Jennifer L. Hernandez co-chairs Holland & Knight’s national Environmental Team and leads the West Coast Land Use and Environmental Law Team, and divides her time between the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. She has achieved national prominence in her work on brownfields, redevelopment and master planned community projects.
Current matters include two major league sports stadium projects with related 1500+ residential and mixed use development, a dozen master planned brownfields redevelopment projects including three on military bases, several new town projects, biotechnology and industrial expansion projects, and two resorts. Her practice is statewide, divided among Northern and Southern California and the Central Valley.
Ms. Hernandez represents clients in the private, public, and non-profit sectors in land use and environmental project permitting, compliance, litigation and public advocacy work. She has taught land use and environmental law for the University of California and Stanford Law School, and frequently speaks for client and lawyer professional associations and continuing education seminars.
She has written two books and more than 30 articles on environmental and land use law. She has received several professional awards, including an American Planning Association Award for her book, "A Practical Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act," the Greenlining Institute's "Big Brain Award" for developing a "New Paradigm that Intersects Environmental and Inner-City Economic and Health Goals," and the Yerba Buena Alliance's "Unsung Hero/Heroine Award" for work on Brownfields policies. Mayor Brown proclaimed October 9, 2002 as "Jennifer Hernandez Day in San Francisco" for her work on sustainable land use and for being a "warrior on the brownfield."
Publications - Books:
- A Practical Guide to the Environmental Quality Act
- A Practical Guide to Environmental Law for California Hospital and Healthcare Facilities
- New Solutions to Environmental Problems in Business and Real Estate Deals (Chapter author for Brownfields Transactions)
- Environment in Review – Major New Developments for Brownfields & Wetlands Practitioners in California
Publications - Articles (Partial List):
- New California Legislation Requires Comprehensive Cleanups for New Purchases Seeking Immunity from State Joint and Several Liability Laws
Environment in Review – Major New Developments for Brownfields & Wetlands Practitioners in California
- New Nationwide Permit Program from the Army Corps of Engineers
- A Practical Guide to Structuring Brownfield Transactions in California: The Art of the Deal
- A Practical Guide to Implementing the Polanco Act for Redevelopment Area Brownfields
- A Practical Guide to Environmental Insurance in Brownfield Transactions
- A Practical Guide to the California Land Environmental Restoration and Reuse Act (SB 32)
- Joining the Brownfields Bandwagon: New Options in Contaminated Property Redevelopment
- Facilitating Base Conversions – Reforms of Environmental Law Can Minimize Gridlock
- A Practical Guide to Local Agency Involvement in the Cleanup of Contaminated Property
- A Practical Guide to the Intersection of Construction Law and Environmental Law
- A Practical Guide to Handling Low Level Radioactive Waste
- A Practical Guide to Air Quality Regulations Affecting Indirect and Area Sources of Air Pollution
- A Practical Guide to Preparing a Model Corporate Environmental Policy
- Environmental Law and Regulations, University of California at Berkley (Course Materials)
- Urban Redevelopment and Environmental Law, Stanford Law School (Course Materials)
- A Practitioner's Guide to CEQA Compliance for Projects Located for Contaminated Property
- A Practical Guide to Minimizing Lender and Investor Liability for Contaminated Property
- A Practical Introduction to the Building Blocks of an Environmental Compliance Program
- A Practical Guide to the Potential Liability of Environmental Mangers Under Federal Environmental Laws
- A Practical Guide to Environmental Laws Affecting Colleges and Universities
- A Practical Guide to the Building Blocks of an Environmental Compliance Program for Laboratories
- Facilitating Long Term Planning with Program EIRs: A Case Study of the University of California 1988-1990
- The Long Range Development Planning Process for Universities
- A Practical Guide to the Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments on Cogeneration Facilities
- A Client's Guide to the Use of Environmental Lawyers
- A Practitioner's Guide to Preparing Environmental Impact Reports after Kings Country Farm Bureau v. City of Handford
- When Citizens Sue: Some Federalism Issues