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Welcome

Chatten-Brown, Carstens & Minteer (CBCM) is a public interest oriented law firm specializing in environmental and land use law. CBCM's attorneys represent environmental and community groups in administrative processes and litigation with the objective of enforcing laws to protect California’s environment and the quality of our lives. CBCM's environmental attorneys also represent government agencies that seek to enforce environmental laws. CBCM is particularly well known for the expertise of its lawyers—and impressive track record of success—involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). While CBCM has offices in Los Angeles and San Diego, the firm's environmental law practice is statewide.    

CBCM has achieved a high degree of success in the majority of its endeavors. Both founding partner Jan Chatten-Brown and managing partner Douglas Carstens are consistently named Super Lawyers, reflecting their selection by peers as being in the top 5% of lawyers in Southern California. Jan has twice been listed by California's legal publication, the Daily Journal, as one of the top women litigators in California.


CBCM attorneys take pride in providing responsive, individualized, creative, and cost-effective legal services.  

Practice Areas

CEQA
Land Use
Historic Preservation Laws
Endangered Species Act
Coastal Act
Timber Harvesting Laws
Public Records Act and Brown 
Act
Election Law
NEPA
Clean Air Laws
Clean Water Laws
Mining and Oil Drilling Laws

LOS ANGELES OFFICE

2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Phone: (310) 798-2400; Fax: (310) 798-2402 

SAN DIEGO OFFICE

302 Washington Street, #710, San Diego, CA 92103
Phone:
(619) 940-4522
Chatten-Brown, Carstens & Minteer's environmental law practice is statewide and the firm represents clients throughout California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, Contra Costa, Fresno, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Anaheim, Riverside, as well as Orange County, Alameda County, Santa Clara County, Kern County, Ventura County, Amador County, Stanislaus County, Sonoma County, Madera County, Napa County, and Placer County.