Beth Collins Email and Phone Number

Beth Collins is known as a problem solver who routinely tackles high profile, high controversy cases. She has a rare mix of significant entitlement, transactional and litigation experience which gives her a unique perspective and her clients an edge—whether she is litigating in the courts, drafting documents, negotiating a deal or advocating before public officials and agencies.Beth is a Shareholder in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Santa Barbara and Los Angeles offices and a member of the Natural Resources, Land Use, Real Estate, and Litigation groups. In her practice, Beth specializes in assisting various land owners, energy companies, vintners and ranchers, and developers through all stages of the development process, specializing in high-controversy projects. Beth has broad expertise in land use, real estate and environmental issues such as the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Coastal Act, Subdivision Map Act, and Endangered Species Act and easement, nuisance and takings issues. Beth's published decisions include Frye v. Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. (2006) 38 Cal.4th 23, In re Hudie Joyce Walker (2007) 147 Cal.App. 4th 533, Jamieson v. City of Carpinteria (2012) 204 Cal.App.4th 755 and Tomlinson v. County of Alameda (2012) 54 Cal.4th 281. Prior to joining the firm, Beth was an associate at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (2003-2004) and Honorable Justice Norman L. Epstein of the California State Court of Appeal, Second Appellate Dist., Div. Four (2002-2003).Before attending law school, Beth joined Teach for America and taught seventh and eighth grade science and health in urban schools for five years.Specialties: Land use, CEQA/NEPA, environmental, energy, global climate change, and real estate related matters.