Douglas E. Wance

Douglas Wance is an associate in the Real Estate, Land Use and Natural Resources and Environmental Practice Group in the firm's Orange County office.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Wance has built a cross-disciplinary practice involving land use, water resources and environmental compliance through representation of both public and private clients. He has successfully represented businesses and public agencies in sophisticated financial, real estate, water resource, environmental compliance and land development matters before local, state and federal courts and administrative agencies.

Mr. Wance has experience representing public agencies as well as serving as general and special counsel. His environmental litigation, compliance and permitting background includes representation of solid waste disposal facilities, electrical power plants, gasoline refineries and manufacturing facilities in environmental permitting and compliance matters. He has represented his clients' interests before U.S. EPA, the State Water Resources Control Board, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board. Mr. Wance has provided compliance counseling, spill reporting, due diligence reviews, permitting, variances, appeals and enforcement action resolutions for clients with hazardous substance, air and water quality concerns. Finally, he has participated in litigation to defend clients against alleged violation of state and federal environmental laws.

Mr. Wance's land development and litigation background includes representation of residential developers, public entities, major industrial facilities and other commercial businesses in all phases of project development before local and state agencies, city councils and county board of supervisors.

He has assisted clients in obtaining development and environmental permits and project approvals for power plants, as well as mixed use, school and industrial development projects. Further, he has provided advice on issues concerning the California Environmental Quality Act, state and federal Endangered Species Act, the Subdivision Map Act, wetlands and entitlements. Finally, he has participated in administrative proceedings and litigation in the successful defense of permits and CEQA approvals in trial and appellate courts.

Education

• J.D., Boston College Law School, 1999
• B.A., University of Southern California, 1993

Admissions

• California

Speeches

• "Water Rights and Transfers," Lorman Education Services, February 2006