Avneet K. Sidhu

Avneet Sidhu represents private clients and public entities in a variety of real estate matters, including land use and zoning as well as real property transactions. Her focus is ensuring her clients' projects are in compliance with local and state regulations, like the California Environmental Quality Act. Ms. Sidhu’s particular skill is providing an efficient and creative path forward for complex transactions and projects.

Educational History • Simon Fraser University, M.A., Experimental Psychology (2005) • University of British Columbia, J.D. (2003) • University of Alberta, B.A., Psychology (1996) Ms. Sidhu’s current firm, Grid Legal, provides outside counsel expertise to the Port of San Diego, County of San Diego, and the City of San Marcos. Their representative private projects include residential, hotel, industrial and commercial projects throughout Southern California.

Ms. Sidhu is a Lecturer in the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University, where she teaches business law to undergraduate and graduate students. She is an active member of the Association of Environmental Professionals and the South Asian Bar Association of San Diego. Ms. Sidhu is also a past Chair of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Environmental/Land Use Law Section, and past President and Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Carlsbad. She served as a reviewer for the 2016, 2018 and 2019 editions of the “California Municipal Law Handbook.” Ms. Sidhu has presented on a variety of topics related to real estate transactions, land use, and the California Environmental Quality Act to California County Counsel Real Estate Division, City Attorney Association of San Diego, and for CEB.