Neal A. Parish

With a professional background in planning and economics, including master’s degrees in city planning and transportation engineering, Neal Parish offers private and public agency as well as private clients a unique mix of real estate and land use knowledge, experience and insight. He counsels on a range of matters, including real estate transactions and agreements, easements and title issues, land use permitting, public projects and service contracts, and serving as public agency general counsel.

For private industry and individual clients, Mr. Parish negotiates, drafts and analyzes agreements for real estate transactions, including leases, purchase and sale contracts, easements and related agreements, and subdivision documents including CC&Rs. He also assists clients with land use and related permitting issues, including CEQA, zoning, and other regulatory matters. Mr. Parish also serves as general counsel to public agencies, advising on a broad range of issues, including compliance with applicable laws such as the Brown Act, Public Records Act, and the Political Reform Act.

Mr. Parish holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from UCLA, master’s degrees in City Planning and Transportation Engineering from UC Berkeley, and he received his J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law. He joined what is now known as Fennemore Wendel (previously Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean) as a clerk in 1997 during his final semester of law school, and has been with the firm ever since.

Since 2002, Mr. Parish has served as a chapter author and/or update author for CEB publications including “California Easements and Boundaries: Law and Litigation,” “Office Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease,” and “Retail Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease.”