Shawn D. Hagerty

Partner

Shawn Hagerty is a partner in the Municipal Law practice group of Best Best & Krieger LLP and is a member of the firm’s executive committee. He serves as both general and special counsel for municipalities throughout California from the firm’s San Diego Office.

Mr. Hagerty provides both advisory and litigation services to municipalities in the area of land use and planning, including general plan, zoning, subdivision map act and other land use regulations. He also focuses on water quality regulations as applied to municipalities. He serves as City Attorney for the City of Santee, where he advises the City on the full range of land use and planning issues. He also serves as Corporate Counsel to Civic San Diego, a nonprofit corporation that provides land use, economic development services and project management to downtown and Southeast San Diego. A particular focus of Mr. Hagerty’s practice is the relationship between land use planning and water quality.

Mr. Hagerty received his law degree, with honors, from the University of Wisconsin in 1995, where he was a staff member of the Wisconsin Law Review and a teaching assistant in the legal writing department. Mr. Hagerty graduated, with honors, from the College of William & Mary in 1991, with a major in religion. Mr. Hagerty teaches a land use and planning class at the UCSD Extension, and regularly presents at seminars for organizations such as California Stormwater Quality Association, the Association of Environmental Professionals and other planning organizations.

Education

• University of Wisconsin, J.D., with honors (1995)
• College of William and Mary, B.A.

Bar Admissions

• California (1996)
• Wisconsin (1995)

Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America®, Land Use & Zoning Law (2016-2017)
• San Diego Super Lawyer, Environmental Law (2007, 2014-2016)