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Michael EstradaShareholderLos Angeles

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Michael Estrada is a shareholder at Richards, Watson & Gershon, and a member of its Public Law Department. Mr. Estrada is City Attorney for the Cities of San Fernando and Yucaipa, and General Counsel for the Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority.

Mr. Estrada concentrates on the representation of public agency clients in a wide range of government law areas, with an emphasis on land use, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), public contracts, and redevelopment and real estate matters. Mr. Estrada regularly advises our municipal clients in the procurement and implementation of solid waste and recycling services and programs.

Mr. Estrada has extensive expertise in redevelopment transactions and implementation activities. In addition to serving as General Counsel to the San Fernando Redevelopment Agency, and as Special Counsel to the Community Development Commissions of Pasadena and West Hollywood, Mr. Estrada assists redevelopment agencies throughout the state with redevelopment transactions. He has negotiated redevelopment transactions for a variety of commercial and residential projects, including numerous affordable housing transactions.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Estrada was a city planner with the Department of City Planning of the City and County of San Francisco.

 
Education

B.A., Urban and Rural Studies, University of California, San Diego, 1979
M.A., Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981
J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1986

 
Practice Areas
Municipal Law
Public Works
Redevelopment
Solid Waste
Transportation