DAVID C. SWEIGERT
David handles a wide variety of
land use, real estate, environmental, and water law matters for developers,
individual property owners, public agencies, and community groups. He
counsels clients on all aspects of the land use entitlement process and
other administrative law matters and assists clients with large and small
matters pending before local, state, and federal agencies. David has extensive
expertise in planning and zoning law, subdivision law, and the law related
to easements and legal lots of record. David has successfully represented
clients in land use and CEQA litigation at both the trial court and appellate
levels. David has also represented clients in matters involving a variety
of water law, endangered and threatened species, and historic resources
issues. He also counsels developers, property owners, and homeowners’ associations in the law related to
common interest developments, homeowners’ associations, mutual
water companies, and Department of Real Estate regulatory compliance.
Principal Areas of Practice:
Land use, real estate, environmental, and water law counseling and litigation.
Education:
California State University, Sacramento, B.A., 1977; University of California,
Davis, King Hall School of Law, J.D., 1991 (Order of the Coif).
Professional Qualifications and Activities:
Admitted to the California Bar in August 1992; admitted to practice before
the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; Adjunct
Professor, Monterey College of Law 1997-1998; Law Clerk to Hon. Daniel
A. Moore, Jr., Supreme Court Justice of the State of Alaska, 1991-1992.
Memberships:
Real Property Law Section and Environmental Law Section, California State
Bar; Monterey County Bar Association; Board, Monterey Cowboy Poetry and
Music Festival; Monterey County Barristers Association (past member, Board
member and President).
e-mail:
DSweigert@FentonKeller.com
