The Firm specializes in real estate and public agency law. We are knowledgeable about commercial, residential, industrial and agricultural projects from both the public agency and developer side.

Lombardo & Gilles attorneys handle the following types of transactions:

  • All aspects of redevelopment law, including local authority administration;
  • All aspects of pre-acquisition due diligence;
  • Compliance with environmental laws including CEQA, Endangered Species Act, Fish & Game Act, and National Environmental Policy
    Act, including remediation;
  • Acquisition and disposition including ERNs, purchase and sale agreements, DDAs, property conveyance documents, common
    interest agreements, reciprocal easements and other joint use agreements;
  • Retail / office/ industrial and ground leasing;
  • Brown Act and Public Records Act compliance;
  • Affordable housing development;
  • All public entity litigation, including inverse condemnation and eminent domain;
  • Military Base Reuse advice, including conversion and civilian reuse; CERCLA and RCRA;
  • Negotiating regulatory, administrative and legal issues with governmental agencies. Drafting of contracts, leases and licenses
    for government- owned facilities;
  • All aspects of financing, including construction, bridge and permanent financing transactions and bond financings;
  • Obtaining permits from the Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Fish & Game and Regional Water Quality Control Boards for streambed alteration agreements;
  • Structuring of water transfers between rural and urban areas;
  • Representation in groundwater basin adjudication proceedings; and
  • Defense of landowner water rights, particularly in agricultural areas.

Over the years, Lombardo & Gilles has developed particular depth in real estate. Our real estate group is strategically situated to provide comprehensive legal services addressing all facets of real estate ownership, use, investment and financing. We have the experience and reach to manage the wide range of challenges faced by our clients, large and small.

  • Appropriative and Riparian Rights
  • Drainage
  • Ground Water Rights and Regulations
  • Federal Reclamation Law
  • Water Delivery Systems
  • Water District Law and Administration
  • Water Quality
  • Water Transfers