Eli J. Flushman

Pronouns: he, him, his

Eli Flushman is a public law partner in Burke’s Marin County office.  Eli is a skilled municipal law attorney with over a decade of experience advising cities on a wide variety of general public agency law issues, including, compliance with the Public Records Act; preparation of Agendas and meeting requirements under the Brown Act; the preparation of staff reports, drafting ordinances, resolutions, and policies, reviewing and advising on contracts for goods or services, advising staff on land use and development, code enforcement, public nuisance litigation, and the Government Tort Claims Act.

Eli is an expert in code enforcement, working with cities to abate properties with nuisance conditions utilizing administrative enforcement, civil litigation, receiverships, demolitions, inspection and abatement warrants, and voluntary compliance. Eli works closely with various City departments to achieve compliance and regularly works with planners, engineers, police officers, and policy makers. Eli is frequently in court opposing Pitchess motions, or seeking restraining orders to protect the safety of the public. Eli also advises multiple transportation agencies either as General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel, which involves advising on a wide range of issues, including   procurement, employment and labor, as well government claims.

Eli is a graduate of the University of San Francisco School of Law.  At USF, Eli was the President of the Jewish Law Student Association and a member of the USF Trial Team.  Eli received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, where he spent a year with the baseball team.  Prior to his employment with Burke, Eli worked for the City of Vallejo, where he built up and led the Neighborhood Law Program, a successful campaign utilizing legal processes to drastically improve the quality of life for citizens of Vallejo.  Eli spent over six years in Vallejo, where the Neighborhood Law Program was involved in over 25 Receivership cases, and 20 public nuisance lawsuits, turning over severely dilapidated and nuisance properties and helping to create an environment that made Solano County one of the top real estate markets in the country.

Prior to his work with the City of Vallejo, Eli has worked in the City Attorney’s Office in Redwood City and in Berkeley, and as a Staff Attorney for the League of California Cities.