MCDOUGAL LOVE - Key Persons
Barbara C. Luck is an associate in the firm's municipal law practice group, serving as Staff Attorney for the City of El Cajon. She provides general legal services and advice to the City of El Cajon on a variety of matters on a day-to-day basis.
From 2009 to 2014, Barbara also served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of El Cajon, Deputy City Attorney for the City of Coronado, and the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Calexico and performed legal services for other firm clients.
Since joining the firm as an associate in 2004, Barbara has been providing advice and assistance to clients in matters such as land use, public contracts, code enforcement, conflicts of interest, various First Amendment issues, and the formation of Business Improvement Districts, including Tourist Improvement Districts. She regularly advises Planning Commissions regarding land use and development.
EDUCATION
De Paul University College of Law, J.D., 1982
University of California San Diego, M.A., History, 1992
Northern Illinois University, B.A., History, 1979
AFFILIATIONS
State Bar of California (2004)
Illinois State Bar Association (1982)
San Diego County Bar Association
Carrie Mitchell is a Partner in the firm's civil litigation and family law departments. She focuses her practice on general civil litigation with an emphasis in representation of public entities.
She is involved in all aspects of litigation and has substantial experience in defending government and public entities, as well as private sector clients, in a wide range of claims and lawsuits. Carrie has extensive experience in handling complex litigation matters, including dangerous condition allegations, civil rights violations, inverse condemnation, writs of mandate, personal injury, family law and employment litigation.
Prior to being admitted to practice, Carrie was a judicial extern for the U.S. District Court. Following her admission to practice, she worked for a general litigation firm emphasizing in insurance and public entity defense for over three years. Since joining the firm in 2006, Carrie has successfully defended a wide variety of cases in the federal and state courts through trial or summary judgment.
EDUCATION
California Western School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2002
San Diego State University, Criminal Justice Administration, 1999
AFFILIATIONS
San Diego County Bar Association
Cory R. Lacy is an Associate Attorney in the Firm's Municipal Law department. He currently serves as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of La Mesa and advises the La Mesa Planning Commission. He also serves as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of El Cajon and Deputy City Attorney for the City of Imperial Beach.
Cory has also represented many municipal, business, and individual clients' interests through all stages of litigation from initial investigation work to trial. He has extensive experience in matters involving civil rights violations, premises liability and dangerous conditions of public property, code enforcement actions, property damage, development permit disputes, and Brown Act violations.
Prior to joining the Firm, Cory represented various municipalities, special districts, school and community college districts, in addition to serving as Southern California and Nevada regional litigation counsel for one of the largest pharmacy chains in the world, in matters ranging from pharmacy malpractice and wrongful death to premises and trucking liability.
EDUCATION
Thomas Jefferson School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
California State University, Chico, B.A., Political Science, 2008
AFFILIATIONS
State Bar of California
State Bar of Nevada
San Diego County Bar Association
Jennifer M. Lyon currently serves as the City Attorney for the City of Imperial Beach. She also serves as General Counsel to the Ramona Municipal Water District, and the San Diego Convention Center Corporation.
She regularly advises her clients on the full range of municipal law issues, including land use, open meeting laws, conflicts of interest, public contracting, personnel and labor relations, fee setting, code enforcement, parliamentary procedure and environmental issues. Her practice includes representing clients in every aspect of the daily operations of a local government entity and assisting with long-term special projects.
Jennifer joined the firm in May of 2003 and served as the City Attorney for the City of Calexico from 2005-2015. Jennifer has served as the appointed City Attorney for the City of Imperial Beach since February of 2010. As a city attorney and general counsel, she has experience advising every aspect of a local government entity, including fire and police departments, municipal airports, and municipal water and wastewater enterprise departments.
As a former Senior Deputy with the City of San Diego Criminal Division, Jennifer trained and supervised numerous attorneys in the filing of criminal charges, appearing in court and negotiating with defense counsel. As a former prosecutor with the City of San Diego, she handled jury and bench trials. Jennifer's experience in both trying cases and advising decision-making bodies makes her an effective advocate and legal advisor.
Jennifer was the President of the City Attorneys Association of San Diego from 2014 to 2015. Jennifer also gives presentations and training seminars each year on various topics including the following:
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Senior Trial Counsel
John E. Petze is Senior Trial Counsel to the firm and a member of the litigation unit. He handles all aspects of civil litigation, including mediations, arbitrations, and jury trials.
He has been a Southern California personal injury and business law attorney, representing serious injury victims, insurance companies, their insureds, entrepreneurs, and businesses in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial County since 1985.
Mr. Petze has successfully defended and prosecuted personal injury, product liability, premises liability, and motor vehicle cases. He is one of a small number of attorneys in Southern California with extensive experience and success in reducing or eliminating claims for reimbursement from his injured clients' health insurance companies, Medicare, and Medi-Cal for payments made towards medical bills. In his business practice, he negotiates, drafts, and reviews buy/sell agreements, non-compete and nondisclosure agreements, and commercial leases, and litigates disputes involving breach of contract, easements, boundaries, commercial leases, other real estate disputes, business torts, improper use of trade secrets, partnerships, corporations, and shareholders.
