Barry J. Schultz returns to DPMC as Of Counsel after serving as in–house City Attorney for the City of National City for 3 and half years. He has also served as Assistant City Attorney for the cities of Del Mar, Murrieta and Encinitas and has more than 20 years of experience in public agency law.

Barry brings over 30 years of legal, planning and community development experience to his law practice. In addition to municipal law, his law practice has focused on real estate, land use and housing law. He has provided legal counsel to public, for-profit, and non-profit entities on affordable housing and regulatory matters involving inclusionary housing, density bonuses, by-right development and CEQA review related to infill and transit-oriented projects. He has extensive experience with public financing for affordable housing and has negotiated layered financing structures involving tax credit, new market tax credit financing, and other federal, state and local financing.

Before joining Devaney Pate Morris & Cameron, Barry was chief executive officer for San Diego Capital Collaborative, a community investment corporation, and advisor to the San Diego Smart Growth Fund, a $90 million real estate equity fund targeting workforce housing and mixed-use development in San Diego urban communities. He also served eight years on the City of San Diego’s Planning Commission, four years as the chair.
Barry is a graduate of Western State School of Law (now known as Thomas Jefferson School of Law) and obtained his undergraduate degree in Sociology with a minor in Public Administration from San Diego State University.

Barry lives in Carmel Valley with his wife Janine and their Samoyed puppy “Hudson”. They have three adult children, Matthew, Chris and Alex. Barry is an avid sports fan and enjoys playing golf.