M. Brett Gladstone | San Francisco Real Estate Lawyer

Preeminent land use attorney, M. Brett Gladstone, has joined the San Francisco law firm of Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Harris & McSparran LLP as of January 1, 2020.  Brett represents investors, developers, and government in land-use proceedings and CEQA compliance concerning residential and mixed-use developments throughout the Bay Area.  Brett makes regular appearances before Bay Area Planning Commissions, City Councils, Boards of Supervisors and Landmarks Boards.  Recently, Governor Newsom appointed Brett to the California Architects Board. A 1980 graduate magna cum laude of Harvard University and a member of the Class of 1983 of Duke University School of Law, and widely recognized for his legal expertise, Brett lectures on a variety of topics, including development entitlements, condominium law, and planned developments.  Before joining G3MH, Brett was a partner with the large San Francisco based law firm of Hanson Bridgett LLP.

Some of his recent projects include a new San Francisco Public Library Branch; a supermarket and dwelling units built at the center of Glen Park, San Francisco; advising a large Bay Area hospital system on its obligations under a campus-wide development agreement; entitlements for a 194 unit condominium building in San Francisco’s Mission District; approval of a 463 unit residential building in San Francisco’s Executive Park; approval of a 200-room waterfront hotel near San Francisco’s Ferry Building; conversion of warehouse properties into office and multi-media facilities; representing a Peninsula city in negotiating development agreements on sites involving over 2,000,000 sf of new construction; converting San Francisco’s landmark Armory Building into a cultural arts center; and entitlements for the construction of 55 units of low/moderate income housing in San Francisco’s Mission District.  Brett Gladstone was admitted to the practice law in California in the year 1983.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Harris & McSparran, LLP	San Francisco, CA	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Duke University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1983
Harvard University	Bachelors		1980

State / Court	Date
California	1983

• Member | California State Bar Association

• Brett is one of only a few land use attorneys in San Francisco who has been named a Super Lawyer (awarded to less than 5% of all eligible candidates), and is AV Rated (which less than 10% of attorneys earn).  These are two of the most prestigious honors in the legal profession.  He has also been elected by Bay Area developers and their consultants (including other land use attorneys) to Lambda Alpha International, a global land economics society whose membership is honorary and selective.

• San Francisco Apartment Association Magazine | When Building, Plumbing and Electrical Permits Must be Obtained | 1999
  State Bar of California | The Mechanics of Creating Condominiums and Planned Developments In California | 1997
  California Builder | State Cuts Builders Some Slack: A Review of Recent Legislative Changes in the California Environmental Quality Act | 1994
  The Recorder        Historic Buildings and Asset Preservation | 1991
  Fidelity National Title Insurance Company | Conversion of Rental Units and Stock Cooperatives to Condominium Ownership in San Francisco | 1989
  Law and Contemporary Problems | Allocation of Risk in the Construction Industry | 1983

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