Special Counsel Services

Training, compliance, and more.

Public agencies need attorneys for much more than litigation work. Jones Mayer provides special counsel services to municipalities and other public agencies throughout California, including personnel boards and commissions, access appeals boards, and other specialized bodies. Our experienced team conducts every type of mandatory training for elected officials and professional staff. We also handle matters such as:

  • CEQA compliance.
  • Development agreements.
  • Disposition and development agreements.
  • Owner participation agreements.
  • Land use.
  • Personnel investigations.
  • Labor negotiations.
  • Documentation and advice on municipal law and redevelopment law.

We serve as special counsel to:

  • Anaheim
  • Beaumont
  • Brentwood
  • Calaveras County Counsel/Sheriff
  • Chaffey Community College District
  • Contra Costa Office of the District Attorney
  • Chino
  • Corona
  • Culver City
  • Daly City
  • El Dorado County Sheriff
  • Fresno
  • Gilroy
  • Glendale
  • Glenn County Sheriff
  • Huntington Park
  • I-5 JPA
  • Irvine
  • Lake County Sheriff
  • Lakewood
  • Los Angeles County
  • Madera County
  • Manhattan Beach
  • Mendocino County
  • Merced County
  • Mono County Sheriff
  • Montclair
  • Monterey County Sheriff
  • Morro Bay
  • Nevada County
  • Palmdale
  • Palomar Community College District
  • Paradise
  • Redwood City
  • Regents of the University of California
  • Regional Human Rights Fair Housing Division
  • Riverside County Sheriff
  • San Benito
  • San Bernardino
  • San Bruno
  • San Diego Unified Port District
  • San Francisco B.A.R.T.
  • San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office
  • San Mateo
  • San Mateo County Probation
  • Santa Fe Springs
  • Santa Ana
  • Santa Ana Unified
  • SASSFA
  • Seal Beach
  • Simi Valley
  • Siskiyou County
  • Sonoma County
  • Southern California Library Cooperative
  • Stockton
  • Tulare
  • Vernon

Practicing Attorneys

Cary S. Reisman

Kimberly Hall Barlow

Baron J. Bettenhausen

Christian L. Bettenhausen

Keith Collins

Tarquin Preziosi