Rutan & Tucker

Rutan & Tucker is a full-service California law firm based in Orange County, with further offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco and Scottsdale, Arizona. Its land use and environmental work serves builders and land developers, public entities and municipalities, and owners across a range of industries.

Government and regulatory services include land use and entitlement, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), environmental and regulatory law, land use and natural resources, municipal law as general and special counsel, affordable housing and economic development, condemnation and property valuation, public labor and employment, government relations and political law, and election law. Real estate services cover acquisitions and dispositions and real property secured lending, while the litigation groups handle property rights, valuation and takings litigation, real property litigation, landlord and tenant disputes, and litigation for and against government agencies.

The firm describes itself as the largest full-service law firm based in Orange County, and says it recruits new lawyers from more than 30 top law schools nationwide, many with law school honours or judicial clerkships. It lists support for more than 200 charitable programs across Orange County and California, and is an approved MCLE provider that runs classes at its offices.

Rates are not published. Because the firm acts as counsel to public agencies as well as to private developers, confirm conflicts early where the matter involves a California city or county.