Amrit Kulkarni

As a member of the Executive Committee, Amrit Kulkarni is chair of the Practice Groups for Land Use, Environmental Law, and Transportation and Infrastructure at Meyers Nave - which are highly interconnected, as laws and regulations often overlap, inevitably resulting in clients benefiting from his diverse array of strategic insights. The majority of his practice involves high-profile, complex, and controversial transportation infrastructure, commercial, and urban development projects. Mr. Kulkarni experience extends beyond CEQA and NEPA to include the Coastal Act, Tidelands Trust, Subdivision Map Act, Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act, Mitigation Fee Act, and Clean Water Act. Aside from transactional guidance, he also offers litigation support when clients need to defend or challenge a project.

Mr. Kulkarni brings a wealth of knowledge to the table as an experienced attorney with a diverse background. Prior to graduating from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in 1998, he earned his BA in Environmental Studies and Policy & Planning from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1994. As a member of the California Lawyers Association, Mr. Kulkarni also participates in its Environmental Law Section. An attorney with a long and successful career, Mr. Kulkarni is an expert in his field. In both the public and private sectors, he has over 20 years of experience handling complex legal matters. In addition to serving as a legal advisor for various environmental organizations, Mr. Kulkarni has published numerous articles on environmental law. His contributions to the field have also been recognized by the California Lawyers Association.

"Mr. Kulkarni has won exceptional litigation victories under CEQA, NEPA, and other regulatory laws applicable to California projects in both trial and appellate courts. Since 2011, he has been awarded numerous awards and achievements, such as being ranked a top land use lawyer and top 20 under 40 respectively in the past decade. In 2023, Mr. Kulkarni was named one of the "Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Business Journal, as well as one of the Best Lawyers in America by the same publication. In the category of litigation-land use and zoning, he received recognition from 2018 to 2024. Among the most prominent, complex, and sometimes controversial commercial and urban development projects in the state and Los Angeles area, Mr. Kulkarni was noted as a "California Infrastructure Heavyweight" by the LABJ.