Practice Areas

Municipal and Eminent Domain


Our Practice:
Nyemaster Goode has an active municipal law practice and represents all types of municipal entities, including cities, public water systems, and utilities. As city attorneys for a large, growing suburb, our attorneys advise on development agreements, planning and zoning, tax increment finance and redevelopment matters, public bidding, open meetings and open records law matters, and employment matters. We also assist with land acquisitions and conveyances, and routinely conduct eminent domain proceedings for cities and public utilities. We also represent private landowners when their private interests are being acquired by municipal entities. Our public water systems representations include business and transactional work ranging from land and right of way acquisition, to negotiation and preparation of business agreements, to advice on employment matters. Through our Governmental Affairs attorneys, we provide lobbying and other legislative and governmental relations services to our municipal clients.
Our Experience:
Represent municipal corporations and private landowners in eminent domain proceedings to acquire rights of way for sanitary sewer lines, natural gas and liquid hydrocarbon pipelines, streets, electric transmission lines, and rail lines.
Advise cities on matters relating to public meetings and open records law, including assisting cities in preparing notices of public hearings and resolutions related to setting such hearings.
Assist cities in preparing development agreements, and advise cities on planning and zoning matters.
Assist cities with review of various contracts, including public bidding of city projects.
Assist cities with exercising the cities’ rights of eminent domain.


Attorneys in this practice area: James C. Wine
Antonio Colacino
Jill M. Stevenson
Robert D. Andeweg

 

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