Top Rated Land Use & Zoning Attorney in San Francisco, CA

Ryan J. Patterson is a shareholder at Zacks, Freedman & Patterson, PC. His practice focuses on land use, zoning and permitting, real estate litigation, and environmental litigation. He regularly represents clients before the Planning Commission, Board of Appeals, state and federal courts, and various government agencies.

Mr. Patterson's clients include both project sponsors and project opponents, giving him unique insight into the goals and strategies of each. He has represented clients in a wide variety of real estate cases involving code noncompliance, zoning variances, conditional use permits, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), construction defects, easements and encroachments, short‑term rentals (Airbnb), “formula retail” controls, commercial and residential breach of lease, breach of contract, and the Housing Accountability Act.

He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and UCLA School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of UCLA’s largest law journal and as President of the UCLA Business Law Association.