OVERVIEW of Municipal and
Administrative Legal Services:
· Litigate on behalf of
municipalities in State and Federal courts
· Draft, review, implement, and enforce municipal ordinances
and regulations
· Defend municipalities in wrongful termination, sexual
discrimination, and tax appeals
· Ensure compliance with the Connecticut Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA)
· Represent municipalities before the FOI Commission
· Negotiate labor agreements and representing towns in
arbitration
· Advise charter commissions
· Represent towns before Connecticut administrative agencies
· Advise municipal commissions in the conduct of hearings
· Develop and review contracts for school building construction
· Develop RFPs fand bid specifications or all areas of
municipal services
· Procure environmental engineering services for site assessment and abatement of environmental contamination
· Eminent domain matters, easement and rights of way,
and establishment of town roads
Fahey & Landolina handles a full range of legal matters
for municipalities. The firm develops and reviews contracts for
school building construction, develops RFPs and bid specifications
for all areas of municipal services, procures environmental engineering
and consulting services when necessary for site assessment and
abatement of environmental contamination, and represent municipalities
in property acquisition, eminent domain matters, easement, rights
of way, and the establishment of town roads.
MUNICIPAL PLANNING and ZONING
· Represent municipalities
in high visibility land use actions (Showcase Cinema, Wal-Mart)
· Defend actions of planning & zoning agencies when
their decisions are challenged
· Draft and review municipal zoning regulations and ordinances
· Seek and obtain injunctions for the enforcement of zoning
regulations
· Work with municipal conservation commissions and wetlands
agencies and with actions before the Connecticut DEP
· Adopt and implement municipal regulations (I.e, affordable
housing)
Fahey & Landolina has a great range of experience working with planning
and zoning agencies and defending the actions of those agencies
when their decisions are challenged in the state's courts. Our
firm has an history of successfully litigating all
areas of land use and zoning issues and experience
working with municipal conservation commissions and wetlands
agencies and with actions before the Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection.
Our legal staff regularly drafts
and reviews municipal zoning regulations and ordinances, guiding
them through the public hearing process to adoption and enforcement.
Fahey Landolina is highly experienced in seeking and obtaining
injunctions for the enforcement of zoning regulations. Our firm
also has broad experience with the issue of affordable housing
issues, in particular, having regulations adopted and implemented.
Our firm has represented municipalities
and private clients in many high visibility land use actions,
i.e., Showcase Cinema and Weal-Mart sitings; and are familiar
with the unique community sensitivities and concerns that arise
around them.
MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
· Draft and review contracts
for municipalities
· Develop and review contracts for school building construction
· Develop RFPs and bid specifications
· Procure environmental engineering services for site assessment and abatement of environmental contamination
Fahey & Landolina has a broad range of experience in drafting and reviewing
contracts for all municipal needs. Our firm's experience includes
developing and reviewing contracts for school building construction,
developing RFPs for all areas of municipal services and developing
bid specifications for supplies and equipment. Our firm also
serves municipalities in procuring environmental engineering
and consulting services when necessary for site assessment and
for abatement of environmental contamination.
MUNICIPAL LAND DEVELOPMENT,
LAND ACQUISITION, and PROPERTY SALES
· Comprehensive land use
and real estate legal experience
· Property acquisition in the public and private sector
· Municipal clients - negotiate sales and handle purchases
· Prepare legal notices for town meetings necessary to
act on disposition of Town land
· Eminent domain matters, easements, rights of way, establishment
of town roads
· Consult with municipalities on their master plans of
development
Fahey & Landolina has considerable experience in legal matters involving
property acquisition in the public and private sector, with eminent
domain matters, easements, rights of way, and the establishment
of town roads. For municipal clients, our firm negotiates sales
and handles purchases. We also prepare the legal notices for
town meetings necessary to act on the disposition of Town land.
Our firm has comprehensive experience
in municipal land use and real estate matters and, as such, is
often consulted by municipalities in connection with their master
plans of development. As a member of the Urban Land Institute
who regularly attends their annual meetings and seminars, Attorney
Fahey has particular experience in this area.
DEFENSE OF MUNICIPALITIES
Defend municipalities in Federal
and State courts in:
· wrongful discharge
· discrimination matters
· tax appeals
· environmental claims
· eminent domain claims
· inverse condemnation actions.
· uninsured risks
Fahey Landolina has years of
litigation experience in defending municipalities in Federal
and State courts in cases involving (but not limited to) wrongful
discharge, discrimination cases, tax appeals, environmental claims,
eminent domain claims, and inverse condemnation actions. Our firm also
coordinates litigation with municipalities' liability insurance
carriers and represents municipalities with cases involving uninsured
risks. For instance, when municipalities are brought in as co-defendants
with third parties, our staff strives to coordinate the Town's
defense with the third party's attorney so as to minimize legal
costs to the municipality. |