These services include counsel and representation in such areas as:

• Zoning and land use
• Cable television franchising, refranchising and rate regulation
• Public telecommunications issues
• Administrative law and procedures
• Drafting of legislation and regulations
• Drafting of charters and charter amendments
• Equal employment practices
• Defense of Civil Rights actions
• Defense of public officials
• Self-insurance pools
• Prosecutions of all kinds
• Environmental law
• Real estate and construction law
• Eminent domain
• Public improvement projects
• Awarding of contracts Regulatory compliance
• Wireless telecom facilities regulations and leasing
• Public funding, tax abatements and economic development

Walter & Haverfield's Municipal Law Group consists of seven (7) attorneys, many of whom serve as law directors or assistant law directors for northern Ohio communities. Especially skilled in litigation, they have successfully argued precedent-setting cases at all levels of the state and federal court system including the United States Supreme Court. While their goal is to prevent needless litigation, they stand ready to represent the interest of any client in any court with vigor, imagination and a thorough understanding of the laws and regulations involved.

In addition, Walter & Haverfield has provided effective legal counsel to developers and real estate owners — offering a wide range of services dealing with municipalities, counties, townships, special taxing districts and regional agencies. Although Walter & Haverfield cannot represent private clients in any matter before a municipality to which it serves as counsel, the firm is able to apply its knowledge of the inner workings of municipalities toward numerous legal matters involving other jurisdictions where no conflict of interest exists.

Recent News June 2010 On June 25, 2010, Todd Hunt spoke at the NE Ohio Planning & Zoning Workshop, which was held in Warren, Ohio. To view the program outline and PowerPoint materials for this presentation, please access the links provided here: "BZA: Powers and Duties-Variance Authority and Those Other Pesky Applications" and "NE Ohio Planning & Zoning Workshop." May/June 2010 Jonathan D. Greenberg and Heather R. Baldwin Vlasuk advised municipalities on the benefits of using outside counsel to conduct investigations in cases of alleged wrongdoing by their officers or employees in their article, "When Public Officials Go Rogue: The Importance of Hiring Outside Counsel to Perform Investigations into Allegations of Employee or Officer Wrongdoing." February 2010 Patricia F. Weisberg and Todd Hunt provided a "Municipal Employment Law Update" to the attendees at the 2010 Annual Presidents Day Municipal Law Seminar, hosted by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association.

Recent Publications June 2010 - "Red Flag Rule" Update: Another New Enforcement Date! November 2009 - "Red Flag Rule" Update: New Enforcement Date and Anticipated Exemptions to the Regulation May 2009 - The FTC's "Red Flag Rules" Require Local Governments to Implement Identity Theft Prevention Programs September 2008 - Local Government Telecommunications Law Update August 2008 - Summary of Recent Amendments to Ohio's Public Records Laws January 2007 - New Public Records Law More »»

Practice Head

R. Todd Hunt

Attorneys

Christopher L. Gibbon
John H. Gibbon
Jonathan D. Greenberg
William R. Hanna
R. Todd Hunt
Aimee W. Lane
Kevin Patrick Murphy
Charles T. Riehl
Heather B. Vlasuk