Leslie Thomsen counsels clients on public law issues from the firm’s Santa Rosa office. Currently, she serves as Assistant City Attorney for the cities of Petaluma and Healdsburg. In over 20 years of practice, Ms. Thomsen has worked for many North Bay cities, special districts and private clients on matters involving land use, zoning and planning, environmental regulation and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). She has defended a broad range of tort and civil rights actions against public entities in both state and federal courts, including appeals and writs.

Ms. Thomsen provides advice at public meetings to city staff, planning commissions and city councils on a wide variety of general municipal law matters and is experienced in initiatives, ballot measures and development impact fees. Prior to joining Meyers Nave, Ms. Thomsen served as counsel to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee, advising on energy, natural resources, environmental and tribal issues. She also managed media relations and communications policy. She later served as communications director for the National Breast Cancer Coalition.

In law school, Ms. Thomsen was a member of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and participated in the Hastings Civil Justice Clinic.

Education

University of California Hastings College of the Law, JD, 1982
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, BA History, 1971

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Title: Of Counsel
Location: Santa Rosa
Phone: 707.545.8009
Email: lthomsen@meyersnave.com
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