Attorney Profiles

Michael L. Tidus 
Irvine, California
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phone (949) 851-7424
fax (949) 752-0597
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Michael L. Tidus is a land use lawyer concentrating in matters on the administrative, trial and appellate levels. Mr. Tidus has extensive experience under the Civil Rights Act, direct and inverse condemnation, First Amendment and free speech, planning and zoning, CEQA and municipal bond issues.

Mr. Tidus also has experience representing companies in the outdoor advertising industry and other real estate related litigation, including partnership disputes and easement and boundary litigation.

Areas of Practice:
Land Use
Real Estate
Litigation
Environmental Law
Bar Admissions:
California, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1986
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1986
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1986
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1986
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1986
Education:
University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California, 1986
J.D.


University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1986
M.B.A.


University of California, San Diego, California, 1982
B.A.


Published Works:
"Developers Get Bad News on Impact Fees", The National Law Journal, January 18, 1993


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


Editor, California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter


"Understanding the Requirements of the State and Federal Environmental Quality Acts CEQA; NEPA", CLE International Land Use Law Conference, April 30, 1998 - May 1, 1998


Panelist "Putting It All Together: 'The Clean' Project Scenario in the City of Nirvana", CLE International Land Use Law Conference, April 30, 1998 - May 1, 1998


Speaker, "Billboards & Commercial Signs: Design, Development & Legal Challenges to Regulation", Harvard's Law Organization


Lectured, Harvard University's Real Estate & Urban Development Forum's


"The Availability of Jury Trial in Land Use Litigation", California Land Use Law & Policy Reporter, 1996


Professional Associations and Memberships:
USC Business School Alumnus


USC Real Estate Alumni and Friends Group


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi