David Aleshire
Mr. Aleshire has been practicing municipal law, environmental, redevelopment, franchising, municipal, and zoning and land use law since graduating from UCLA with a J.D. in 1975 and M.A. in urban planning in 1976. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a B.A. in 1972. He was named a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Mr. Aleshire has served as City Attorney or Assistant City Attorney for 13 different cities, including Banning, Bell, Palm Springs, Irvine, Cerritos, Norwalk, Signal Hill, San Dimas, Lawndale, Irwindale, San Jacinto, Suisun City, Perris and the County of Los Angeles. He has had long stints as City Attorney at Palm Springs (15 years), Lawndale (17 years), and Irwindale (10 years). He has been City Attorney of Signal Hill since 1985, Banning since 2008, and Bell since 2011.
Mr. Aleshire has continued to specialize in redevelopment and housing law. In his early years, he represented the redevelopment or housing agencies of the cities of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Culver City, Monterey Park, Cerritos, and the County of Los Angeles. In the last decade, his work has been primarily with the agencies of Signal Hill, Palm Springs, Irwindale, Carson, and Bakersfield.