

Practice Areas

• Land Use - Entitlement
• Land Use - Litigation
• Land Use - Transactional
• Land Use & CEQA

Education

J.D., Yale Law School, New Haven, CT (2022)

• Yale Law and Policy Review, Lead Editor
• Yale Urban Law and Policy Society, Board Member
• First Generation Professionals, Director of Alumni and Mentorship Relations
• Yale Law Democrats, VP of Elections
• Capital Assistance Project/Civil Rights Project, Volunteer
• Latinx Law Students Association, Vice-President  

B.A. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (2016)

• Latino Pre-Law Society, Executive Director
• George A. Miller Research Scholar Recipient
• Parliamentary Debate, Team Captain
• Student Senator

Bar Admissions

California

Languages

Spanish