Los Angeles (May 28, 2025) – Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell (JMBM) is pleased to announce that partner Sheri L. Bonstelle has been named to the Daily Journal’s 2025 list of “Top Women Lawyers” in California. This special edition of the legal newspaper included Sheri as one of only 100 women attorneys in California who […]
California faces a housing crisis of “historic proportions.” In response, the Legislature enacted the Housing Accountability Act (HAA)—known as the “Anti-NIMBY Act”—to dramatically increase housing construction by preventing local governments from arbitrarily denying viable development projects. On January 30, 2025, Judge Curtis A. Kin found that the City of Los Angeles (City) acted in bad […]
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) professionals are scaling more than legal heights these days. Land use Partner Sheri Bonstelle and IT Project Manager Maurice Oketch conquered Mount Kilimanjaro – known as the “Roof of Africa” – in February, reaching Uhuru Peak at 19,341 feet after a 6 1/2-day uphill trek. The two spent 8 […]
LOS ANGELES—Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to announce that Sheri Bonstelle, a partner in its Government, Land Use, Environment and Energy (GLUEE) Department, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, effective May 1, 2015. Bonstelle has been involved in Lambda Legal since 2007. […]
LOS ANGELES – August 1, 2007—Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP (JMBM), one of California’s foremost full-service law firms, today announced that it successfully completed all zoning and land use entitlements for what is considered to be the most ambitious mixed-use development in the current revitalization of Los Angeles’ historic Hollywood district—BLVD6200. Led by land […]