Downey Brand is a distinguished California law firm with over 95 years of experience, offering comprehensive legal services across more than 50 specialized practice areas. Known for its deep industry knowledge and client-centered approach, the firm serves a diverse range of clients throughout California and beyond from its offices in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Stockton.
The firm takes a collaborative and forward-thinking approach, positioning clients as the central focus of their legal strategies. Downey Brand attorneys provide tailored counsel to businesses, public agencies, and individuals, with notable expertise in natural resources, complex litigation, and regulatory matters. Their successful representation in high-stakes cases, such as the Moonlight Wildfire Litigation involving over a billion dollars in claims, underscores their capability and dedication to achieving significant outcomes for their clients.
Services Offered
- Air Quality & Climate Change
- Appellate & Writ Practice
- Bankruptcy & Insolvency
- CEQA / NEPA
- Class Action Defense
- Complex Business Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Law
- Disability Access
- Emerging Companies & Venture Capital
- Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation
- Employment Counseling
- Employment Litigation
- Endangered Species
- Energy
- Energy Project Development
- Environmental Enforcement Defense
- Environmental Remediation & Due Diligence
- Environmental/Toxics Litigation
- Equine Law
- Estate and Tax Planning
- Family Law
- Financial Institutions
- Flood Protection Law
- Food & Agriculture
- Food & Agriculture Litigation
- Food Safety & Labeling
- Groundwater Law
- Healthcare
- Healthcare Litigation
- Infrastructure
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property & Licensing
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Investigations
- Land Use
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Nonprofit/Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Pipelines & Terminals
- Privacy & Data Integrity
- Products Liability
- Proposition 65
- Public Trust Doctrine
- Public Utility Regulation
- Real Estate
- Real Property & Land Use Litigation
- Recycled Water
- Regulatory Law & Business Permitting
- Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)
- Taxation
- Trust & Estate Litigation
- Water Law
- Water Quality Law
- Water Rights Litigation
- Wealth Transfer
- White Collar, Investigations, and Compliance
Downey Brand serves clients across numerous industries including aerospace, agribusiness, banking, construction, healthcare, technology, and water resources, with a strong focus on municipal and public agency representation. The firm is also recognized for its commitment to pro bono work, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
