Timothy Tosta, a partner at Luce Forward, is recognized as one of California’s leading land use and environmental attorneys. Tim has successfully procured land use entitlements for some of California's most complex and controversial development proposals in some of the state's most treacherous political environments.

Tim is a cancer survivor, a seasoned hospice volunteer, an evocative lecturer and writer, and a certified Integral Coach, guiding executives in the legal profession and the business community to live purposeful, balanced, thriving lives. He is an amateur nature photographer. He also is a very amateur musician who plays guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele and a variety of other stringed instruments to the Laguna Honda hospice residents.

Tim is the author of the highly acclaimed lecture series, “Lessons for the Living” and "Why Not Thrive in Turbulent Times?" as well as the emotionally compelling hospice writings, ‘Putting Things in Perspective – Stories from a Hospice Volunteer.’ Tim's new book -DEATHtweet: A Well Lived Life through 140 Perspectives on Death and its Teachings - will be available in early 2010.

Tim is a native of Santa Cruz, a resident of San Mateo and a very frequent visitor to Crested Butte, Colorado. Tim believes that he has found the perfect balance in living his life between the California coast and Colorado Rocky Mountain environments. Tim and his wife, Nancy, have four domestic cats - Kori, Benji, Angus and Ernie.

Tim has a JD from UC Berkeley School of Law and a BA from Princeton University.