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Liliane Wyckoff is Senior Counsel with Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley’s litigation and practice group and resident in our Pasadena office. Her litigation experience includes municipal finance and public revenues, redevelopment dissolution, election issues, and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Liliane is admitted to the State Bar of California, the U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. She has represented clients at the trial court and appellate level in both state and federal court. Her current engagements include defending the Coachella Valley Water District in multiple lawsuits under Propositions 218 and 26; defending the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s water and electricity rates; representing the Broad Beach Geologic Abatement District in a tax refund action; and defending the City of Oxnard in a federal lawsuit involving campaign contribution limits. Her published appellate decisions include Coachella Valley Water District v. Superior Court (2021) 61 Cal.App.5th 755, Julian Volunteer Fire Co. Assn. v. Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection Dist. (2021) 62 Cal.App.5th 583, and City of Chula Vista v. Stephenshaw (2023) 91 Cal.App.5th 352.
Prior to joining Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, Liliane served as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable James Chalfant in the Writs and Receiver’s Department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. While in law school, Liliane worked for a number of local government bodies, including the Office of the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. She also externed with the Honorable S. James Otero of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Liliane graduated from the USC Gould School of Law with a Juris Doctor. She received a Bachelor of Science cum laude in Music Industry from the USC Thornton School of Music with a minor in Business Law.
Practice Areas:
- Complex Litigation
- Public Finance Law
- Election Law
- Post-Redevelopment