California Public Agency and Municipal Law Attorneys

That name is a commitment, and it sets the terms of our practice.  We built this firm to represent public agencies exclusively, because the work of a city or county is not the work of a private litigant.  Your obligations run to residents, to the record, and to the public budget.

Our attorneys have handled legal matters from every side of the file—as city prosecutors, as special counsel, as court-appointed receivers, and as defense counsel when enforcement draws retaliatory litigation.  That range is what lets us give you an answer rather than a referral.  Our work is structured around cost recovery where the law allows it, and around resolving matters at the earliest stage that produces durable compliance—which is usually more efficient than the alternative for everyone involved.

Serviam attorneys teach at conferences, symposiums, and classes across the state.  If a statute changed this session, we have likely already briefed an agency on it.