Chatten-Brown & Carstens

Specialties

The firm primarily represents environmental and community groups interested in enforcing local, state and federal environmental laws. For example, the firm frequently represents national environmental groups, such as the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council. It also represents State and local groups, such as the Planning and Conservation League, Friends of the Los Angeles River, and other local and regional environmental groups. It represents neighborhood groups organized around particular issue, and governmental agencies seeking advice in compliance, or challenging projects they believe violate environmental laws.

History

Established in 1995.

Chatten-​Brown & Carstens is a small, public interest law firm founded by Jan Chatten-​Brown after twenty-​one years of practicing environmental law in several government law offices. The Firm’s practice focuses on environmental, natural resource, land use, municipal, and government law. The Firm offers a wide array of litigation, counseling, and planning services, and litigates in both state and federal court. Firm attorneys provide legal services for clients on issues involving land use, the California Environmental Quality Act («CEQA»), the National Environmental Policy Act («NEPA»), state and federal Endangered Species Acts, regulatory systems, and historic preservation, among others.