Patrick Schneider

Practice Areas

Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental

Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation

Environmental & Natural Resources

Land Use & Development Permitting

Litigation

Ports

Public Finance & Municipal Government

Career

Pat has more than 35 years of experience representing clients in large and complex entitlement matters and related litigation.

Pat regularly advises on land use entitlement and litigation strategy for clients across the firm, including developers of downtown office and mixed-use towers, multi-family housing, commercial and industrial projects and forest land owners, among others.

Prior to entering private practice in 1997, Pat was the lead land use attorney for the City of Seattle, and before that was a senior land use attorney for King County. He helped draft the Land Use Petition Act and reforms to both the Growth Management Act and the State Environmental Policy Act.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit