Paul Early
Partner
Paul Early is a partner in the firm’s Riverside office, focusing his practice on handling a wide variety of legal issues including municipal law, water law, land use, environmental, construction law, and all aspects of representing public agencies.
Paul has over 25 years of experience directly advising City Councils, Planning Commissions, and other public agency bodies on a variety of legal matters including land use, public contracting, water rights, electric and water utilities, conflicts of interest and Brown Act matters.
Paul graduated from the Indiana University School of Law with honors. He currently serves as the General Counsel for the Palmdale Water District, City Attorney of the City of Port Hueneme, Assistant City Attorney for the Cities of Murrieta, San Gabriel and Ridgecrest and the Assistant General Counsel for Eastern Municipal Water District, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, Bedford Coldwater Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Valley Center Fire Protection Agency and the Five Cities Fire Authority. Paul has also served as the in-house Assistant City Attorney for the cities of Oxnard, Moreno Valley and Glendale and as Deputy County Counsel for the County of Riverside. His City Attorney experience includes over 18 months serving as an Acting or Interim City Attorney.