Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. concentrates his practice on local government and land use law representing both private and public-sector clients.

Recipient of Outstanding Service Award, Instructor, Land Use and Natural Resource, U.C. Davis Extension, June 1998

Charles S. Rhyne Award for Lifetime Achievement in Municipal Law from National Institute of Municipal Law Officers (NIMLO), September 1992

Resolution of Special Recognition from the City Attorneys Department, League of California Cities, May 1988

Award from the Mayor and City Council of Walnut Creek on his Distinguished and Outstanding Career in the Field of Land Use Law, 1988

Distinguished Leadership Awards - American Planning Association, Northern Section, California Chapter (July 1987); California Chapter (August 1987); National (Annual Conference 1988)

Award from League of California Cities for "Years of Service and Contributions to Planning in California Cities," (Annual Conference, 1986)

Award from University of California, Irvine, honoring "Dean" of California Land Use Planning Law and Instructor Extraordinaire in appreciation for his creativity, cooperation and contribution to continuing education in community planning and development, 1985

Named Honorary Life Member-California Park & Recreation Society in recognition of exception service in the field of parks and recreation, 1972

City Attorney of the Year, 1971

Listed in "Marquis Who’s Who in American Law," 53rd Ed., 1999

Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," 8th Ed., 1999-2000

Listed in "International Who’s Who of Professionals," 3rd Ed., 1995

Listed in "Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers," 1998

American Bar Association, Member of Council (Governing Body of Section) of Section on State and Local Government Law, 1991-Present;Secretary of the Section, 1998-1999;

Vice President, The Jefferson Fordham Society, 1998-1999;

CLE Director, 1995-1998;

Co-Chair 1995 - Land Use Subcommittee on Exactions and Impact Fees;

Past-Chair of the Government Operations Committee, 1990-1991;

Chair of the Committee on Local Government Organization and Management, 1988-1989;

Chair of Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee, 1976-1978

International Municipal Lawyers Association (formerly National Institute of Municipal Law Officers - NIMLO)

Member, International Committee, 1997-Present

Member - Awards Committee, 1993-1995

Chair - Land Development, Planning & Zoning Section, 1993-1995

Vice-Chair, Land Development, Planning & Zoning Section, 1992-1993

Co-Chair, Land Development, Planning & Zoning Section, 1990-1991

Chair, Committee on Housing & Community Development, 1989

Regional Vice President, 1979-1982

Chair of Zoning & Planning Committee, 1969-1979

California State Bar Association, Member of Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section, 1988 - 1991; Vice-Chair, 1990-1991; Member of Committee on Environment, 1977-1980

Boston College, School of Law, Board of Advisors, Environmental Affairs, 1987 - Present

League of California Cities, Board of Directors, 1979-1981

League of California Cities, City Attorneys Department, President, 1973-1974

Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Strafford Publications, Inc., "Municipal Litigation Reporter," 1999 -

Member of Advisory Board, Argent Communications Group, "California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter," 1995 -

Contributing Editor, Continuing Education of the Bar, California, "Land Use & Environment Forum," 1991 - 1996

Member of State Senate Subcommittee on Redevelopment of Antiquated Subdivisions, Advisory Group, 1986

Member of State Senate Housing Advisory Task Force, 1983-1984

Member of Advisory Board, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of Contra Costa County, 1992 - Present

Member of the International Society of Lambda Alpha, Honorary Professional Land Economics Society

Member of the American Planning Association

Central and East European Law Initiative (American Bar Association);

Part of Central and East European Law Initiative team to Albania to draft new constitution, 1991;

Assisted in analysis and writing of local government/land use laws for the Gagauza Republic of Moldova, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzten, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Draft Law on Executive Proceedings of the Russian Federation, 1991-Present

Continuing Education of the Bar - "Practice Under the Subdivision Map Act"

University of San Francisco School of Law, Member of Adjunct Faculty, California Land Use, 1987-1991

Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, Adjunct Professor of Law, Local Government, 1979-1982

University of California Extension - Continuing Education in Land Use and Development Planning - Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, 1973-Present

