Daniel K. Ohl, Of Counsel
About Daniel K. Ohl
Daniel K. Ohl is an Attorney at Civica Law, APC. Mr. Ohl joined the firm with 39 years of practice and a wide range of experience in municipal law, land-use and planning, code enforcement, administrative process, criminal and civil litigation, appeals and writs, Pitchess motion defense, and ordinance and resolution drafting and implementation.
Civica Law Group, APC
Mailing Address
4000 Barranca Parkway
Suite 250 PMB #782
Irvine, CA 92604
(949) 333-7465
dohl@civicalaw.com
- Code Enforcement
- Municipal Litigation
- Nuisance Abatement
- Substandard Housing
- Multi-family housing
- Receiverships
- Land use, Planning & Zoning
- Permits & Entitlements
- Drone Law
- Police Services
- Experienced Hearing Officer
Degrees, Certifications, and Relevant Experience
- University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law
- State University – Long Beach
- Deputy City Attorney for Huntington Beach and Newport Beach
More About Daniel K. Ohl
Along with several of his colleagues, Mr. Ohl formerly worked at another prominent code enforcement law firm for almost five years.
Mr. Ohl served as the deputy city attorney for the City of Newport Beach for 12 years where he practiced municipal litigation and handled cases in state and federal courts involving police and tort issues, government code claims matters, Section 1983 Defense, Pitchess Motion Defense, administrative law and writ issues and code enforcement. In this role, he provided advisory counsel to police, fire, marine services, parks, beaches, building and code enforcement, public works, and finance. While there, he also drafted appellate briefs, argued several cases before the courts of appeal and assisted on briefing on a governmental immunity issue decided by the Supreme Court. He drafted ordinances, resolutions, memorandums, negotiated contracts and cooperative agreements, reviewed grants, and attended and advised during city council meetings, planning commission, and the civil service commission. He was also the special counsel to Airborne Law Enforcement (ABLE), the harbor commission, and the building access appeals board.
Mr. Ohl also served as the deputy city attorney for the City of Huntington Beach for 10 years where he provided transactional and advisory counsel in a wide variety of municipal law areas and advised staff regarding issues involving economic/business development, film permits, fire department, community development, parks, beaches and marine services, building and code enforcement, public works, police services public records and Pitchess motion defense. In this role, he drafted ordinances, resolutions, memorandums, negotiated contracts and cooperative agreements, reviewed grants, served as their special counsel to the central net operations authority, and served as the city prosecutor.