Jeff Forbes has been a member of the firm's State and Local Government Practice Group since he joined Wood & Lamping in 2001 and currently serves as the Practice Group Leader.  In those years Jeff has spent most of his time representing local governmental bodies like cities, villages and townships. Jeff also helps individuals and businesses solve problems and create opportunities whenever they have contact with their local governments.  Specifically, he has helped property owners keep their property when the government has tried to take it away, and he has helped other owners negotiate better payments when they were willing to sell the property to the government.  Jeff has also helped businesses get the zoning restrictions on their property changed so they could expand their business and grow.