About Amy Meredith
Amy Meredith Steinfeld is a managing partner and shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, specializing in water law, land use, and environmental law. She joined the State Bar of California in 2005. The firm, located at 1021 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, advises clients on securing water rights, regulatory compliance, and navigating complex environmental laws. She holds a J.D.
from the University of Colorado School of Law, earned in 2005. Her undergraduate degree—a B.A. in International Relations—came from UCLA in 2000. During law school, she clerked for the Colorado River Commission.
Most of her caseload involves advising water districts, cities, agricultural interests, and developers on water rights permitting, CEQA compliance, and complex groundwater adjudications. She also handles land use issues, including site due diligence and the preparation of groundwater sustainability plans. Before joining Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in 2006, she spent a year as an associate at a small firm in Denver, Colorado, focusing on environmental litigation. She previously worked at a public interest organization in Boulder, Colorado, from 2004 to 2005 — She belongs to the California Lawyers Association and the Santa Barbara County Bar Association.
The Pacific Coast Business Times named her among the "Top 50 Women in Business" in 2025. She speaks English and conversational Spanish.
