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Susannah T. French

Susannah T. French

Of Counsel
She/Her/Hers
Joined Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger in:
1993
Primary Practice Areas:
CEQA & NEPA, Planning & Zoning Law, Land Use Initiatives, Litigation & Appeals

Career Highlights

  • Working on the winning SMW team in two California Supreme Court land use cases, Orange Citizens for Parks & Recreation v. Superior Court (2016) 2 Cal. 5th 141, which upheld local initiative rights and general plan principles, and Big Creek Lumber Company v. County of Santa Cruz (2006) 38 Cal.4th 1139, which upheld local regulations on timber harvesting.
  • Helping protect Hatton Canyon in Carmel Valley from freeway development.

Bar Memberships

Member of the Bars of the State of California, U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of California.

Education

UC Berkeley School of Law, JD, 1993

Harvard University, 1988

About Me

I enjoy being with my family and swimming in lakes. I am the author of an award-winning children’s book.

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