San Francisco
Downey Brand’s San Francisco office opened in 2010 to allow the firm to better serve Bay Area clients and to help expand the firm’s statewide services to regional and national clients. Since then, the office has grown into a highly regarded team of skilled attorneys with deep experience in all aspects of environmental, land use, and natural resources law and regulation, including:
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Brownfields Redevelopment
- CEQA/NEPA
- Contaminated Site Remediation
- Endangered Species
- Environmental Litigation
- Enforcement Defense
- Historic and Cultural Resources
- Hazardous Waste
- Land Use Litigation
- Land Use Permitting and Entitlements
- Proposition 65
- Public Trust Doctrine
- Real Estate and Development
- Regulatory Compliance
- Renewable Energy Projects
- Water Law and Rights
- Water Quality
- Wetlands
Working in concert with attorneys from Downey Brand’s offices in Sacramento, Stockton, and Reno, our San Francisco-based attorneys provide comprehensive legal representation of public and private clients in these and other areas of law.
Attorneys in the San Francisco office are the editors of the firm’s CEQA Chronicles blog, which provides timely information and analysis concerning key developments in environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
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Directions from Sacramento
Take I-80 W towards San Francisco and exit on the Harrison Street off-ramp. Turn left onto Harrison. Turn right onto Third Street. Turn right onto Market Street. The 455 Market Street Building is located at the corner of Market and First Streets with pedestrian entrances on both sides. The ABM Parking Services Garage entrance is located on the First Street side of the building (be in far left lane of the one-way street for access into the Garage).
Directions from US-101 N
Take the exit onto I-280 N toward Downtown SF and exit on the Fourth Street off-ramp (last S.F. Exit). Make immediate left onto Bryant Street. Turn left onto Third Street. Turn right on to Market Street. The 455 Market Street Building is located at the corner of Market and First Streets with pedestrian entrances on both sides. The ABM Parking Services Garage entrance is located on the First Street side of the building (be in far left lane of the one-way street for access into the Garage).
Directions from US-101 S
Take Highway 101 South, across the Golden Gate Bridge. Follow Marina Blvd. to Bay Street. Turn left on Bay Street. Stay on Bay Street to The Embarcadero. Turn right on to The Embarcadero. Turn right on to Battery Street. Follow Battery Street through the Financial District and cross Market Street (Battery Street becomes First Street, south of Market Street). The 455 Market Street Building is located at the corner of Market and First Streets with pedestrian entrances on both sides. The ABM Parking Services Garage entrance is located on the First Street side of the building (be in far left lane of the one-way street for access into the Garage).
Parking
The ABM Parking Services Garage entrance is located on the First Street side of the building (be in far left lane of the one-way street for access into the Garage).
Kristin N. Capritto
Kristin N. Capritto
Counsel

Kristin Capritto assists clients with all aspects of estate planning, trust administration, probate, business entities, and real estate transactions. Her alternative dispute resolution and negotiation expertise offers clients alternatives to litigation and adversarial proceedings.
Sacramento 916.520.5275 direct
Counsel
Sacramento 916.520.5275 direct
San Francisco 415.848.4818 direct
Matthew W. Ellis
Partner
San Francisco 415.848.4846 direct
Natalie C. Kirkish
Senior Associate
San Francisco 415.848.4844 direct
Christian L. Marsh
Christian L. Marsh
Partner / Executive Committee Member

Public agencies and private companies turn to Christian Marsh for advice on regulatory and land use entitlement issues governing real estate developments, ground and surface water supply projects, renewable and non-renewable energy facilities, mining operations and processing plants, and port and waterfront developments.
San Francisco 415.848.4830 direct
Partner
San Francisco 415.848.4830 direct
Counsel
San Francisco 415.848.4848 direct
Madeline R. Weissman
Madeline R. Weissman
Associate

Madeline Weissman uses her background in litigation, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and water law to advise public agencies and private clients on regulatory and land use entitlement issues governing real estate developments, renewable energy facilities, applications for and compliance with water quality permits, and ground and surface water issues throughout California.
San Francisco 415.848.4812 direct
Associate
San Francisco 415.848.4812 direct