What We Do

Ulmer & Berne represents both private clients doing business with local and state governments and local and state governmental bodies.

Our business clients value our experience and our relationships with government in areas such as publically funded development projects, zoning, taxation, environmental, public contracts and public/private partnerships. We counsel clients in achieving their goals by dealing with the collaborative use of public and private resources. We understand the governmental process and counsel our clients through it. Our public law attorneys are skilled in using creatively the full array of public financing resources.

Our public sector clients value our experience and understanding of legal requirements that regulate public bodies. The breadth of our practice areas allows us to counsel public clients in such areas as real estate development, environmental, construction law and contracting, as well as labor and employment law and litigation matters. Our public law attorneys regularly counsel authorities of cities, park districts, colleges and universities, housing and transit authorities and convention centers.