Ms. Berglund joined the firm in 2016. Her practice focuses on land use and environmental law, including handling all phases of the land use entitlement and permitting processes, administrative approvals and litigation. She has extensive experience in preparing NEPA documents and managing the NEPA process, as well as long-range planning and zoning analysis. She has helped entitle millions of square feet of development in California, affordable housing projects, mixed-use development, warehouses, and regional medical facilities. Her practice centers on CEQA and NEPA, state and federal endangered species, air and water quality, and other related land use statutes such as the Subdivision Map Act, Outdoor Advertising Act, and Planning and Zoning Law.
Ms. Berglund’s representative matters include:
- Outside CEQA counsel for California High-Speed Rail Authority
- Successfully defending entitlements for Grocery Outlet projects in King City, City of Roseville, and City of Fort Bragg
- Defending the City of Los Angeles in litigation challenging various development projects
- Representing the City of Newport Beach in litigation challenging the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of the Southern California Metroplex Project.
- Representing Waste Management in litigation challenging the Alameda County Waste Management Authority’s approval of an organics recycling facility
- Representing Marina Coast Water District in litigation challenging administrative approvals for a large-scale desalination facility
She is a frequent contributor to CEB’s land use and CEQA practice guides and other publications, and speaks at CEB seminars on emerging trends in environmental and land use law. She also teaches CEQA courses for the Association of Environmental Professionals, where she provides practical training to planners, consultants, and agency staff on preparing legally defensible environmental documents.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Berglund worked as a consultant at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, advising public agency clients on all aspects of procurement and contract drafting processes for large alternative delivery projects. She was a key member of the consultant team advising on the first phase of the California High-Speed Rail Project in the Central Valley.
Ms. Berglund has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since 2008. She also has several years of experience as a community and environmental planner.