Local Government Law
Kissinger & Fellman attorneys represent a wide variety of
local governmental entities throughout the State of Colorado. Our
attorneys serve as general legal counsel to local governmental entities,
as well as special counsel for individual projects.
We have been actively involved in writing ordinances addressing land use and development, telecommunications, right of way management,
general offenses, nuisance, local government budgeting, franchising,
emergency services, and public utilities. We advise local government
entities in their capacities as quasi-judicial decision making bodies,
election issues under the Fair Campaign Practices Act, open records
and open meetings laws, and the implementation and effects of the
TABOR amendment on local governments. In litigation we have worked
on cases involving telecommunications and rights of way matters,
eminent domain and inverse condemnation, tower siting disputes,
negligence claims, employment disputes, 42 U.S.C. §1983 actions,
police and fire pensions, utility refund cases, liquor licensing,
zoning and building code violations, open records disputes and municipal
court prosecution. The Firm has also provided planning commissioner
training for multiple jurisdictions on various elements of planning
responsibilities, including quasi-judicial proceedings and telecommunications
siting issues. Ken Fellman has served as a hearing officer to consider
the validity of municipal recall petitions, and
has provided expert opinions in litigation on telecommunications
and TABOR issues.
The Firm's extensive involvement in local government activities
provides a major benefit for our clients. Our local government attorneys
are actively involved with the committees of the Colorado Municipal
League, the Metro City Attorneys Association, the International
Municipal Lawyers Association, the National League of Cities, and
the Local Government Committee of the Colorado Bar Association.
In 1999, after serving for six years on City Council, Ken Fellman
was elected as Mayor of Arvada - Colorado's sixth largest city.
He previously served as a planning commissioner for five years,
including three years as Chairman. Ken also served five years as
the Governor's local government appointment on the Colorado Committee
on Hazardous Waste Regulation. He served as Chair of the FCC's Local
and State Government Advisory Committee from 1997-2003, and currently
serves as a member of the National League of Cities' Information,
Technology and Communications Steering Committee. These activities
provide an added perspective to the representation we provide for
our local government clients.
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