Contact
Malissa Hathaway McKeith
Partner
Los Angeles
633 West Fifth Street
Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone: 213.580.6303
Fax: 213.250.7900
Email: [email protected]
Malissa Hathaway McKeith serves as Partner, Chair of the firmwide Resources and Development Department, and Co-Chair of the Public Agency & Public Finance Practice. She has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of land development, and water and energy law including all aspects of environmental due diligence and permitting requirements on real estate and transactional deals. Ms. McKeith has a long-standing reputation as being result-oriented, pragmatic, and a strong advocate for her clients’ interests.
She handles or oversees the following types of projects:
- Land use entitlements for retail, residential and industrial developments.
- All aspects of NEPA/CEQA compliance (prosecution and defense).
- Endangered Species Act compliance.
- Protection of water rights with emphasis on representing agricultural entities.
- Defense of enforcement actions before the Environmental Protection Agency and Regional Water Quality Control Boards.
- Negotiation of power purchase agreements.
- All aspects of permitting for renewable or conventional power plants including appearances before the Public Utilities Commission and California Energy Commission.
- Defense of litigation in groundwater remediation cases under CERCLA, RCRA, and common law claims.
- Representation of tribal interests in real estate and energy deals.