With 32 years of experience, Mr. Petze represents clients in a responsible and efficient manner, considering the probable outcomes of each case as well as the anticipated costs, so as to achieve his clients' goals and obtain optimal results, whether the objective is a maximum settlement award or taking a business or personal injury dispute to trial. Mr. Petze provides thorough and tenacious representation, counsel, and advice to all of his clients. In recognition of his professional skill and integrity, he has achieved an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available in the national directory of attorneys.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the State Bar of California
Joshua Taylor is an associate with McDougal Boehmer Foley Lyon Mitchell & Erickson.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Diego County Bar Association.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the State Bar of California
Ms. Wolpert is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Diego County Bar Association.
Lynn McDougal is the former Managing Partner for the firm. He began his career with the firm in 1962 and served the firm for 44 years until his retirement from full time practice in 2006.
Matthew A. Thurmer is an Associate Attorney in the firm's civil litigation and family law departments.
After graduating from law school, Matthew Thurmer completed an internship at the San Diego City Attorney's Office in the Civil Prosecution Unit, comprised of select, high level attorneys who prosecute the City's legal rights and claims. There, Mr. Thurmer gained invaluable insight into the civil prosecutorial process.
Mr. Thurmer has been with McDougal, Boehmer, Foley, Lyon, Mitchell & Erickson since 2014. His practice is broad and involves both prosecution and defense work.
Some of Mr. Thurmer's accomplishments at the firm include obtaining judgments through "prove-up" hearings before a judge and dispositive pre-trial motions, enforcing judgments through proceedings such as judgment debtor exams and levies, terminating a spousal support order for the supporting spouse, and negotiating settlements favorable to the client.
EDUCATION
California Western School of Law, J.D., 2014
University of Lethbridge, Canada, B.A., Philosophy, With Great Distinction, 2010
AFFILIATIONS
State Bar of California
San Diego County Bar Association
Morgan L. Foley is the City Attorney for the City of El Cajon and the former City Attorney for the Cities of Coronado and Poway. He is also General Counsel for the North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority.
From 1985 to April of 1998 Morgan was in private practice in Visalia, California, specializing in municipal law. Prior to relocating his practice to El Cajon he served as the City Attorney for the City of Porterville (1990-1998) and the City of Visalia (1996-1998).
Morgan has represented municipalities and special districts in California since 1985. He represents the firm's municipal clients, and other public agency clients in California, in municipal finance matters. He represented the City of El Cajon in one of the first cases in California applying the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 ("RLUIPA"), Foothills Christian Ministries, etc. v. City of El Cajon, etc., et al., U.S.D.C. (So. Dist. Cal.) Case No. 01- CV 1197 JM (JAH). He also represented the City of Poway in Preserve Poway v. City of Poway, etc., et al., (2016) 245 Cal.App.4 th 560, which held that the psychological and social impacts resulting from the loss of an existing agricultural use (i.e., impacts on the existing "community character") are not "environmental" impacts subject to CEQA review.
Morgan is active in the legal community and has presented topics relating to municipal law at the League of California Cities, the San Diego County Bar Association, and other continuing education seminars. He currently serves on the League of California Cities City Attorney Advisors group. He has also served on the League of California Cities' Legal Advocacy Committee and the Public Records Act Committee. He twice served as President of the City Attorneys Association of San Diego County.
EDUCATION
University of Santa Clara, J.D., 1985
University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1981
AFFILIATIONS
California State Bar
San Diego County Bar Association
Foothills Bar Association
American Bar Association
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate With McDougal Boehmer Foley Lyon Mitchell & Erickson
- Member of the State Bar of California
Ms. Lynch Morissette is an associate with McDougal Boehmer Foley Lyon Mitchell & Erickson. Ms. Lynch Morissette predominantly represents K-12, community college, and university foundations in a wide variety of matters through our Education Law Department.
Ms. Lynch Morissette graduated from California Western School of Law, on the Dean's List, having been the editor of Pro Confesso. She received her bachelors in Political Science with a minor in Latin American Studies, as a Presidential Honors Recipient.
Ms. Lynch Morissette is a member of the State Bar of California and the San Diego County Bar Association.
EDUCATION
AFFILIATIONS
Mr. Erickson is a partner with McDougal Boehmer Foley Lyon Mitchell & Erickson. Mr. Erickson received his Juris Doctor degree in 1992 from the University of Kansas, where he also obtained Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Political Science.
Mr. Erickson has extensive experience in all phases of litigation and has prepared for and conducted numerous bench and jury trials, arbitrations, administrative hearings, mediations, and settlement conferences. He has successfully represented clients in litigation before Federal District Courts, the California Municipal and Superior Courts, the California Court of Appeals, the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Mr. Erickson has drafted and revised board policies and has conducted classification studies for community and school district clients. In addition, Mr. Erickson has conducted training seminars for community college and school districts in the areas of sexual harassment, basic labor relations, the Brown Act, and board member and administrator responsibilities.