Meyers Nave

What Meyers Nave does

Meyers Nave is a California-based professional law corporation (legal name: Meyers Nave, A Professional Corporation) headquartered in Oakland, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego. The firm provides comprehensive legal services to California public entities — acting as city attorney and general counsel to municipalities, counties, and special districts — as well as to private-sector clients including developers, energy companies, technology firms, financial institutions, transportation companies such as BNSF Railway, and non-profit organizations.

The firm operates across approximately a dozen practice areas, with the most prominent being Municipal and Special District Law, Land Use and Environmental Law (including CEQA, NEPA, California Coastal Act, and endangered species matters), Construction and Facilities, Trial and Litigation, Labor and Employment, Water Law, Real Estate, Public Contracts, Climate Change and Green Initiatives, Writs and Appeals, and Workplace Investigations. Its underlying technology stack is conventional professional-services tooling; there is no proprietary platform or technology product. Service delivery is provided directly through attorney-client relationships in California offices, supported by a thought-leadership engine of client alerts, published articles, and complimentary webinars covering employment law, CEQA, land use, municipal law, public contracts, and marijuana law.

Meyers Nave generates revenue through professional-services billing — hourly rates, flat fees, and alternative fee arrangements — with no publicly disclosed pricing. Its business model is partnership-based, with ownership held by principals including Managing Principal Deborah J. Fox and former Managing Principal David Skinner. The firm completed a combination with Sohagi Law Group in January 2025, and has received consecutive Chambers Spotlight California recognition (2025, 2026) and nine 2026 Best Law Firms rankings. There is no external investment, parent company, or public listing.

Name

Meyers Nave

Legal name

Meyers Nave, A Professional Corporation

Website

https://meyersnave.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Meyers Nave is a California-based law firm providing comprehensive public-law and litigation services to municipalities, counties, special districts, and private-sector clients across the state from offices in Oakland, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate & Construction Law (BPAHAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Real Estate Transaction Advisory & Due Diligence (FSAEAJAJ)

Keywords

• Public law services
• Municipal legal counsel
• Land use law
• Construction litigation
• Environmental law

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services provided to public entities (cities, counties, special districts) and private sector clients. Services encompass litigation, transactions, counseling, and specialized legal expertise across multiple practice areas including land use, environmental law, construction, labor and employment, and municipal law.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Meyers Nave is a California law firm providing comprehensive legal services to public entities (cities, counties, special districts) and private sector clients. The firm serves as city attorney and general counsel to select municipalities, with deep expertise spanning municipal law, land use, environmental law, construction, labor and employment, real estate, public contracts, water law, and litigation across state and federal courts.

Product overview

Meyers Nave is a California law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides legal counsel and litigation services through distinct practice groups including Construction and Facilities, Municipal and Special District Law, Land Use and Environmental Law, Trial and Litigation, Labor and Employment, Climate Change and Green Initiatives, Water Law, Real Estate, Writs and Appeals, and Public Contracts. The firm also offers complimentary educational webinars covering various legal topics and operates a 1L Diversity Fellowship Program for law students. Meyers Nave serves both private sector and public entity clients throughout California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Municipal and Special District Law Day-to-day legal advice and representation in complex transactions and litigation for municipalities, counties, and special districts. Covers Brown Act, Public Records Act, code enforcement, conflicts of interest, contracts and franchises, elections, fees and assessments, joint powers authority, LAFCo matters, ordinances, revenue and taxation.
• Construction and Facilities Legal Services
• Land Use and Environmental Law
• Labor and Employment
• Trial and Litigation
• Public Contracts
• Water Law
• Real Estate
• Writs and Appeals
• Climate Change and Green Initiatives
• Crisis Management
• Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation
• Energy, Public Power and Telecommunications
• First Amendment
• Housing
• Transportation and Infrastructure
• Workplace Investigations

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Liebert Cassidy Whitmore: California-based law firm specializing in labor and employment law for public agencies, including cities, counties, and special districts. Directly competes for the public-sector labor and employment work that Meyers Nave handles.
• Lozano Smith: California-focused law firm that serves as general counsel to school districts, community colleges, cities, and special districts. Closely comparable to Meyers Nave in serving California public entities with municipal/special-district expertise.
• Best Best & Krieger: California-based law firm with a similar municipal and special district practice serving public agencies across the state. It is a direct competitor for city-attorney and general-counsel engagements in many of the same California municipalities that Meyers Nave serves.
• Richards Watson & Gershon: California-focused law firm providing public agency and municipal law services, with practice areas overlapping Meyers Nave's municipal, land use, real estate, and litigation work. Direct competitor for city-attorney and special-district counsel roles.
• Hanson Bridgett: Northern California-based full-service law firm with significant public-agency, real estate, construction, and litigation practices. Comparable in size and California focus, with overlapping municipal and construction work.
• Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Garn: California-based law firm with deep expertise in water law, environmental law, and public-agency representation. Directly comparable to Meyers Nave's Water Law practice and CEQA litigation capabilities.
• Burke Williams & Sorensen: California law firm with a strong public-agency and municipal law practice, including general counsel services to cities, counties, and special districts. Directly comparable to Meyers Nave on size, scope, and California public-law focus.
• Rutan & Tucker: California-based full-service law firm with established public-agency, land use, environmental, and real estate practices. Competes directly with Meyers Nave for public-entity work in California.
• Colantuono Highsmith & Whatley: California-based public law practice serving municipalities and special districts, with strong land use, municipal finance, and public-contracts capabilities. Direct competitor for city-attorney engagements.
• Nossaman: California-headquartered law firm with strong infrastructure, transportation, water, environmental, and public-agency practices. Directly comparable on infrastructure, water law, and CEQA work that Meyers Nave handles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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