Bethany Burgess

Partner

Bethany Burgess is a partner in the Los Angeles Office, serving as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Lompoc, advising the City on land use and zoning matters, public procurement and contracting, public works projects, and public utilities issues, and advising and representing the Lompoc Planning Commission.  She also advises other clients of the firm on a wide variety of general municipal and transactional matters. 

Bethany joined the firm in 2025, with over 18 years of experience representing public entities in three states in both private practice and as an in-house attorney on matters including real estate, home rule authority, establishment of local revenue sources, land use and zoning, utility system extensions, telecommunications, franchise agreements, major public works projects, state and federal regulatory compliance, constitutional issues, code enforcement, public records and open meetings requirements, and advising pubic entity legislative bodies, boards and commissions. 

Most recently, Bethany served as a Deputy City Attorney in the City of Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office representing the City’s water and power utility and focusing her practice on public records requests, public procurement, public contracting, and other transactional matters.