Brady McShane provides legal advice to clients on political, regulatory, and environmental issues involved in developing property in California and Colorado. His practice focuses on securing land use approvals, regulatory permits, and environmental clearance from government agencies, directing public policy and government relations strategies and counseling clients on land use issues pertaining to the acquisition, disposition, and financing of properties.
Brady’s broad range of land use experience includes work on residential, retail, hotel/resort, office, healthcare, industrial, mining and energy projects. He also advises institutional lenders on land use and entitlement issues associated with distressed assets.
Brady has deep experience with local planning and zoning regulations, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Subdivision Map Act, the California Coastal Act and other local, state, and federal land use laws and regulations that govern the development of real property. He regularly represents clients in public hearings before agencies, boards, commissions, and legislative bodies and defends development projects in court against CEQA and other land use-related claims.
Concentrations
•Affordable and workforce housing
•California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
•Condominium and mixed-use developments
•Economic development and incentives
•Environmental and natural resources policy and regulation
•Hospitals and healthcare
•Hotels and hospitality
•Industrial leasing and development
•Infill and transit-oriented developments
•Land use and development
•Land use litigation
•Local government advocacy
•Master-planned communities and subdivisions
•Residential and multifamily development
•Retail leasing and development
•Energy projects and sustainable development
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Accolades
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Land Use and Zoning Law, 2024-2026
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023
•Team Member, a Law360 “Environmental Practice Group of the Year,” 2022
•Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2018 and 2022
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Real Estate - Land Use/Zoning, 2018 and 2024-2025
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Southern California “Rising Star,” 2008, 2010-2014
•Recipient, St. Joseph Center “Everybody Shines” Community Service Award