Practice Areas & Industries

Governmental Affairs/Municipal Law

Brown & James, P.C. has vast experience representing local governmental entities, including cities, towns, counties, public agencies, police and fire departments, school districts, and other political subdivisions.

Our clients include many municipalities in southern Illinois, including Cahokia, Madison, Pontoon Beach, and Venice, as well as political subdivisions across Missouri, including the City of Ladue, Camden County, and the St. Louis Housing Authority.

The firm’s Governmental Affairs/Municipal Law Practice Group has successfully represented governmental agencies and public entities in claims for:

·        False arrest, libel, and slander

·        Violation of labor and employment laws

·        Age and employment discrimination before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

·        Violation of open meetings laws

·        Violation of constitutionally protected rights, including actions alleging violations of due process, the First Amendment right to free speech, and civil rights under Section 1983

Our Government Affairs/Municipal Law lawyers also advise and defend public entities and non-governmental clients against landlord-tenant claims alleging violations of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances. In addition, they provide the best counsel to all of our public clients in litigation and in the day-to-day operations of government.

Representative municipal and governmental entities represented by Brown & James include: