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Education

  • J.D., Loyola Law School

  • B.S., Boston University

Bar Admissions

  • California

Memberships

  • Co-Chair, Land Use and Environmental Subsection of the Real Property Section, LACBA

Amarveer Brar

Associate

Amarveer is a land use and environmental associate in the Century City office who helps clients obtain and defend entitlements for commercial real estate projects throughout California, including multifamily, hospitality, office, mixed-use, and last mile distribution centers. His practice covers the full development cycle, counseling clients on pre-acquisition due diligence, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance, natural resources issues arising under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the federal and state Endangered Species Acts, and the complex regulations covering development projects within California’s coastal zone, along with a range of other land use matters.

Amarveer is also adept at navigating California state and local housing laws, such as the Density Bonus Law, Housing Accountability Act, and Housing Crisis Act, helping clients bring their residential projects to approval in a cost-effective manner.

Amarveer’s background as federal litigator aids in his ability to anticipate risks and mitigate potential conflicts in the early stages of the development process. Before joining Allen Matkins, Amarveer defended the United States in NEPA, Clean Water Act, NHPA, Endangered Species Act, and other civil cases during his time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California and as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division.

While in law school, Amarveer served as a summer law clerk for the Natural Resources Defense Council and externed for the Honorable Joseph A. Brandolino and Gregory A. Dohi of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Accolades

  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" list (2023-2025)

Amarveer’s background as federal litigator aids in his ability to anticipate risks and mitigate potential conflicts in the early stages of the development process. Before joining Allen Matkins, Amarveer defended the United States in NEPA, Clean Water Act, NHPA, Endangered Species Act, and other civil cases during his time as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Central District of California and as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division.

While in law school, Amarveer served as a summer law clerk for the Natural Resources Defense Council and externed for the Honorable Joseph A. Brandolino and Gregory A. Dohi of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Accolades

  • Named to The Best Lawyers in America® "Ones to Watch" list (2023-2025)

Entitlements

Amarveer’s land use experience includes approvals of the following projects:

  • Development Permits for a 280,000 square foot office Project in El Segundo.
  • Approval of an Adaptive reuse of an existing commercial office property to Last-Mile facility.
  • Approval of a 94,000 square foot office tower expansion in El Segundo.
  • Zone Text Amendment to allow for expanded hospitality floor area in Beverly Hills.
  • Coastal Development Permit Exemption for a Hotel Renovation in Santa Monica.
  • Various Conditional Use Permits in jurisdictions throughout California.

Litigation

Amarveer’s land use and environmental litigation experience includes the following:

  • S. Army Corps of Engineers. High-profile litigation related to NEPA and NHPA challenges to a North Dakota crude-oil pipeline project brought by environmental groups and tribes.
  • S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Obtained summary judgment in a NEPA challenge to a multi-million dollar multi-modal transportation on the Arkansas River.
  • Secured dismissal of a NEPA challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System in Louisiana.
  • United States and Department of Interior. Member of a trial team that successfully defended against an aboriginal title claim for the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico.

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