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Rich Rudnansky merged his successful municipal law and government entity defense litigation practice with the firm in 2000 and continues to specialize in those areas of the law. He has been the Town Attorney of Windsor and General Counsel for the Windsor Water District and Windsor Redevelopment Agency since 2002. He served as City Attorney for the City of Larkspur from 1986 to June 2002 and the City Attorney of Petaluma and General Counsel for the Petaluma Community Development Commission from July of 1989 until December of 2005. Rich also serves as General Counsel for the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority of Marin. Recently, Rich served as the Interim City Attorney of Modesto managing an in-house staff of 6 attorneys and 4 support staff there until the City hired an in-house City Attorney to replace the recently retired former City Attorney.Rich, who manages the firm's Santa Rosa office, currently advises the Town of Windsor and other clients on almost all aspects of municipal law, including land use, environmental issues, conflict of interest, Brown Act, public records requests, nuisance abatement and public works projects. In addition, he has had experience in defending a wide variety of claims on behalf of a number of governmental entities, including cities, counties, and school districts, in areas including land use, civil rights, environmental law and torts in both State and Federal Courts.Rich is a 1977 graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1971 and received a Masters Degree in 1973. | 