Elena Neigher - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.677.5218

F 415.989.1663

eneigher@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D.

Golden Gate University School of Law (2018)
B.S.

University of California, Davis (2013)

Practices

Real Estate

Industries

Wine

Elena Neigher focuses on land use matters. Elena’s experience includes performing research and due diligence for winery projects, real estate purchases and transactions for winery projects, zoning, and other permitting issues in Napa and Sonoma Counties. She analyzes complex land use issues including those related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), groundwater law, the Subdivision Map Act, California water law, the Williamson Act, and easements. She advises clients on all steps of the use permit process, including the initiation and drafting of project applications, coordination and negotiation with local agencies, drafting responses to project comment letters, and review of consultants’ work.

Before joining Coblentz, Elena was a land use associate at Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty in Napa. She previously worked as a staff attorney at the California Tahoe Conservancy.

Elena is admitted to practice in California, and she is a member of the San Francisco Bar Association, the Napa County Bar Association, and the Sonoma County Bar Association. She is also a member of Napa County Women Lawyers, where she previously served as Secretary (2020), President (2021), Co-President (2022-2023), and Advisory Chair (2023-2024).

She also serves on the Sonoma Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency Advisory Committee as the City of Sonoma Appointee and serves on the Sonoma County Vintners Government Relations Committee.

Elena earned her J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in 2018, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the GGU Environmental Law Journal. During law school, she served as an extern to the Honorable Mary E. Wiss. She received her B.S. in Environmental Science and Management from the University of California, Davis in 2013.

“A Battle Over Oysters: Drakes Bay Oyster Co. v. Jewell and Its Aftermath,” 10 Golden Gate U. Envtl. L.J. 33 (2018)

“Counting the Cost: Weyerhaeuser and Judicial Deference to Agency Interpretations Under the Endangered Species Act,” Envt’l Law News Fall 2018, Vol. 27, No. 2