A Takings Law Primer
When landowners, businesses, developers, water districts, agricultural water users, lease holders and others come face to face with a regulatory taking or inverse condemnation, it’s not always clear what their rights are vis-a-vis the government. Marzulla Law explains your options and your constitutional rights in our Takings Law Primer. Or learn more with our Federal Takings video below …
Court of Federal Claims Litigation
Marzulla Law, LLC has decades of experience handling cases before the Court of Federal Claims, a U.S. federal court with national jurisdiction that hears claims for damages arising from governmental actions in violation of the U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, federal regulations, or a government contract.
Takings
Representing landowners, business interests, developers, water users, and more.
Contract Claims
We have an extensive history handling contract claims in the Court of Federal Claims.
Back Pay
Federal employees in agencies are entitled to bring suit in the Court of Federal Claims.
Environmental
From environmental enforcement and litigation to complex regulatory matters, Marzulla Law has represented individuals, small businesses, corporations, and governmental bodies. We are experienced in litigating environmental issues in the Federal District Court and the Federal Court of Appeals and have handled cases involving every major federal environmental statute.
Environmental Regulatory
Endangered Species Act
NEPA Strategy and Litigation
Environmental Enforcement
Marzulla Law, LLC
After years of significant experience at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., large national law firms, and non-profit, public interest litigation, in 1997, Roger Marzulla and Nancie Marzulla founded Marzulla Law LLC. Their goal was to offer the highest quality litigation services to individuals, combined with personalized service only a small firm can provide. Today Marzulla Law operates to accomplish this mission–representing an array of landowners and business entities in takings litigation, breach of trust litigation, and contract claims in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Given their broad backgrounds in environmental law, the Marzullas also represent clients in environmental challenges brought in federal district court for such issues as NEPA, wetlands, and the Endangered Species Act.
As a boutique firm, Marzulla Law provides clients with personal attention, bringing to bear decades of experience to provide clients with the highest quality legal representation available in firms of any size. The Marzullas are frequent speakers and commentators on legal issues including takings, Court of Federal Claims litigation, and environmental litigation. Marzulla Law attorneys are also often brought in or consulted by other lawyers for their extensive expertise and litigation support in Court of Federal Claims cases.
Marzulla Law is proud to have been repeatedly recognized by Best Lawyers as a top tier firm in environmental litigation and listed in Super Lawyers. Marzulla Law is also an active participant in the INBLF, a network of national boutique and large international firms.
I thoroughly enjoyed working with Marzulla Law. I found Nancie and Roger, and for that matter all of the staff, to be very focused, knowledgeable, and, most important to me, always operating with a high degree of integrity while never taking their ‘eye off the ball.’ As a result I felt that I and the other experts were given the latitude to do their best work.
Deborah MeehanWhy Choose Marzulla Law?
We’re devoted to accomplishing your legal objectives. As a boutique law firm, when you hire us, you can be confident that we will work directly for you in achieving your litigation objectives. We also work in close partnership with referring law firms, general counsels, and local counsel to handle large, complex litigation.
Practice Areas
Marzulla Law has decades of experience litigating in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, federal district courts, and federal courts of appeal, including the Federal Circuit and D.C. Circuit.
Claims in the Court of Federal Claims
- Takings Claims
- Contract Claims
- Breach of Trust Claims
Environmental Litigation
- Endangered Species Act (ESA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Administrative Procedures Act (APA/CWA/Wetlands)
The Boutique Firm Experience
When you choose a boutique law firm like Marzulla Law, you can be confident that we’ll put our clients first. We strive to deliver the highest quality legal services to any client we represent. When you work with us, our first priority is to listen to you, understand your objectives, and to understand your desired outcome.
Leadership and Commitment
Nancie and Roger Marzulla have been recognized by their peers in Best Lawyers® for environmental litigation and were named in the Washington Post list of Top Attorneys in Washington, DC and Baltimore. Our decades of experience, our commitment to our clients, and our experience in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims are just a few reasons most of our cases come from referrals. Learn more about Marzulla Law »
Contact Us
At Marzulla Law, LLC, we provide our clients with an exceptional level of service and believe a collaborative, attorney-client relationship is essential to success. Please call us at 202-822-6760 or complete the form on the Contact Us page to arrange a consultation.
From the Marzulla Law Blog
Supreme Court Takes on Two Takings Cases
The Supreme Court of the United States will hear two takings cases this term: Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California, No. 22-1074, a takings case involving a California county’s “Traffic Relief” road improvement program financed, under county-enacted legislation,...
Meet our Law Clerk, William Tran
We are pleased to have William Tran join us as a law clerk. He is currently a 2L at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. William graduated with High Honors and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin and double-majored in Government and...
CFC Rejects Government’s Argument That One Fire Alone Cannot Be a Taking
The U.S. Forest Service initiated a prescribed burn in the Santa Fe National Forest in April 2022 that resulted in the largest and most destructive wildfire in the State of New Mexico’s history. The Hermit’s Peak fire destroyed 300,000 acres of land, leaving behind a...
A Word on Books and the Just Compensation Clause
During late August when many of us were sitting by pools or on the beach reading a summer thriller, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its own version of a thrilling interpretation of the Just Compensation Clause. The...
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