John F. Kennedy University School of Law, Walnut Creek, Member of the Faculty, Appellate Practice and California Land Use, 1983-1987

Practicing Law Institute, Chairman, Handling Land Use and Environmental Problems of Real Estate, 1989-1993

One day courses - lectures since 1973

Subdivision Map Act Law

Improving the Design Review Process

Planning Commissioners’ Institute

Planning - Zoning Clinic

The General Plan

Property Development Agreements

Exactions and Dedications

Planning Law and the Legal Process

Annual Land Use Update

Environmental Law

"Curtin’s California Land Use and Planning Law" (published annually by Solano Press, Point Arena, California), 18th Edition, 1998

"Subdivision Map Act Manual" (published by Solano Press, Point Area, California), 1998 Edition (co-author)

"California Subdivision Map Act Practice," California Continuing Education of the Bar, Berkeley, California 1987 (supplemented annually), co-author (cited by the California courts)

"Takings in the Land-Use Arena after Lucas and Dolan: How Far Is Too Far In Imposing Exactions?" Chapter published in Takings: Land-Development Conditions and Regulatory Takings after Dolan and Lucas; published by Section of State and Local Government Law, American Bar Association, 1996

"Protecting Developer’s Permits to Build: Development Agreement Practice in California and Other States," Zoning and Planning Law Report, Vol. 18, No. 11, December 1995, published by Clark Boardman Callaghan

"Life After Dolan: Review of the Cases," The Urban Lawyer, co-author, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 1995

"The Status of ‘Takings’ after Dolan: Recent California Decision that Uphold Impact Fees," California Land Use & Policy Reporter, published by Shepard’s/McGraw-Hill, January 1995, Vol. 4, No. 5

"Development Agreement Practice in California and Other States," Stetson Law Review, Vol. XXII, No. 2, Spring 1993, co-author

Land Use Section of the California Municipal Handbook, League of California Cities, 1993, 1994, co-author

California Environmental Law and Land Use Practice, co-author, Volume 3, Division VII, published by Matthew Bender, 1992

"Growth Control by the Ballot Box: California’s Experience," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, co-author (Vol. 24, No. 4), June 1991 (Cited by California Supreme Court in DeVita v. County of Napa in 1995)

"Looking Beyond the City Limits: Regional Approaches to the Growth Crisis," The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 22, No. 4, Fall 1990

"Growth Management by the Initiative in California: Legal and Practical Issues," The Urban Lawyer, Vol. 21, No. 3, Summer 1989

"Money for the Taking: When Land-Use Regulation Goes Too Far," 1 Hofstra Prop. L.J., Vol. 1, 109 Spring 1988

"California Planning Law and Land-Use Regulations: Planning Law Manual for Planning Commissioners, Members of Local Legislative Bodies and Staff," University of California, Berkeley, Public Policy and Planning, University Extension, 1st Ed. 1981, 2nd Ed. 1982, 3rd Ed. 1983

"Antitrust Comes to the Cities - Analysis of City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power and Light Co. and Its Effect on Municipal Antitrust Liability," University of Dayton Law Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter, 1980)

"Update on Land Use and Zoning Law: General Plan; Achieving Consistency; Necessity for Findings: Confiscation of Property Issues/Inverse Condemnation; Vested Rights; Initiative," 41 A NIMLO Municipal Law, 1978 Ed.

"Developing Issues in Land Use, Planning and Zoning," 9 The Urban Lawyer (#4) (Fall, 1977) 724; 10 The Urban Lawyer (#3) (Summer 1978) 441

"California Planning Law: General Plan," 40 B NIMLO Municipal Law Review, 1977 Ed.

"Requiring Dedication of Land by Developers," 1973 Proceedings of Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, TX; Matthew-Bender, NY 1974

"Preservation of Open Space in California: Associated Home Builders v. City of Walnut Creek," The Los Angeles Bar Bulletin, Vol. 47, No. 3, Jan. 1972

"Requiring Dedication of Land, Etc. by Subdividers," 35 B NIMLO Municipal Law Review, 1972 Ed.

• AB, Political Science, 1954, University of San Francisco
• JD, 1957, University of San Francisco School of Law