Public clients require a broad cross-section of professional assistance for effective management of day-to-day affairs and specialized counseling when complex issues emerge.

Our team of lawyers in the state and local government law practice includes experienced professionals who represent various state and local governmental entities as general counsel and lawyers who frequently and regularly are called upon in times of special need. We have invaluable experience in representing various public sector clients, counseling them in areas such as governance, financial products, labor and employment, employee benefits, utility billing and rates, zoning and land use, information technology, procurement procedures, taxation, litigation and litigation management.

Together, we have:

• Provided advice with respect to Open Meetings Act and Open Records Act matters
• Provided counseling on charter related issues
• Prepared ordinances
• Advised clients in greenspace acquisitions
• Reviewed requests for proposals and responses thereto
• Negotiated employment contracts, including city managerial and police department employment contracts, as well as severance agreements
• Counseled clients in their responses to open records and state sunshine law issues
• Prepared and negotiated contracts involving court management software and traffic control devices
• Prepared surveys for clients seeking sources of funding for public infrastructure
• Researched and provided advice regarding new state legislation impacting the affairs of public sector clients
• Advised clients in the preparation of resolutions creating tax allocation districts and implementation of county tax allocation district policies
• Defended claims by dismissed employees
• Managed proactively potential discrimination, reverse discrimination, sexual harassment and other civil rights claims
• Defended successfully state constitutional challenges to a local zoning ordinance
• Zoning and land use
• Eminent Domain
• Annexation Mediation