Michael Reiter Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - San Bernardino

Michael Reiter is a seasoned municipal litigator and municipal advisor for over twenty-six years.. Michael Reiter was a partner with California Municipal Law firm Cole Huber LLP.  He served as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Yucaipa from June 2023 to March 2025.  The firm helps California cities, counties, special districts and school districts in the following areas of municipal law:. The Ralph M. Brown Act and public meeting requirementsConflicts of interest and ethicsPublic Records ActOrdinances and resolutionsPublic employee hiring, discipline, and separationLabor negotiations and relationsPublic employee benefitsLaw enforcementPublic safetyLocal cannabis regulationsElectionsPropositions 13, 26, and 218Annexations and LAFCO proceedingsCode enforcementEminent domainReal property transactionsLand use and planningEnvironmental law and natural resourcesCEQA and NEPA compliancePublic contracts and biddingMining regulations and permittingPublic finance, taxes and feesLitigation including MSection 1983 and civil rights claimsTort claimsLaw enforcement and excessive forceCode enforcement and receivershipsEminent domain and inverse condemnationLand use and CEQADeclaratory relief and writs of mandateRate setting litigation (Proposition 13, 26, and 218)Labor and employmentContaminated site cleanups/CERCLA claimsBusiness disputesReal property disputesCollections. Michael Reiter worked for Aarvig & Associates in Redlands.  He represented cities and school districts in liability cases (employment, sexual abuse of minors, dangerous condition of public property, automobile accidents. Prior to that, he worked with Milligan, Beswick, Levine & Knox, LLP in Redlands, California from April 2017 to April 2021.  After years of working for cities as Deputy City Attorney and Assistant City Attorney, Michael Reiter helped residents and businesses with code enforcement and land use problems with cities, counties and other public entities.. Michael Reiter was a Planning Commissioner for the City of Redlands.. Michael Reiter graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law and the University of California, Berkeley.  He has years of experience as an attorney, including serving his community as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Redlands, as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Bernardino, and as Staff Attorney for the Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino, Inc.