Director of all receivership actions for our city and county clients throughout California seeking the appointment of a receiver pursuant to the Health and Safety Code to bring substandard properties into compliance with the law.

• Directly managed cases from inception to conclusion, which included managing junior attorneys, staff and case budgets• Extensively interacted with city attorneys, county counsel and various heads of city departments and their staff• Specialized in Health and Safety Code receivership actions for several city and county clients throughout California for the appointment of a receiver to rehabilitate substandard nuisance residential and commercial properties• Assisted multiple clients with revocation of business licenses for massage establishments engaged in prostitution and represented city staff at administrative hearings and court trials upon appeal• Assisted city clients with cost recovery for nuisance abatement and the special assessment lien process• Drafted ordinances, city council staff reports and resolutions • Drafted various legal memorandum, pleadings, motions, oppositions and appellate briefs• Negotiated and drafted subordination agreements and stipulations during receivership actions

• Litigated public works construction and breach of contract matters for school district clients • Initiated foreclosures for unpaid special tax assessments and negotiated settlements on behalf of city clients• Assisted clients with property acquisition, CEQA compliance, and surplus property disposition and the formation and administration of Community Facilities Districts under the Mello-Roos Act• Provided legal advice to school district clients throughout California regarding the collection and expenditure of Developer Fees pursuant to the Government and Education Codes • Drafted resolutions for school board meetings and appeared before school boards at board meetings • Provided legal advice and drafted memorandum for water district clients regarding real property issues, conflicts of interest, and water rates, fees, and charges under the California Constitution • Advised various clients regarding the Brown Act, the Political Reform Act, and the Public Records Act

• Litigation practice included the defense of breach of public works contracts and change order disputes; inverse condemnation and eminent domain; dangerous condition of public property (personal injury and damage to private property); public nuisance abatement actions (receiverships and judicial foreclosures); employment; and civil rights litigation in Federal Court• Successfully represented the City of Riverside in several trial de novos, appeals and Writs of Mandate • First chaired an arbitration in an inverse condemnation case against AT&T and second chaired a wrongful termination employment arbitration • Initiated actions for contempt of court, unlawful detainer, civil injunctions, breach of contract, graffiti abatement, DUI cost recovery, and property damage• Deposed parties, expert and percipient witnesses and participated in mediations resulting in favorable settlement for the City of Riverside• Drafted complaints, demurrers, answers, motions to compel discovery, motions to quash service and motions for summary judgment/adjudication; and propounded and responded to discovery• Responded to bid protests, stop notices, and worked with the City’s Risk Manager to resolve various contractor and subcontractor licensing issues related to the competitive bidding process on public works projects• Drafted public works contracts, facilities use and special instructor agreements, municipal ordinances, and city council resolutions• Negotiated and prepared real property transactions such as leases/licenses and rehabilitation agreements for properties that were the subject of nuisance abatement actions under the California Health and Safety Code• Provided legal advice to various client departments including Public Works, the collections division of the Finance Department and the Code Enforcement Department• Drafted legal memorandum for the City Attorney to advise the city council, as well as for client departments and department heads