The City retained the law firm of Burke, Williams & Sorensen for City Attorney services in October 2019. At that time, Brian Pierik was designated as the City Attorney and Samantha Zutler was designated as the Assistant City Attorney. Since October 2019, Samantha Zutler has had an increase in her work load and she now serves as the City Attorney for the cities of Healdsburg, Capitola and Watsonville. As a result, it is necessary to designate another Burke attorney as the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Mary Wagner is a partner in the Burke firm and she is available to serve as the Assistant City Attorney for the City. Attached is Mary’s resume. As noted in her resume, Mary has substantial experience in municipal law including serving as the City Attorney for 20 years in the City of Sausalito. Since joining the Burke firm, Mary has assisted many cities on public law issues including Tiburon, Benicia, Watsonville, and Menlo Park. In addition, Mary has substantial experience with housing law and has advised many cities on their Housing Element and other housing issues.