Tamsen Plume
Recognized since 2011
San Francisco, California
Environmental Law
Land Use and Zoning Law
Tamsen Plume is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Public Policy & Regulation Group. Her practice concentrates on land use and environmental law. She represents project proponents in land use and environmental permitting, compliance, and due diligence matters for complex land use, development and redevelopment projects.
Ms. Plume’s practice includes:
- Local land use entitlements, including development agreements, general plan amendments, zoning amendments, variances, design review and permitting Redevelopment, including owner participation agreements and disposition and development agreements
- Environmental review, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Resource agency permitting and compliance, including Clean Water Act (CWA) compliance, CWA Section 404 wetlands fill permits, CWA Section 401 water quality certification, federal and state Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance, California Fish and Game Code Section 1603 Streambed Alteration Agreements, and San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) Bay Plan amendments and development permits
- Land use and environmental due diligence for real estate transactions
- 560 Mission Street, Suite 1900
San Francisco, CA 94105
- English
- University of Virginia, BA, graduated 1993
- California, The State Bar of California
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
- Bar Association of San Francisco - Member
- California State Bar Association - Member
- Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP) - Member
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) - Member
- International Council of Shopping Centers - Member
- San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) - Member
- Thurston Society, Hastings College of the Law - Member
- Urban Land Institute - Member
600 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
191 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

- Environmental Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Environmental
- Land Use
- Master Planned Communities
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, 2013
- Natural Resources Law
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