Kenneth B. Bley
Partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
Kenneth Bley represents developers in obtaining land use approvals and then frequently has to defend the approvals against CEQA and planning and zoning challenges in both trial and appellate courts. He also represents landowners in eminent domain proceedings.
Educational & Employment History • BS and MS from Cal Berkeley and PhD from UCLA, all in guidance and control of missiles and spacecraft • J.D. from Harvard • Over 50 trials and over 30 appeals, including four arguments before the California Supreme Court
Mr. Bley has served as a reviewer of the litigation section of the CEB treatise on CEQA, and an author on exactions in the CEB treatise on land use. He has lectured widely to judges and attorneys on land use and authored a paper on the use of the federal Civil Rights Act in land use litigation. Finally, he taught remedies for ten years and land use for 15 years at the USC Gould School of Law.
CEB Region:
SoCal Region
