Details on the office of the Fort Myers City Attorney

The Fort Myers City Attorney provides legal counsel to the Town Council, Council Committees, the Mayor, all Town Departments, and City Boards and Commissions. Daily operation of the Town of Fort Myers needs lawyers to translate and apply state and federal legal and case law and the Town Code to particular factual eventualities. The City Attorney’s Office also researches legal issues and writes ordinances and resolutions, prepares and barters contracts, settlements, and other documents and aids in adjusting claims made against and by the Town . The Fort Myers City Attorney’s Office prosecutes and protects all suits for and for the Town . Among all other legal dealings, court actions may allege carelessness by Town workers ( e.g. Auto accidents, upkeep of paths, for example. ), violations of a person’s civil rights, inverse criticism, the unconstitutionality of Town ordinances or the actions of the Town or its staff. Challenges could be made to zoning laws, development rules, quasi-judicial calls, work actions and employees compensation determinations. The City Attorney’s Office prosecutes people for violating the Town Code, collects cash owed the Town , forecloses Town liens and mortgages, and protects mortgage foreclosures/repos.

The current office holdings according to the City of Fort Myers Website as of 03/24/2010 are listed below:

City Attorney: Grant W. Alley

Asst. City Attorney: Mark Moriarty

Asst. City Attorney: David M. Migut

If you have any questions for the Fort Myers City Attorney Please do a search for the names above.

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