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Rick Jarvis and Ben Fay formed Jarvis & Fay in January 2004. They were formerly shareholders with Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson, where Rick was the head of the Land Use Litigation Group and Ben practiced with the Land Use Litigation and Revenue and Taxation Groups. Dan Doporto joined the firm in September 2004. He was formerly Of Counsel with Morrison & Foerster’s Land Use and Environmental Law group. Clare Gibson, a former colleague of Rick and Ben at Meyers Nave, joined the firm in March 2008, following several years of representing public education agencies at School and College Legal Services. Jarvis, Fay, Doporto, and Gibson provide litigation and counseling services in the areas of land use, environmental, and government and municipal law, including public contracts and construction law. Their expertise extends to all aspects of the land use and development approval process in California, including matters arising under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the California Planning and Zoning Laws, the Subdivision Map Act, the Mitigation Fee Act, the Permit Streamlining Act, the Development Agreement laws, the California Coastal Act, and the Urban Water Management and Planning Laws (SB 221 and SB 610). They also have extensive familiarity with various federal laws that apply to land development in California, including the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), wetlands regulations under the Clean Water Act, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). They have represented both public and private clients in state and federal courts, and before numerous local governments and administrative agencies throughout California. The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience litigating and advising clients on the validity of local tax ordinances under Propositions 13, 62 and 218, local property tax allocations, business and license taxes, and local governments’ taxing authority under the constitution, state statutes, and local government charters. They have also litigated and advised on a variety of issues arising under the state’s Elections Code, including initiatives and referenda and challenges to ballot measures and ballot materials. The firm has expertise in litigating tort and civil rights claims, as well as actions brought under the Brown Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The firm’s transactional practice includes comprehensive public contract counseling, including bidding, RFQs, RFPs, drafting, negotiation, document review, and dispute resolution. The firm also provides a full range of public construction law expertise, including bid and contract documents, bid issues, construction and close out issues, and dispute resolution. Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson is an ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge Partner. For additional information go to: www.abanet.org/environ/climatechallenge/partners.shtml.
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