We serve as general corporation counsel 
for municipal law matters

Sommers Schwartz has more than forty years of experience representing counties, cities, townships and other government entities in Michigan. Our lawyers serve as general corporation counsel and assist on special projects encompassing a full array of municipal law matters.

We handle many legal issues on behalf of municipal governments including:

• Employee relations
  • Collective bargaining
• Labor and employment litigation and/or arbitration
• Municipal regulation
  • Charter and ordinance drafting and enforcement
  • Criminal prosecutions
• Environmental regulations, enforcement and disputes
  • Clean-up of rivers and lakes
  • Ground contamination
  • Water pollution
• Zoning and planning
• Commercial and inter-municipal contract negotiation
  • Telecommunications
  • Water and sewer usage
• Home rule powers
• Premises liability in injury cases on municipal property

In addition, Sommers Schwartz works extensively in federal and state litigation and appellate cases on constitutional issues, including:

• First amendment
• Due process
• Equal protection
• Statutory and charter interpretation
• Environmental and construction issues
• OFIA and Open Meetings Act
• Manufactured home communities
• Basement flooding
• Land use disputes

We have the knowledge, the logistical resources, and the financial strength necessary to see a municipal law case through to a satisfactory conclusion.