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COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH Sr WHATLEY, PC <br />Firm Profile <br />(213) 542 -5700 <br />(530) 432 -7357 <br />info@chwlaw.us <br />Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley is a municipal law firm with offices in Los Angeles and <br />outside Grass Valley in the Sierra Foothills that represents public and private clients <br />throughout California in municipal law, including public revenues, land use, elections, <br />labor and employment, post - redevelopment, housing, the California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA), the Cortese -Knox- Hertzberg Act regarding Local Agency Formation <br />Commissions, sex offender and marijuana regulation and associated public safety topics, <br />and associated litigation. Our core commitment is to provide advice our clients find <br />helpful, understandable, and fairly priced. <br />The firm was recognized as one of California's Top Ranked Law Firms by Martindale - <br />Hubbell in 2014 and Michael Colantuono, Terri Highsmith, Jenni Pancake, Michael <br />Allderdice and Scott Howard have each achieved the highest AV rating from Martindale - <br />Hubbell. Michael (2011— present) and Holly Whatley (2013) have been listed as among the <br />Top Municipal Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal newspaper. Michael was <br />awarded the 2010 Public Lawyer of the Year Award by the California State Bar, is a former <br />President of the City Attorneys Department of the League of California Cities, Treasurer of <br />the State Bar, and a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers —a <br />prestigious organization of fewer than 100 of the most respected appellate advocates in our <br />State. Michael is also a Certified Appellate Specialist by the California State Bar's Board of <br />Legal Specialization. <br />Our firm includes California's leading experts on local government revenues, including <br />Propositions 13, 62, 218 and 26 and our attorneys have argued six government revenue <br />cases to the California Supreme Court in the past decade: Richmond v. Shasta CSD (2004), <br />Bonander v. Town of Tiburon (2009), Greene v. Marin County Flood Control & Water Conservation <br />District (2010), Arden v. City of Los Angeles (2011), Alhambra & 46 Other Cities v. County of Los <br />Angeles (2012) and McWilliams v. City of Long Beach (2013). Our litigators have broad <br />experience in public- sector litigation and such private- sector topics as general commercial <br />litigation, employment law, and unfair competition. We have especially deep experience in <br />40841.27 <br />25H -10 <br />