Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense

Business and Corporate Law

• Construction Contracts
• Antitrust

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating agreements to support the development of clean energy projects, including power purchase agreements; property rights agreements (licenses, easements, and leases); engineering, procurement, and construction contracts; and other commercial agreements.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Has decades of experience advising and litigating on behalf of public agency clients on a broad range of issues. The firm provides city attorney and general counsel services as well as special counsel services related to land use planning and zoning, CEQA, housing, parks and open space, real estate transactions, ballot measures, eminent domain, regulatory takings, and major transportation/infrastructure projects.
• Eminent Domain
  SMW attorneys achieve good value for the public in land transactions. SMW has widely recognized expertise in counseling public agencies on all phases of real property acquisition, sale, and leasing, and administration of relocation laws. SMW attorneys have also represented public agencies in a wide variety of eminent domain actions to conserve natural areas, create parks, and acquire rights-of-way for public transit and public utilities. SMW also advises clients on the process of acquiring and developing brownfield properties, including former military bases and industrial sites.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Has protected the rights of California residents to directly shape state and local laws through initiatives and referenda. Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger has been a leader in applying these tools to land use issues, such as the management of future growth and the preservation of agricultural and open space lands.