Practice Area Overview

Public Agencies Practice

Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell, P.C.

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Representation before Local, State, and Federal Government Entities

How do you deal with local governments, state regulatory agencies, and federal regulatory bodies when you have a project that subjects you to their review? Failure to comply with municipal or county regulations, general use plans, zoning, local ordinances, planning rules, permitting, inspections, CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) and federal environmental impact assessments, and other requirements can cause costly delays.

We provide legal services to a wide variety of clients who must interact with government agencies on the municipal, county, state and federal levels. Here in Vallejo where our main office is located, we are bordered by federal and state navigable waterways. As a result, we have dealt with the California Lands Commission, Coastal Commission, Fish and Game Commission, the California Departments of Boating, Waterways, Water Resources, and Transportation, the U.S. Coast TGuard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Not every law firm knows how to negotiate its client’s way through what can easily become a time-consuming, frustrating, and ultimately expensive process. We do. At Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell, we do this very well.

Whether you need to obtain a use permit for a repair shop in Hercules or you are a developer who needs to hire a traffic consultant in Vallejo, municipal attorneys from Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell know how to help. Public entities law is one of the major areas of our practice, and over the years we have developed strong, effective working relationships with virtually every city, and branch of county government in Solano County. Contact us for a consultation.

We represent developers, retailers, builders, and other clients throughout their project. We help you negotiate through the entire maze of local, state, and federal government regulation.

We represent our clients before local planning commissions, city councils, and county boards of supervisors, negotiate contracts with public entities and government agencies, negotiate all steps of government permitting, negotiate the requirements for environmental impact assessments, advise on building code compliance, negotiate infrastructure issues, help with local ordinance compliance, and petition for annexation.

Our lawyers handle all aspects of eminent domain, including negotiation of compensation, tax structuring, administrative remedies, appeals, and court redress.

We are general counsel to a local sanitation and flood control district and have represented municipal agencies in a variety of concerns, including a military base conversion (the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard). We also handle contract disputes and labor relations in the public sector.

Contact a Fairfield or Vallejo municipal attorney at Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell for a consultation.

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With offices in Fairfield and Vallejo, the municipal law attorneys & contract dispute lawyers of Favaro, Lavezzo, Gill, Caretti & Heppell, P.C., represent California clients throughout the North Bay and Napa Valley in communities such as Sonoma, Napa, Yountville, American Canyon, Benicia, Crockett, Hercules, Rodeo, Martinez, Concord, Richmond, Winters, Vacaville, Dixon, Rio Vista, and Suisun City.

Contra Costa County • Solano County • Napa County