Michael Rodriquez practices municipal law with an emphasis in labor and employment and land use. He has successfully represented a number of cities—including San Leandro, Stockton and Sonoma—in disciplinary appeals at the administrative level and in Superior Court. He has served as city attorney and redevelopment agency counsel for the cities and redevelopment agencies of Gonzales and Soledad and is district counsel for the Moss Landing Harbor District and counsel for the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee. He has served as interim city attorney for the City of Salinas on two different occasions.

Mr. Rodriquez is a frequent presenter on Brown Act and ethics issues. He previously served on the Legal Advocacy Committee for the League of California Cities and on the editorial board for the League of California Cities’ California Municipal Law Handbook. The editorial board oversees the annual updating and editing of the handbook. Mr. Rodriquez has taught legal writing at the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) and has served as an instructor for the Alameda Independent Living Skills Program, where he taught legal rights and principles to emancipated minors.

Education

University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall Law School, JD, 1986
University of California at Berkeley, BS, 1981

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Location: Oakland
Phone: 510.808.2000
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