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Christine R. Wade |
Partner (formerly known as Christine Griffith)
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415-814-6400 |
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Ms. Wade* is a Partner of the firm specializing in land use counseling and litigation. She represents corporations, institutions, property owners and commercial and residential developers in administrative proceedings and litigation related to land use and development including obtaining permits and conducting environmental review for their projects. Ms. Wade has successfully represented clients before local planning commissions, city councils, boards of supervisors, and other regulatory bodies. She has extensive experience in San Francisco and other Bay Area communities. Ms. Wade specializes in handling all kinds of real estate matters for high net worth individuals and family offices, including matters related to the purchase and development of commercial and high-end residential properties in California, New York, Hawaii and the Caribbean. She puts particular emphasis on privacy, security, and entity formation. She also represents clients in judicial proceedings in both state and federal courts. She has successfully defended project entitlements against environmental and other challenges in both the Superior and Appellate courts and has asserted the rights of property owners against municipal and state government agencies in the judicial context.
Ms. Wade practice emphasizes the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), property rights, zoning and planning laws, and the California Coastal Act. Her experience includes siting of renewable energy projects, such as wind farms.
Prior to joining SSL Law Firm, Ms. Wade was a shareholder and director at Ellman Burke Hoffman & Johnson, PC and shareholder with the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP practicing in their land use and environmental group. Ms. Wade earned her law degree, with honors, from Stanford Law School and her B.B.A. degree, with honors, from the University of Miami, where she was a member of the varsity basketball team.
She is admitted to practice law in California and is a member of the Real Estate and Environmental Law sections of the State Bar of California and the Bar Association of San Francisco.
Ms. Wade has also been named as one of the Best Land Use Lawyers in the Bay Area by the Bay Area Lawyer Magazine.
(* Ms. Wade was formerly known as Christine Griffith.) |
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