Leslie R. Perry - Santa Rosa, CA

Overview

Areas of Practice:

Mr. Perry practices in the areas of land use, real estate, mortgage finance & structure products and business law. He represents clients before various administrative and planning agencies, including County of Sonoma, City of Santa Rosa, Town of Windsor, City of Petaluma, City of Rohnert Park, City of Sonoma, City of Cotati, City of Sebastopol, Sonoma County Airport Land Use Commission and Water Quality and Air Quality Boards. Mr. Perry also represents clients in general real estate, environmental and contractual litigation. He has significant experience with California Environmental Quality Act compliance and litigation.

Representative Clients:

Creative Housing Associates; Ledson Winery and Vineyard; Ledson Construction; Airport Business Center; Auberge Resorts; Gualala Community Service District; Windsor Sewer and Water District; TRI Development; Tyris Corporation; Phelps Winery; Berry's Sawmill; Lomas Development; California Insurance Group; Saturn of Santa Rosa; Saturn of Marin; Alexander Valley Association; Sonoma Mountain Conservancy; Hans Fahden Winery; Shamrock Materials; DeWitt Sand & Gravel; Peter Michael Winery; Saggio Hills Development.

Experience:

Mr. Perry has practiced law in Sonoma County since 1975. He is a founding partner of Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz and previously partner with the firm of Luke & Perry. He is an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated attorney. Mr. Perry's reported cases included Sundstrom v. County of Mendocino (1988) 202 Cal.App.3d 296.; Bowman v. City of Petaluma (1986) 185 Cal.App.3rd 1065; Gardner v. County of Sonoma (2003) 29 Cal.4th 990; Warm Springs Task Force v. Corps of Engineers; (1980) 621 F.2d 1017; Hines v. California Coastal Commission (2010) 186 Cal. App. 4th 830.

Community Involvement:

Mr. Perry currently is a member of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Hospital; a member of the Sonoma County Harvest Fair (past president); a member of Santa Rosa Mainstreet Board of Directors (past president); a member of Business Advisory Assessment District (vice-chairman); and a member of the Sonoma County Volunteer Center Board of Directors (past president). Mr. Perry was formerly a member of the Audubon Canyon Ranch Board of Directors; Sonoma County Planning Commissioner 1986-1995, Chairman 1987 and 1992; a member of the Sonoma County Emergency Medical Care Advisory Committee; Sonoma County Energy Advisory Committee; Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control Board; Sonoma County Civil Service Commission; member of the Board of Directors of Burbank Housing Development Corporation; Member of the Board of Director of the Sonoma County Fair (past president).

Education and Memberships:

Mr. Perry attended the University of Nevada, Reno for two years. He received a bachelor of science degree in economics from University of California, Davis, in 1971 and a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Davis (King Hall) in 1974. Mr. Perry attended "Mediation of the Litigated Case" at Pepperdine University.

Mr. Perry is admitted to practice in California, Ninth District Federal Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

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