Municipal
The attorneys in our Municipal Law Section represent many governmental units in the wide variety of issues confronted by such entities. Most of our work in the municipal law area is on behalf of municipalities, although we do represent individuals as well.
Our current municipal clients extend throughout a substantial portion of the Lower Peninsula. We are right by your side, sharing our extensive experience and knowledge of the laws and issues relating to municipalities, including:
- Open Meetings Act
- Freedom of Information Act
- Michigan Election Law
- Headlee Amendment and Truth in Taxation matters
- drafting and enforcement of ordinances and codes
- planning and zoning matters
- tax assessments and appeals
- public utility matters
- eminent domain and condemnations
- municipal annexations, incorporations and consolidation matters
- agreements for conditional transfers of territory and Urban Cooperation Act agreements
- Downtown Development Authorities
- Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities
- municipal finance, including working closely with bond attorneys in Detroit and New York
- intergovernmental cooperative ventures including the creation of various public authorities to carry out consolidated municipal functions
- other matters which are not uniquely municipal but which nevertheless
arise for municipalities
- litigation
- collective bargaining
- employment law matters
- property matters
- contract matters
- environmental matters