California Land Use & Real Estate Law Firm : Abbott & Kindermann, LLP : Sacramento, CA - Land Use, Real Estate Environmental & Municipal Law. "When good planning is not enough."

William W. Abbott is a founding partner of Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, a Sacramento-based law firm focusing on land use issues.  Mr. Abbott’s clients include public agencies, private developers and property owners concerned with real estate development throughout California.  A long time instructor in land use law, Mr. Abbott also serves as an expert witness on California land use proceedings in state and federal court.  

Mr. Abbott has also participated in numerous training programs for local planning departments, County Supervisors Association of California, League of California Cities, and the County Planning Directors' Association.

Practice Areas:

• Land use and planning law
• Real estate law
• Local government
• CEQA, NEPA
  

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1978
• B.A., University of California at Davis, 1974
  

Diane G. Kindermann Henderson is a founding partner of Abbott & Kindermann, LLP. Ms. Kindermann represents private development, mining, agricultural and other land owner interests as well as public agency clients in matters concerning real estate, land use planning and zoning laws, Federal and State Endangered Species Acts, wetlands, water and mineral rights, water quality, CEQA, NEPA and hazardous waste matters, including CERCLA.  

Ms. Kindermann is an Executive Committee Chairperson on the Sacramento Regional Transit Authority, Friends of Light Rail Board. She is also on the Council of Counsel and Environment Committee for the Construction Materials Association of California. Ms. Kindermann is a member of the American Planning Association and has also served on the Legal Affairs Committee, and the Wetlands/ Endangered Species Task Force for the Association of California Water Agencies.

Practice Areas:

• Land use and planning law
• Real estate law
• Environmental law
• Municipal law
• Hazardous waste
• Mining
• Endangered species
• Wetlands protection
  

• J.D., University of Northern California, 1988
• Certificate, Sorbonne Law School, Paris, France, 1985
• B.A., University of San Diego, 1977
  

Kate Hart is a senior associate at Abbott & Kindermann, LLP. Her primary area of practice is land use law.  Ms. Hart represents both public and private clients in processing their local land use entitlements. She has extensive experience with the Subdivision Map Act, Mitigation Fee Act and the California Environmental Quality Act, as well as local land use litigation.  

Kate also has experience with water quality and environmental issues.  She sits on the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board and is the Vice-Chair of the Board, and she is a member of the Sacramento Valley Conservancy Board of Trustees.

Practice Areas:

• Land use and planning law
• Real estate law
• Land entitlement
• Municipal law 
• Real estate development
  

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1997
• B.S., Santa Clara University, 1993
  

Glen Hansen is a senior associate at Abbott & Kinderman, LLP.  Mr. Hansen litigates disputes involving land use, real estate law, commercial transactions and probate law.  Mr. Hansen also advises clients on matters involving business law and commercial transactions.  

Mr. Hansen serves as a Chairman on the Governmental Affairs Committee in the Elk Grove Chamber of Commerce and has served as a Dispute Resolution Conference pro-tem judge for the El Dorado County Superior Court.

Practice Areas:

• Land use and planning law
• Real estate law
• Commercial transactions
• Corporate and partnership dissolutions
• Local government
  

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with distinction, 1993
• B.A., Biola University, summa cum laude, 1986
  

Mr. Hofmann is an associate with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP.  Mr. Hofmann’s practice focuses on transactional real estate, business, and land use matters.  He is a member of the City of Davis Planning Commission, and a member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Hearing Board.

Practice Areas:

• Real estate law
• Business transactions
• Land use and planning law
  

• M.B.A., University of California, Davis, 2005
• M.S., Taxation, San Jose State University, 2000
• J.D., University of California, Davis, 1999
• B.A., University of California, Davis, 1994
  

Janell Bogue is an associate with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP. Her primary areas of practice are land use and environmental law.  Ms. Bogue has experience working with both public agency clients as well as private entities including developers, mining operations, businesses, and landowners in matters concerning real estate, land use planning and zoning law, Federal and State Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, water law, and CEQA.  

Practice Areas:

• Land use and planning law
• Environmental law
• Municipal law
• Real estate law
  

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, with distinction, 2006
• B.S., Animal Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, cum laude, 1998
  

Leslie Z. Walker is an associate with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP. Ms. Walker primarily practices in the areas of land use and environmental law, with experience in handling transactional real estate matters.  She is a 2008 BIA BUILD Recruit.

• Land use and planning law
• Environmental law
  

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2006
• B.A., University of California, San Diego, 1997
  

Cori Badgley is an associate with Abbott & Kindermann, LLP. Ms. Badgley practices primarily in the areas of land use and environmental law. She has been exposed to the transactional aspects of real estate, such as drafting easements, as well as environmental litigation.   

• Land use and planning law
• Environmental law

• J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2007
• B.A., Scripps College, Claremont, California, 2004