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Michael B. Wilmar

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Land Use and Zoning Law
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    Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor
    San Francisco, CA 94111

Michael B. Wilmar is a special counsel in the Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.

Michael specializes in all aspects of land use law, including local, state and  federal land use and water quality issues, particularly with respect to waterfront projects.  His environmental and land use expertise includes representation of a wide variety of private and public entities with respect to local, state and federal land use and water quality issues under the McAteer-Petris Act, the California Coastal Act, the California public trust doctrine, Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act, Section 10 of the federal Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, local zoning codes, the state Planning and Zoning law, the state development agreement statute, the California Environmental Quality Act, and the state and federal Endangered Species Act.

Michael also represents clients in the resolution of title questions arising out of tidelands trust, including the negotiation and documentation of land exchange and boundary settlement agreements with the State of California acting through the State Lands Commission.

Over the course of his career, Michael has represented many developers of projects that have raised difficult and complex regulatory issues.  These projects have included Pier 1, the Ferry Building, and Mission Bay in San Francisco (which involved one of the largest and most complex tidelands exchanges ever with the State of California), the Oak to 9th Project in Oakland, the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, the Treasure Island Naval Station, the Vallejo Waterfront, the Electronic Arts headquarters campus at Redwood Shores in Redwood City, the expansion of a major quarry in Sunol, and a 500+ unit, mixed-use residential/industrial park development in Hayward.

Prior to joining Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Michael was a partner in the San Francisco office of  Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP.

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Michael B. Wilmar is a special counsel in the Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco office.

Michael specializes in all aspects of land use law, including local, state and  federal land use and water quality issues, particularly with respect to waterfront projects.  His environmental and land use expertise includes representation of a wide variety of private and public entities with respect to local, state and federal land use and water quality issues under the McAteer-Petris Act, the California Coastal Act, the California public trust doctrine, Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act, Section 10 of the federal Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, local zoning codes, the state Planning and Zoning law, the state development agreement statute, the California Environmental Quality Act, and the state and federal Endangered Species Act.

Michael also represents clients in the resolution of title questions arising out of tidelands trust, including the negotiation and documentation of land exchange and boundary settlement agreements with the State of California acting through the State Lands Commission.

Over the course of his career, Michael has represented many developers of projects that have raised difficult and complex regulatory issues.  These projects have included Pier 1, the Ferry Building, and Mission Bay in San Francisco (which involved one of the largest and most complex tidelands exchanges ever with the State of California), the Oak to 9th Project in Oakland, the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, the Treasure Island Naval Station, the Vallejo Waterfront, the Electronic Arts headquarters campus at Redwood Shores in Redwood City, the expansion of a major quarry in Sunol, and a 500+ unit, mixed-use residential/industrial park development in Hayward.

Prior to joining Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Michael was a partner in the San Francisco office of  Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP.

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  • Land Use and Zoning Law

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