Overview
Winston Stromberg is a partner in the Real Estate practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Century City office. Winston represents developers, utilities, institutions, property owners and other businesses in obtaining land use entitlements and environmental approvals for a wide range of real estate, energy, infrastructure and other complex projects, with a principal focus on litigation arising out of such processes.
He regularly represents clients in administrative proceedings and litigation involving the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the California Coastal Act and a host of other federal and state regulatory regimes. He has first chaired dozens of high-stakes matters in trial and appellate courts.
Winston guides clients through every stage of development — from site diligence and entitlements to regulatory compliance and dispute resolution — across a variety of asset classes, including mixed-use residential, commercial, institutional, energy and industrial projects, often involving substantial opposition and political controversy. He is a skilled negotiator and regularly handles complex negotiations with government agencies and project opponents to reach multifaceted agreements necessary to implement large-scale developments.
Winston serves on the Board of Directors of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association and the Executive Committee of the LA County Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section. He frequently writes and speaks on land use and environmental issues impacting California development.
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D. (summa cum laude), 2008
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1997
Representations
- A public utility on agency approvals, administrative hearings and litigation defense for a desalination and water supply project in Monterey County.
- A private company on agency approvals, administrative hearings and litigation defense for large desalination projects in Southern California.
- A developer on land use entitlements and environmental approvals for a mixed-use, transit-oriented residential skyscraper to be built above a new subway station in downtown Los Angeles.
- A major studio and theme park on entitlements, environmental approvals and litigation defense for a multibillion-dollar master plan.
- A developer on land use entitlements and litigation defense for a large new residential community in the City of Palmdale.
- A developer on land use entitlements, environmental approvals and litigation for a large master-planned community in San Bernardino County.
- A developer on land use entitlements and litigation for a transit-oriented residential development in the Westwood community of Los Angeles.
- A nonprofit hospital and research center on land use entitlements and environmental approvals for a long-term master plan for its campus.
- A developer on eminent domain litigation for a multibillion-dollar shopping center in Los Angeles.
- A REIT on land use entitlements and litigation for multiple high-end recreational vehicle resorts in California.
- A Southern California beach club on land use litigation matters.
- A nonprofit statewide educational organization in litigation regarding charter school access to public school facilities.
- A REIT on land use entitlements and related matters for a historic apartment community in Los Angeles.
- Developers on environmental approvals and litigation defense of large-scale logistics facilities in Southern California.
Matters may have been completed before joining Paul Hastings.