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Mr. Galante is a founding partner of Aleshire & Wynder. His experience includes litigation of land use, civil rights, Brown Act, and public contract issues as well as transactional work. As City Attorney and Redevelopment Agency Counsel for the City of Irwindale, he has successfully assisted in resolving longstanding bitter disputes with some of the City’s mining operators, including through creative solutions compromise and leveraging litigation successes against one such company to gain a favorable global settlement of disputes lasting over 20 years. He has negotiated and prepared several significant redevelopment and housing development deals for the City, including successful developments of formerly mined or contaminated sites.
Mr. Galante’s experience includes: advising cities on various issues, negotiating and drafting real property leases, redevelopment, CEQA, mining and other land use related agreements, and representing cities at City Council, and Planning Commission hearings. He has managed several litigation matters, including challenges to denials of various permits and entitlements, CEQA challenges, breach of contract, nuisance, inverse condemnation, and civil rights matters. In his code enforcement practice, he has successfully secured several jury trial verdicts. Additionally, he has secured two bench trial verdicts in contract disputes, five successful writ of mandate judgments, restraining orders against persons harassing public employees, and various dismissals before trial of cases initiated against his public entity clients.
He also serves as City Attorney and Redevelopment Agency Counsel for the City of Lynwood and General Counsel for the Home Gardens County Water District and the Orange County Council of Governments. He has also presented several discussions on conflicts of interests, SMARA (California’s mining and reclamation law) CEQA, and the Brown Act, including through The Lorman Education Group, American Planning Association, California Chapter, and Inland Empire City Attorneys’ Association.
Mr. Galante speaks Spanish fluently. He was born in Mexico City and moved to the United States when he was eight years old. He received his B.A. in Economics from California State University at Northridge in 1992 and his J.D. in 1995 from Loyola Law School and was on the Dean’s List at both institutions. Mr. Galante is admitted to practice in California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and US District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of California.
Public Offices
City Attorney
Irwindale (2003-present)
Los Alamitos (2001-03)
Lynwood (2008-present)
Assistant City Attorney
Carson (2003-present)
Irwindale (1999-02)
Palm Springs (1997-2003)
General Counsel
Home Gardens Water District (1999-present)
Orange County Council of Govts (2001-present)
West Communications Police Dispatch Center (2001-03)
Affiliations
Editor, CA Muni Law Handbook; Finance, 2002
Lecturer, Ralph M. Brown Act
Lecturer, Surface Mining & Reclamation Act
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, LA
Admissions
State Bar of California
US District Courts, Central & Northern Districts of CA
US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
Foreign Language
Spanish
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