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Litigation
Environmental
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (J.D., 1997)
University of Illinois (B.A., 1984)
Admitted to Practice in California
Barbara Higgins’ land use practice centers on entitlement processing, permitting, CEQA and environmental compliance. She
serves both residential and commercial developers on a broad spectrum of projects, including mixed-use vertical development,
urban infill and master-planned communities. Barbara has also represented public entities in redevelopment, eminent domain,
validation and LAFCO proceedings. Her unique experience as developers’ counsel, together with public entity representation,
has earned her distinction in working adeptly with local agencies, staff and key decision-makers to facilitate her clients’
projects.
When necessary, she has successfully and vigorously defended her client’s projects in the court room, resulting in decisions
that have set new precedents in California land use law. Representative clients include Lennar Urban Development; Washington
Mutual; Los Angeles Unified School District; Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Credit Suisse; Kawada Company, Ltd.; The KOR Group; and
the Los Angeles Airlines Airport Affairs Committee.
Barbara Higgins’ land use practice centers on entitlement processing, permitting, CEQA and environmental compliance. She
serves both residential and commercial developers on a broad spectrum of projects, including mixed-use vertical development,
urban infill and master-planned communities. Barbara has also represented public entities in redevelopment, eminent domain,
validation and LAFCO proceedings. Her unique experience as developers’ counsel, together with public entity representation,
has earned her distinction in working adeptly with local agencies, staff and key decision-makers to facilitate her clients’
projects.
When necessary, she has successfully and vigorously defended her client’s projects in the court room, resulting in decisions
that have set new precedents in California land use law. Representative clients include Lennar Urban Development; Washington
Mutual; Los Angeles Unified School District; Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Credit Suisse; Kawada Company, Ltd.; The KOR Group; and
the Los Angeles Airlines Airport Affairs Committee.
Barbara received her J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to law school, she attended the Master’s
Program in English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago, and is a former editor of the Great Books
Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.
Representative Experience
- Vedanta Society of Southern California v. California Quartet, Ltd. (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 1200.
- Napa Citizens for Honest Government v. Napa County Board of Supervisors (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 342.
- Vedanta Society of Southern California v. California Quartet, Ltd. (2000) 84 Cal.App.4th 517.
- G.L. Mezzetta, Inc. v. City of American Canyon (2000) 78 Cal.App.4th 1087.
