Michael Reiter is a California attorney based in San Diego, California. He represents and advises the City of San Diego and its employees in civil litigation.
San Diego City Charter section 40 says in pertinent part: “The attorney and his or her deputies shall devote their full time to the duties of the office and shall not engage in private legal practice during the term for which they are employed by the City, except to carry to a conclusion any matters for which they have been retained prior to taking office.”
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Michael was admitted to the State Bar of California on December 2, 1998. He earned his B.A. in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law.
Michael Reiter is a Deputy City Attorney, Office of the San Diego City Attorney, Civil Division, City of San Diego.
Michael was a Partner at Mundell, Odlum & Haws LLP, where he has practiced since July 8, 2025 to July 11, 2026. He previously served as a Partner at Cole Huber LLP from June 6, 2023 to April 3, 2025; an Associate at Aarvig & Associates, APC from May 1, 2021 to April 19, 2023; Of Counsel at Milligan, Beswick, Levine & Knox, LLP from April 1, 2017 to April 30, 2021; and owner of Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law from July 1, 2010 to March 31, 2017.
Earlier in his career, Michael served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Redlands from January 3, 2006 to June 30, 2010, and as Deputy City Attorney for the City of San Bernardino from February 12, 2001 to January 2, 2006. He began his legal career as a Staff Attorney with the Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino, Inc. from September 1999 to February 10, 2001.
Michael has served as President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President of the San Bernardino County Bar Association. He is a member of the State Bar of California, the San Diego Bar Association, the San Bernardino County Bar Association. He was a Master of the Hon. Joseph B. Campbell American Inns of Court from 2000-2026. He is currently a Barrister in the Hon. W. B. Enright Inn of Court in San Diego.
Michael also serves as an independent hearing officer for the San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association, an independent defined-benefit pension plan headquartered in San Bernardino, California.
Michael previously served as an appointed Planning Commissioner for the City of Redlands, and the City of Redlands’ designee to the Interagency Council on Homelessness, designated by then-Mayor Peter R. Aguilar.
Additional background is available on Michael’s LinkedIn profile.
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