Todd Elliott’s practice focuses on land use and real estate. He has extensive experience in securing planning, zoning, environmental and other project entitlements. His expertise includes due-diligence research, site-acquisition negotiations and providing advice on project-approval feasibility. He often supervises the entire entitlement process, including oversight of project teams of architects, designers, planners, brokers and political consultants. Additionally, he advises clients on issues pertaining to community outreach and political relations. His clients include landowners, developers and builders in the commercial, residential and hotel development industries, corporations, partnerships and Real Estate Investment Trusts.
Mr. Elliott regularly represents clients in appearances before planning commissions, city councils, county boards of supervisors and other governmental entities. He also has represented clients in litigation in state and federal courts. In addition, he has considerable experience with processing applications with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and has successfully made appearances before Administrative Law Judges to defend the merits of these types of licensing applications.
Mr. Elliott has been a licensed California commercial real-estate broker since 1984 and was the Chief Executive Officer of a prominent Los Angeles real-estate and land-use consulting firm prior to commencing the practice law. He served as Judicial Extern to the Honorable Candace D. Cooper, Presiding Justice (Ret.) of the California Court of Appeal, Second District (Los Angeles).
Mr. Elliott has been recognized as a Super Lawyer.
Academia:
Adjunct Professor, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (2013-Present)
Professional Affiliations:
American Planning Association (APA); American Bar Association; California Licensed Real Estate Broker (1984-Present); Appointed Official: City of West Hollywood Business License Commissioner (1990-1994); Elected Official: City of West Hollywood Redevelopment Agency (1996-2004); Board of Directors, West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation (2003-2011); Board of Directors, West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (2003-2011); West Hollywood Chamber Board of Governors (2011 to present); Life Member Stonewall Democratic Club: Life Member N.A.A.C.P.
Education:
J.D., Loyola Law School, Donald Hagman Land Use Scholar;
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, magna cum laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
