Public Entities and Municipalities

Rutan currently represents scores of public agencies as general counsel, city attorney or special counsel.  Our clients include cities, school and community college districts, water districts, public finance authorities, community service districts, counties, and other local governmental entities. The firm’s local government representation extends from advising agencies in public meetings, to representing entities in regulatory, transactional, finance and inter-governmental matters, to prosecuting and defending local agencies in litigation or administrative proceedings covering the entire spectrum of public law.