About Us About Us/Firm Overview The Sohagi Law Group has an AV rated state-wide reputation for efficiently handling complex transactional and litigation matters for public agencies. The Firm is recognized for high professional legal standards and ethics in The 2006 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale-Hubbell). SLG represents only public entities, including cities, counties, townships, state agencies, special districts, commissions and authorities. SLG attorneys have extensive expertise in all areas of environmental and land use law. We focus that expertise on helping our clients navigate existing laws and regulations, and keep our clients up to date on emerging environmental issues such as climate change and greenhouse gas regulation. The firm assists clients with a broad range of planning initiatives and individual development projects — from General Plan updates to major public infrastructure. Perhaps because of our extensive litigation experience, we believe that litigation is often not the best way to resolve disputes. It is our goal to defend the principles and policies that are important to our clients while minimizing expensive, lengthy, non-productive litigation. Because of our experience in defending alleged "mistakes," we take special care in handling agreements, environmental documents, ordinances, resolutions and day-to-day agency actions that can lead to costly litigation. We firmly believe in the practice of preventive law. The Firm's principal and overriding purpose is to provide practical, lasting solutions to difficult environmental and land use problems for public clients. The Firm is equally adept at utilizing traditional means and processes as it is at developing new, innovative techniques, where traditional approaches may not work. The specialized nature of our practice allows us to focus a wealth of talent on any problem to develop the solution that best fits our client's needs. The Firm has developed a wide range of educational and professional experience in the highly specialized fields of land use and environmental law. Members of the Firm have supplemented this experience by writing, lecturing and teaching as well as through professional service to the State Bar of California, Environmental Public Law Section; the League of California Cities; the American Planning Association; the Southwestern Legal Foundation; Institute on Planning, Zoning, and Eminent Domain; the Los Angeles County Bar Association; the International Municipal Lawyers Association (formerly known as NIMLO); and other professional organizations. The Firm also sponsors seminars and lectures on issues of concern to its clients.