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.