Vincent C. Ewing is General Counsel to Long Beach Transit, General Counsel to Access Services, General Counsel to the Long Beach Community College District, and Special Counsel to the City of Long Beach, the City of Compton, the City of Hawthorne, the County of San Bernardino and the Sacramento Regional Transportation District.

As former City Attorney to the City of Chico, General Counsel to the Alameda-Contra Transit District, City Attorney to the City of East Palo Alto, Interim General Counsel for the West Valley Water District, Assistant City Attorney to the City of Santa Rosa, Deputy City Attorney (prosecutor and civil litigator) to the City of Los Angeles, and Special Counsel to the Long Beach Unified School District, he brings extensive public agency law experience to the fore.

Has provided legal analysis and guidance to special districts, cities, counties, joint powers authorities, boards, councils, commissions, administrators and managers on issues involving public utilities, transportation, elections, conflicts, public works, contracts, construction, land use, CEQA, the Brown Act, the Public Records Act, labor, employment, litigation and risk management.  

Has tried over 100 jury trials to verdict in state and federal courts.

Published opinion: Ribakoff v. City of Long Beach (2018) 27 Cal.App.5th 150.

Advises athletes, amateurs and professionals, in business transactions.

EDUCATION 

• Juris Doctor, Howard University School of Law (1991) 
• Staff Editor, Howard Law Journal (1989 - 1991)
• Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania School of Law (1990)
• Trustee Scholarship, Howard University School of Law (1989 - 1991)
• Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Los Angeles (1988) 

 ADMISSIONS 

• California
• United States District Court: Central, Northern, Eastern
• United States Tax Court

 PRACTICE AREAS 

• Public Agency 
• Litigation
• Transactions