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Biography
Josh is an experienced land use, real estate and business lawyer, with an emphasis on complex projects, permitting, and land use regulatory compliance. He works with clients to negotiate purchase and sale agreements, perform due diligence, obtain land use approvals, conduct environmental review, and address permitting and legislative issues involving zoning, platting, shoreline compliance and growth management. Josh is an experienced land use, environmental and real estate trial lawyer, having successfully represented clients in administrative tribunals, superior court actions, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and before the Washington Appellate Courts. Josh also is a seasoned business lawyer, devoting a significant amount of his practice to advising closely held Seattle-based businesses as outside general counsel. Josh provides strategic business and legal advice and handles corporate governance and commercial litigation matters for his clients. Josh brings over 20 years of land use and planning background to his practice. Prior to attending law school, Josh worked as an environmental planner and consultant for premier Northwest firms and he served as one of four staff members on the Vermont Governor’s blue-ribbon Growth Management Commission, which ultimately recommended and crafted Vermont’s Growth Management Act.
Josh was appointed to the Seattle Planning Commission in 2008 and was twice elected Chair of the Commission. He served six years on the Planning Commission.
Practice Areas
5
Practice Areas
Business
35%
21 years
Land Use and Zoning
30%
31 years
Real Estate
15%
31 years
Contracts and Agreements
10%
31 years
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Washington for 30 years
State: Washington
Acquired: 1995
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Location
Brower Law PS
1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101
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Posted by anonymous | October 09, 2008 | Real Estate
Tom Wells, Managing Member, Wells Realty Advisors, LLC
I have known Mr. Brower since 1994...just prior to his writing the Washington State bar examine. Having over 40 years in the construction and real estate development industry (26 years in my own business) I've had the opportunity to work with dozens of attorneys. Mr. Brower tops the list as a real e...
Joshua C. Allen Brower's Lawyer Endorsements
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"I strongly endorse Josh. He is a solid and practical lawyer with great judgment. He is also fun to work with and very good at accomplishing the desired end result for clients."
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Experience
Honors
2020
Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Washington Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2017
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2016
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2015
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2013
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2012
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2011
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2010
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2008
Trustee of the Year, Washington Association of Housing Services for the Aging
2008
Pro Bono Publico, Washington State Bar Association
2008
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2007
Pro Bono Publico, Washington State Bar Association
2007
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2006
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2005
Super lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2004
Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2003
Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2002
Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2001
Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
2000
Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
1999
Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics Magazine
Work Experience
2018 - Present
Partner, Brower Law PS
2011 - 2018
Founder and Member, Veris Law Group PLLC
2011 - 2011
Founder/Partner, Brower Law PS
2007 - 2010
Founder/Partner, Tupper Mack Brower PLLC
2004 - 2007
Principal, Mentor Law Group, PLLC
1998 - 2004
Associate, Stoel Rives
1996 - 1998
Associate, Preg O'Donnell & Gillett PLLC
1995 - 1996
Associate, Law Office of James C. Middlebrooks
1993 - 1995
Research Assistant to Professor Richard Settle, Seattle University School of Law
1993 - 1995
Assistant to Lead Policy Analyst, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Associations
1996 - Present
King County Bar AssociationMember
1995 - Present
Washington State Bar AssociationMember
1995 - Present
WSBA Environmental & Land Use SectionMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Lopez v. Smart
Judgment for Plaintiffs, including attorneys' fees
Chicago Title Insurance Company v. Landry
Verdict for Plaintiff
Education
1995
Seattle University School of Law
JD-Juris Doctor cum laude
1988
Hampshire College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2018
WSBA ELUL Mid-Year
SEPA Litigation: 10 Years of SEPA for a bike trail
2017
ULI Spring Meeting, Seattle, WA
Yes We Cannabis: How the Growing Marijuana Sector Creates Opportunities for Real Estate.
2015
ELUL Mid-year
Dude, Where’s My Pot Farm? Land Use Regulation and Conflicts in the Era of Legal Recreational Marijuana.”
2012
Annual Joint Conference of the Washington Association of City and County Planning Directors
Best Practices with and for Planning Commissions
2011
SEPA & NEPA
Alternatives Analysis in Threshold Determination
2011
Buying and Selling Electric Power
Getting Projects Built and Operational
2010
Permitting Small Medium and Large Projects
Land Use Permitting
2010
Hearing Examiners Annual Conference
Permitting Renewable Energy in the NW
2010
Buying and Selling Electric Power
Getting Projects Built and Operational
2010
American Planning Association Annual Conference
New and emerging strategies for public involvement
2009
2009
Short Course on Planning
The Role of the Planning Commissioner
2009
2007
Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Boundary Disputes: Resolving Client Conflicts
2004
WSBA Environmental & Land Use Section CLE
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Restoration Requirements in Environmental and Land Use Laws
2003
WSBA Environmental & Land Use Section Mid-year CLE
State and Local Permitting Issues for Green Power
Publications
2003
WSBA Environmental & Land Use Section Newsletter
State and Local Permitting Issues for Green Power: The Complexities Involved in Farming the Wind--A Developer's Perspective
Languages
English