About Everett DeLano III

Everett DeLano specializes in land use and environmental law, including matters under the California Environmental Quality Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Business & Professions Code § 17200, Proposition 65, as well as Constitutional matters such as civil rights violations and inverse condemnation. Mr. DeLano represents homeowners’ associations, non-profit organizations, and neighborhood groups and individuals concerned about land use and environmental issues. His work includes advocacy before municipal and administrative entities and litigation in federal and State court.

Logan Jenkins, a San Diego Union-Tribune columnist, dubbed Mr. DeLano as “the NIMBY lawyer,” proclaiming no one is smarter “at applying the legal brakes to community-opposed development.”

Mr. DeLano graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of San Diego in 1989. He attended law school at the University of Southern California, where served on the Interdisciplinary Law Journal and Major Tax Journal, served as an extern to the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and was the sole recipient of the U.S. Law Week Award. He graduated from law school in 1992 and is licensed to practice law in both California and Colorado.