De Lay & Laredo has provided legal counsel to public and non-profit agencies since 1981. Serving special districts, water districts, fire districts, community services districts, joint powers authorities, park districts, airports, as General Counsel and Special Counsel.
De Lay & Laredo also represents non-profit agencies, select businesses, and individuals. De Lay & Laredo attorneys provide efficient, cost effective legal services. We set high standards and consider ourselves a small firm with big firm experience.
Our mission is to ethically serve our clients with competence and skill, to provide responsive assistance and advocacy in support of our client’s needs. We pledge to do so with dedication, candor, and instructive direction.
We offer complete legal solutions, from drafting to negotiation to trial and appellate advocacy: our trademark skill is problem solving and goal achievement.
Our firm is dedicated to excellence. We take pride in providing timely, pragmatic and supportive advice, and delivery of legal services that are both technically accurate and of practical use.
SPOTLIGHT ON ETHICS
Basic Fair Political Practices Rule:
“No public official shall make, participate in, or use his or her official position to influence a governmental decision in which he or she has a financial interest.”
Government Code Section 87110
Deciding whether you have a disqualifying conflict of interest depends just as much, if not more, on the fact of a person’s particular situation as it does the law.