Municipal Law
Most of our work with municipal law is on behalf of municipalities, but we also represent individuals on occasion. Governmental units trust us to guide them through the many issues municipalities confront on a daily basis. We work right by your side, sharing our experience and expertise and letting you focus on your municipality rather than the legal issues surrounding it.
Experience & Expertise in:
- 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
- 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
We also have expertise handling matters that aren’t uniquely municipal but do arise for municipalities:
- Litigation
- Collective bargaining
- Employment law
- Property matters
- Contract matters
- Environmental matters