Robert W. Hargreaves

Partner

Indian Wells
74-760 Highway 111
Suite 200

TEL: (760) 837-1604
Robert.Hargreaves@bbklaw.com

Mr. Hargreaves is a Partner in the Municipal Law Practice Group of Best Best & Krieger LLP and head of the Public Law Department in the firm's Indian Wells office.  He specializes in general municipal and land use law. 

Mr. Hargreaves currently serves as City Attorney for the City of Needles and Assistant City Attorney for the Cities of Palm Desert and Indian Wells.  He is General Counsel to the Salton Sea Authority, the Valley Sanitary District, and the Mt. San Jacinto Winter Park Authority.

In addition to general representation of local governmental entities, Mr. Hargreaves has focused on land use law.  He has advised cities on general plan and housing element updates, annexations and development agreements.  He has assisted both public and private clients in the entitlement process for large development projects.  He has represented public agencies in multi-party negotiations regarding use of Colorado River water and groundwater management.  He has litigated land use, environmental, takings and Indian law issues before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.  He has represented both Indian tribes and private individuals with respect to Indian law disputes.

Mr. Hargreaves is a member of the Board of Directors of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership.  He is President-elect of the Family YMCA of the Desert, a charter member of the Coachella Valley Autism Society of America, and is an assistant Boy Scout leader.

Mr. Hargreaves graduated with great distinction from the University of California, Berkeley, with an undergraduate degree in computer science.  After serving in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, Mr. Hargreaves received his Juris Doctorate degree from U.C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law in 1988, where he focused on land use, environmental and water law.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California, 1988

Education

• JD, University of California, Berkeley
• BA, University of California, Berkeley