DJ Moore

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DJ Moore is a partner in the Real Estate practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Century City office. DJ helps clients obtain and defend land use and environmental approvals from government agencies for major infrastructure, energy and development projects.

He advises developers, landowners, institutions and utilities before local, state and federal agencies and regulatory bodies, and he defends project approvals from those entities in court. His practice involves counseling clients on numerous development regulations and environmental laws affecting development and infrastructure, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the California Coastal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Rivers and Harbors Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act, the California Subdivision Map Act, and many other federal and state laws and regulations.

DJ’s representative experience includes securing government approvals for numerous projects across the development spectrum, including the largest seawater desalination facility in the Western Hemisphere, professional sports stadiums and entertainment complexes, medical and scientific research facilities, campus master plans, coastal and port development projects, urban skyscrapers, hotels, mixed-use and multi-family developments, energy and industrial infrastructure, oil drilling and processing facilities, and power plants and major transmission lines.

DJ is active in civic and professional organizations, currently serving on the board of the California Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles City College Foundation. He has served on the boards of the Century City Chamber of Commerce, West Hollywood Library Foundation, the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee and AIDS Project Los Angeles. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section and is involved in the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.

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University of Virginia, School of Law, J.D.

University of Virginia, B.A.