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40 Years of Serving the Public Interest

Known for our commitment to promoting environmental and community values, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger is at the forefront of the major land use, energy and development issues we face today.

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Our attorneys, planners, and staff work as a team to provide outstanding legal services to public agency, nonprofit, and community group clients. We are proud to be one of the few law firms in California in which a majority of the partners are women.

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Attorneys

  • Jenna Archer
  • Orran Balagopalan
  • Laura D. Beaton
  • Amy J. Bricker
  • Caitlin F. Brown
  • Kevin P. Bundy
  • Shanthi Chackalackal
  • Vaneeta Chintameneni
  • Sara A. Clark
  • Marlene Dehlinger
  • Catherine C. Engberg
  • Shasta Fields
  • Ellison Folk
  • Susannah T. French
  • Tamara S. Galanter
  • Ryan Gallagher
  • Ellen J. Garber
  • Tori Ballif Gibbons
  • Nardos Girma
  • Seth Goldman
  • Caleb Hersh
  • Rachel B. Hooper
  • Mindy Jian
  • Winter King
  • Josh Kirmsse
  • Fran M. Layton
  • Chloe Lew
  • Sarah M. Lucey
  • Matthew McKerley
  • Andrew Miller
  • Deborah Miller
  • Heather M. Minner
  • René Alejandro Ortega
  • Robert “Perl” Perlmutter
  • Joseph D. “Seph” Petta
  • Gabriel M. B. Ross
  • Edward T. Schexnayder
  • Andrew W. Schwartz
  • Sarah H. Sigman
  • Sky C. Stanfield
  • Aaron M. Stanton
  • Lauren Tarpey
  • Richard S. Taylor
  • William J. White
  • Osa L. Wolff
  • Yochanan “Yochi” Zakai
  • Matthew D. Zinn

Urban Planners

  • Kristi Bascom, AICP
  • Carmen J. Borg, AICP

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  • Sara L. Breckenridge
  • Matthew M. “Mike” Burton
  • Janessa Cooks
  • Julie Dolinsek
  • Antonio Giusto
  • Erin Grant
  • Patricia “Patty” Larkin
  • Roel Mangiliman
  • Aoife McGurry
  • Jennifer Miao
  • Brian Nervis
  • Frederick “Zeke” Pasco
  • Maurene “Mo” Ryan
  • Gladys “Tuloa” Sanchez
  • Shaanel Saroch
  • David H. Weibel
  • Sally Wong

Founders

  • Marc Mihaly
  • E. Clement Shute, Jr.
  • Mark I. Weinberger (1948 – 2005)
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