Lauren V. Wills

Ms. Wills originally joined the firm in 2013 and assists clients on a variety of land use and environmental matters, including CEQA and NEPA compliance, employment law and public finance laws. She also litigates issues arising under the California Environmental Quality Act. Prior to joining the firm, Lauren was an associate at Armbruster, Goldsmith & Delvac LLP in Los Angeles, where she specialized in securing complex land use entitlements for developers, institutions and other property owners.

Lauren was previously an associate in the Environment and Land Use department of Nossaman LLP, where she was part of the litigation team that successfully defended the environmental impact report for the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority’s light rail project linking Culver City with Santa Monica. She also assisted with advising state and regional infrastructure authorities on environmental issues regarding large infrastructure projects.

Prior to her legal career, Lauren was a project manager at Craig Lawson & Co., LLC, a land use consulting firm, providing real estate, land use and entitlement services, pre-development feasibility analyses, and government and community relations advice to commercial, residential, and institutional clients.

Lauren previously served on the Board of Directors for the Women Lawyers of Santa Cruz County and is a member of the Santa Cruz County Bar Association.

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