Michael Herman Zischke

Background

Zischke, Michael Herman was born on December 30, 1954 in Yokahama, Japan. Son of Peter H. and Alice Marian (Oliver) Zischke.

Education

Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1977). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1982). Articles Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1981-1982.

Career

Worked at Landels Ripley & Diamond, Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1982, California. Articles Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1981-1982.

Company-Author: Practice Under the California Environmental Quality Acting, California Continuing Education of the Bar (1993, supplemented annually). Land Use Initiatives and Referenda in California, Solano Press (1990).

California Subdivision Map Acting Practice, Annual Supplements, Continuing Education of the Bar (1987-1992).

Author: "Appellate Court Upholds Use Permit and Mitigated Negative Declaration for San and Gravel Project," The Transfer Point, February 1996;"Impact Here of Supreme Cour t Ruling on Endangered Species," California Building Industry Association, Third Quarter 1995. "Limited to the Record," The Recorder (March 1995). "Modest Reform but New Pitfalls," Western City (December 1994).

"In With a Roar, Out With a Meow: A Review of the Legislative and Other Developments in the California Environmental Quality Acting in 1993," California Real Property Journal, Volume 12, Number.

1 (Winter 1994); "CEQA Legislation & Guidelines Update," The Bay Echo (November 1994). "The United States. Supreme Court"s Dolan Decision: Implications for Development Impact Mitigation," Master of Business Administration StateLines (September 1994).

"The United States. Supreme Court"s Dolan Decision and What it Means for Environmental Mitigation in California," The Bay Echo (August 1994).

"Reinventing the California Environmental Quality Acting," Master of Business Administration StateLines (August 1994);"Reinventing CEQA," Mortgage Finance (May 1994). "Is a Little Reform Better Than None at All?" BIA News (January 1994).

Member: Bar Association of San Francisco. State Bar of California.

American Bar Association.

A nationally recognized environmental practice specializing in domestic and international regulatory compliance and business issues, private litigation and enforcement defense. Includes cost recovery litigation, toxic tort litigation, white collar/environmental criminal defense, corporate and real estate environmental due diligence, legislative and regulatory representation, and CEQA and land use counselling and litigation, and natural resources counselling and litigation. A comprehensive national practice in real property issues, including real estate finance, purchase and sale, leasing and property management, joint ventures and partnerships, workouts and foreclosures.

Civil litigation and trial practice including business torts, securities, commercial real estate, policyholder representation in insurance coverage disputes, bankruptcy, appellate, antitrust, construction, intellectual property, unfair business practices, officer and director liability, lender liability, products liability.

A comprehensive practice in labor, employment and benefits law, counseling, management training and litigation. Broad mediation and alternative dispute resolution practice both as neutral and as advocate.

Achievements

• Michael H. Zischke has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Contra Costa County Bar Association (Member, Real Estate Section, since 1987). (Resident, Walnut Creek Office). Land Use, Real Estate and Local Government Law.

All Members and Associates are Members of the Bar Association of San Francisco and The State Bar of California.

Connections

Married Carol Lu Leland, May 23,1987. 1 child, Julia Carol.

Father:

Peter H. Zischke

Mother:

Alice Marian (Oliver) Zischke

Spouse:

Carol Lu Leland

child:

Julia Carol Zischke