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Practice
Areas
The
Law Offices of William D. Ross specializes in:
- Litigation
- Land
Use
- Real
Property
- Environmental
- Water
Rights
- Public
Finance
- State
and Local Administrative Law
- Municipal
Law
- Employment
List
of Representative Clients
Fire Protection Districts General Representation
The
Firm serves as general counsel to numerous fire protection districts
throughout California. The Firm advises them wide matters ranging
from technical issues such as reorganizations and consolidations
before Local Agency Formations (LAFCOs), to mundane issues including
advice on ordinances, payroll, finance, and public records requests.
On behalf of its clients, the Firm deals with numerous government
agencies ranging from Departments of the State of California
to
the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Local
Government General Representation
The
Firm's Governmental clients are advised and represented on a
variety
of issues and in administrative and litigation proceedings including
public finance, administration of claims under the California
Tort
Claims Act, employment rights, environmental compliance, and real
estate development, and in proceedings before LAFCOs, involving
changes of organization
and reorganization, in addition to formation, administration and
dissolution of joint powers authorities.
Land Use and Real Estate Development
The
Firm advises and represents developers and owners of residential,
commercial and industrial properties in administrative and litigation
proceedings in land use matters, which are affected by the California
Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code § 21000 et
seq., "CEQA"). The Firm has been involved as lead counsel
in several published appellate cases and trial court cases concerning
land use and CEQA compliance issues. The Firm also has extensive
experience in obtaining land use entitlements from local, environmental,
state and federal agencies.
In
connection with these matters, the Firm has performed analyses of
environmental documentation required under CEQA, including but not
limited to, procedural notices, and draft and final environmental
impact reports.
Environmental Litigation
The
Firm has extensive experience litigating our clients' environmental
needs, including but not limited to disputes over CEQA,
water quality, air quality, endangered
species, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) legal issues.
The
Firm represents developers, community groups, municipalities, private
corporations, and individuals in resolving their environmental issues.
The
Firm collaborates with environmental consultants when required,
and always seeks to resolve our clients' disputes quickly without
litigation where possible. However our attorneys work with the clients
to aggressively litigate their objectives where litigation cannot
be avoided.
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of Representative Clients
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