Attorney Profiles

Mark G. Sellers 
Westlake Village, California
Senior Attorney
phone (805) 418-1914
fax (805) 230-0087
email Email Me

Mark G. Sellers, who has 20 years of experience as the former City Attorney of the City of Thousand Oaks, primarily focuses his practice on land use, growth management matters, public financing of infrastructure, eminent domain - inverse condemnation, Affordable Housing and Development Agreements, Redevelopment and real estate matters. In addition, he handles general municipal law questions, such as governmental official conflicts of interest issues, referendum/initiative/election laws, public bidding, prevailing wage, Brown Act compliance, water quality/Porter-Cologne issues, CEQA, local tax and assessment.

Areas of Practice:
Land Use
Environmental
Real Estate
Bar Admissions:
California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1975
J.D.


University of Arizona, 1971
B.A.


Published Works:
"California Land Use Zoning", (Contributing Editor), CEB


California Public Law Journal, Legislative, 2003


California Public Law Journal, Legislative, 2004


Editor, Municipal Law Handbook, 1999


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Successfully Influencing Government Land Use Decisions, UCLA Extension Public Policy Program, October 4, 2007


Adjunct Professor, Land Use, Pepperdine Law School


Speaker, "Challenging Local Land Use Decisions", Lorman Seminar


"Brown Act Compliance", City Clerks Conference, League of California Cities, 2003 - 2004


Professional Associations and Memberships:
California State Bar, Public Law Section
Executive Committee


National Institute of Municipal Law Officers


American Bar Association, Urban Law Division


Ventura County Bar Association
Former Member, Board of Directors