Joshua Brower
Seattle, WA
Licensed for 26 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Business
Language
English
About
Josh is an experienced land use, real estate and business lawyer, with an emphasis on complex projects, permitting, and land use regulatory compliance. He works with clients to negotiate purchase and sale agreements, perform due diligence, obtain land use approvals, conduct environmental review, and address permitting and legislative issues involving zoning, platting, shoreline compliance and growth management. Josh is an experienced land use, environmental and real estate trial lawyer, having successfully represented clients in administrative tribunals, superior court actions, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and before the Washington Appellate Courts. Josh also is a seasoned business lawyer, devoting a significant amount of his practice to advising closely held Seattle-based businesses as outside general counsel. Josh provides strategic business and legal advice and handles corporate governance and commercial litigation matters for his clients. Josh brings over 20 years of land use and planning background to his practice. Prior to attending law school, Josh worked as an environmental planner and consultant for premier Northwest firms and he served as one of four staff members on the Vermont Governor’s blue-ribbon Growth Management Commission, which ultimately recommended and crafted Vermont’s Growth Management Act. Josh was appointed to the Seattle Planning Commission in 2008 and was twice elected Chair of the Commission. He served six years on the Planning Commission.
Practices Areas
Business
Litigation
Real Estate
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
I have known Mr. Brower since 1994...just prior to his writing the Washington State bar examine. Having over 40 years in the construction and real estate development industry (26 years in my own business) I've had the opportunity to work with dozens of attorneys. Mr. Brower tops the list as a real estate development attorney...supported by his prior education and experience as a planner. He's very conscientious about his professional responsibility...demonstrated continuously through his efforts to seek creative solutions; rather than a short cut pursuit of litigation. He never hesitates to go the extra mile in his research, exploring potential solutions and communicating with all parties. With Mr. Brower on our development team, I'm reassured that we're receiving the best legal advise and a keen interest in attaining the project goals. Given his positive contributions to our development projects...he'll be on our team for a long time.
I have known Mr. Brower since 1994...just prior to his writing the Washington State bar examine. Having over 40 years in the construction and real estate development industry (26 years in my own business) I've had the opportunity to work with dozens of attorneys. Mr. Brower tops the list as a real estate development attorney...supported by his prior education and experience as a planner. He's very conscientious about his professional responsibility...demonstrated continuously through his efforts to seek creative solutions; rather than a short cut pursuit of litigation. He never hesitates to go the extra mile in his research, exploring potential solutions and communicating with all parties. With Mr. Brower on our development team, I'm reassured that we're receiving the best legal advise and a keen interest in attaining the project goals. Given his positive contributions to our development projects...he'll be on our team for a long time.