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L & G, LLP Promotes Jason Retterer to Partner
SALINAS, CALIF. – L & G, LLP is pleased to announce that Jason Retterer, manager of the firm's land use practice is now a partner.
"Jason is an outstanding legal professional with years of experience and a wealth of expertise. We are very fortunate to have him on our team, and I'm pleased to make him a partner," said Jeffery Gilles, L&G principal and managing partner.
Retterer has 12 years of experience representing public and private entities on a variety of complex land development transactions and land use litigation. Most recently, Retterer served as lead land use and environmental counsel on the approval of the 95,000-squarefoot commercial building in downtown Salinas for Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. Retterer also served as lead land use and environmental counsel on the approval of a $1.2 billion, 399 Megawatt solar photovoltaic project, on 5,000 acres, and successfully defended the permits in a lawsuit filed in the San Benito County Superior Court in front of the Honorable Judge O'Farrell.
Retterer worked for Lombardo & Gilles between 1999 and 2001, handling various land use matters including Coastal Commission permit issues, before relocating to Southern California where he worked for Woodruff, Spradlin and Smart from 2001 to 2008 as one of their lead public agency attorneys working on land use, real estate and environmental issues.
Retterer returned to Lombardo & Gilles in 2009 to fulfill his dream of leading the land use portion of the firm. Retterer advises public and private entities in the following areas:
- Compliance with environmental laws such as the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), water quality and air quality laws, and federal and state hazardous waste laws;
- Working around development challenges presented by general plan and zoning regulations;
- Creating subdivisions in accordance with the Subdivision Map Act;
- Land use planning, including annexations; and
- Rules applicable to public entities, including the Brown Act, the Political Reform Act, and the Public Records Act.