John W. Hempelmann

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John is one of the founding partners and the Chairman of Cairncross & Hempelmann, a full service Seattle law firm. He has over 40 years of experience as a land use, natural resources and real estate development attorney. One of John’s focus areas is transit oriented development (“TOD”). He is the Co-Chair of the TOD Council of the Urban Land Institute’s Northwest District Council and is the immediate past Chair of ULI’s national TOD Council.

John has worked extensively to help form the legislation that governs Washington’s land use law. He assists clients with real estate development projects, including their land use, zoning and environmental matters, and with their natural resource permit processes.