Mr. Westhoff is of counsel in our Los Angeles office. Mr. Westhoff was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles and served as General Counsel for the City's Department of Public Works for over 27 years. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. In 1974, he graduated from Southwestern University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree.

After passing the California Bar Exam, he immediately began working for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. As a prosecutor for that office, Mr. Westhoff tried over 75 criminal jury trials during his first three years on the job. Mr. Westhoff then ran the City Attorney's trial training program for two years. In 1979 he transferred to the City Attorney Office's Civil Division as a member of the Revenue and Business Litigation Division, and shortly thereafter became General Counsel to the City's Department of Public Works.

Except for a three year break in City service from 1982 to 1985, Mr. Westhoff has been the only Attorney assigned full time as General Counsel to the Department of Public Works since 1980. Mr. Westhoff advised the Board of Public Works and its five bureaus on all aspects of municipal, administrative, regulatory, environmental and construction law with an emphasis on public contracting and bidding. He has overseen more than $12 billion of Public Works contract awards. He also represented the department in contract negotiations and before regulatory bodies such as the Air Quality Management District, the State Integrated Waste Management Board, the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Westhoff also handled specialty litigation involving all aspects of wastewater collection and treatment as well as challenges to the authority of the Board of Public Works on public contracting matters. He successfully defended the City's Minority Business Enterprise, Women Business Enterprise and Other Business Enterprise Subcontractor Outreach Program before the California Supreme Court in 1994. (Domar Electric, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles [1994] 9 Cal.4th 161).

He served nine years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and as its President in 2007-2008.

EDUCATION

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Juris Doctor (May 1974) Scholarship Recipient 1972-1973

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES Bachelor of Arts (June 1971)

ADMISSIONS/QUALIFICATIONS

Adjunct Professor of Law, Civil and Criminal Trial Advocacy, Southwestern University School of Law 1979-1986, Whittier College of Law 1979, Chairman, Salesian High School Advisory Board for 10 years, 20 year member of UCLA Bruin Bench Board of Directors.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Served nine years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. Served as its President in 2007-2008.

PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS

Board Member, Salesian Boys and Girls Clubs of Los Angeles.

ARTICLES, SPEECHES AND SEMINARS

Speaker at legal continuing education programs.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS/CLIENTS

General Counsel to the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works, Civil Branch.
Assistant City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles.
Vice President, Sr. Claims Counsel and Manager of Ticor Title Insurance Company of California.