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Eminent Domain

Ms. O’Laughlin’s clients are primarily property and business owners and some condemning public agencies such as the City of San Jose, the County of San Diego and Redevelopment Agency for the City of Milpitas. She is an experienced trial and appellate attorney. She served as co-chair of the Condemnation subcommittee of the Real Property of the State Bar of California and is a member of the Condemnation Attorneys Group. She contributed research and writing to CEB’s Condemnation Practice in California.

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Land Use Law

For two years, Peggy M. O’Laughlin served as the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Cupertino and its Planning Commission. She chaired the Environmental Law Executive Committee of the Santa Clara County Bar Association. As a land use attorney, Ms. O’Laughlin has represented residential and commercial developers, major corporations and property owners and users through the land use entitlement process, including environmental compliance with CEQA and legal defense.

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Real Property and Telecommunications Transactions

Ms. O’Laughlin represented Verizon Wireless (formerly GTE Mobilnet) (1986–2002) in more than 400 lease transactions in California, Oregon and Hawaii for the build-out of its cellular network. She also provided legal assistance to Verizon in obtaining the land use entitlements to establish its communication facilities and related litigation.

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Bar Admissions

State Bar of California, 1986

U.S. District Court of the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
U.S. Supreme Court

 

Education

J.D. with Honors from the Santa Clara University School of Law – Santa Clara, CA, 1986

B.A. with Departmental Honors from the University of California – Santa Cruz, CA, 1979 Major: History

Seminar Speaking Engagements

Condemnation – International Board of Continuing Legal Education, 2008 & 2007

Appraisal Institute, Northern California Chapter, Litigation Conference 2009 & 2008

Real Estate Development, Santa Clara Law School

Condemnation – Public Utilities, International Right of Way Association, 1998 & 2003

Local Telecommunications Infrastructure Conference, Los Angeles, 2000

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of California, 1986

Santa Clara County Bar Association

Santa Clara County Bar Association – Chair, Environmental Law Executive Committee
from 1991–1992

Condemnation Attorneys Group from 1990-present

State Bar Condemnation Subcommittee Real Property Section – Co-chair, 1995

Court Designated Child Advocates (CASA), Child Advocate from 2000–2003

 

Awards and Honors

“AV” Preeminent Rating Martindale-Hubbell

Northern California Super Lawyer in Eminent Domain 2008–2020

 

Past Employment Positions

City of Cupertino – Deputy City Attorney for Planning Commission from 1986–1984