Rahsaan J. Tilford

Associate

Ontario
3500 Porsche Way
Suite 200

TEL: (909) 483-6646
FAX: (909) 944-1441
Rahsaan.Tilford@bbklaw.com

Rahsaan J. Tilford is an Associate in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Municipal and Redevelopment Law practice group.  Mr. Tilford’s practice areas include Municipal Law and Affordable Housing. 

Most recently, Mr. Tilford served as Interim City Attorney for the City of Rialto.  He currently represents the City of Ontario Housing Authority, providing his breadth of expertise in the areas of real estate transactional law, affordable housing and redevelopment.  In addition, Mr. Tilford provides assistance to cities and other local governmental agencies, including the cities of Ontario, Gardena, Fontana, San Jacinto, Indian Wells, the Corona Redevelopment Agency, the Chaffey Community College District and the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.  He offers a wide range of services to clients, including drafting and interpreting ordinances and resolutions, services agreements, lease agreements, disposition and development agreements, conveyance documents, licensing agreements and statutory development agreements.  Mr. Tilford frequently advises public agency clients on the intricacies of the Brown Act, the Political Reform Act and the Public Records Act.  Most recently, Mr. Tilford authored an article entitled, “The Legal Quandary of Serving Two Masters – California’s Prohibition Against Financially Interested Contracts” (2006) volume 29, No. 3, Public L.J. 1, which evaluates Government Code Section 1090, the statutory exemptions and the resulting consequences of Section 1090 violations.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tilford was the Deputy City Attorney for the City of Desert Hot Springs where he represented the City during judicial proceedings and negotiations and supervised the daily operations of the City Attorney’s office.  He received his undergraduate degree in History from Washington University in St. Louis and his Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane Law School.  While at Tulane, Mr. Tilford served as Associate Executive Editor of the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law and authored a note on post-trial speech in South Africa.  Mr. Tilford also participated in Innocence Project New Orleans where he handled client intake and served as a summer extern to the Honorable Sarah Vance in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California, 2005

Education

• JD, Tulane University Law School
• BA, Washington University