Attorney

Salinas
Phone: 831.754.2444
Fax: 831.754.2011
Email: dennis@lomgil.com

Practice Areas

• California Coastal Act
• California Environmental Quality Act
• Land Use Litigation
• Subdivision Map Act
• Urban Planning

Education

• JD, University of Santa Clara Law School, 1981
• MA, University of Michigan,
• BA, University of Michigan, 1971

Dennis is a member of the land use team at Lombardo & Gilles, where he specializes in California Environmental Quality Act and Subdivision Map Act questions and challenges, California's Coastal Act and urban development planning.

His land use background includes a variety of matters ranging from developing legal strategies to create urban limit lines to appearing successfully in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Johnson v. City of Pleasanton, 982 F.2d 350.

Since 1982, Dennis has worked throughout Northern California as both a private practitioner and a city attorney for Redwood City, Pleasanton, San Mateo and, most recently, the City of Brentwood. Prior to his legal career, Dennis spent six years working as an urban planner for Livingston County, Michigan.

Bar and Court Admissions

• California - 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit - 1992

Civic Involvement

• Valley care Foundation , Past President and Board Member
• Meals on Wheels of Salinas, Operations Committee, 2006
• University of Michigan, Alumni Association
• Youth soccer and basketball coach

Initiatives and Accomplishments

• Johnson v City of Pleasanton (9th Cir. 1992) 982 F.2d 350
• Turturici v. City of Redwood City(1987) 190 Cal.App.3d 1997