Michael Recupero, Esq. / Managing Director

Michael is the principal owner of Recupero and Associates, Inc., a governmental relations firm that assists in strategic planning, business development and achieving regulatory and entitlement results for land owners and businesses. A former litigator, mediator and adjunct professor at Hastings College of the Law, Michael serves as a liaison between industry interests, municipal governments and regulatory agencies.

A member of the California Bar since 1993, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Building Industry Association of Orange County where he co-chairs the Governmental Affairs Committee. He is an appointee to the Orange County Development Processing Review Committee and the past President of the Industrial Environmental Coalition of Orange County, a not-for-profit organization created to develop dialog between industrial interests and regulators.