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Roxanne M. Diaz is a shareholder in the
Public Law Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon and currently
serves as the Chair of the Firm's Public Law Department. Ms. Diaz
has more than fifteen years of experience in local government law.
Ms. Diaz is the City Attorney for the Cities of Hidden Hills, Indio, and Manhattan Beach, and Counsel
to the Huntington Park Community Development Commission. Ms. Diaz is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Mexican-American
Bar Association, Latina Lawyers Association and the Westside Urban
Forum.
Ms. Diaz advises public clients on public law and land use issues,
redevelopment, CEQA, the Brown Act, conflicts of interest and ethics,
and the Public Records Act. She also specializes in issues of housing
and community care facilities. Ms. Diaz has been a frequent speaker
on local government fundamentals and community care facilities.
She has been a presenter on various topics for the City Clerks Association of California, California Contract Cities Association, the CCAPA Conference, the Planning Directors
Association of Orange County, the California League of Cities, and
the County Counsels Association of California.
At Hastings College of Law, Ms. Diaz served on the staff of the
Hastings Women's Law Journal. In 1994 she was the Managing
Editor. She was an extern to the Honorable Thomas E. Carlson, Chief
Justice of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District
of California in 1995.
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