Tony Canzoneri
FAX: 213.687.1703
Experience
For more than 35 years Tony Canzoneri has handled sophisticated real estate matters for both private and public sector clients involving all aspects of real estate ownership and development including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, entitlements, leases, residential subdivisions, mixed use projects, and master planned communities. His areas of emphasis include land use, environmental, redevelopment, economic development, distressed real estate workouts, and public/private partnerships.
Mr. Canzoneri was the City Attorney and Redevelopment Agency Counsel for the City of Monterey Park from 1986 to 2009 and the former City Attorney and Redevelopment Agency Counsel for the City of Cerritos (prior to passing that position on to his partner Mark Steres). His years of representing both private and public sector clients has enabled him to develop unique experience in the art of creating and implementing successful public/private partnerships.
Mr. Canzoneri was named a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2005 through 2010. He was also recognized as a 2009 Dealmaker by the California Real Estate Journal for making deals possible in a seemingly impossible market.
Education
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1972
- B.A., California State University at Fullerton, 1969
Admitted
- California
Seminars and Presentations:
- "Strategies for Implementation of Successful P3 Projects" for the Urban Land Institute Los Angeles Infrastructure Summit 2009
- "Traffic, Traffic and More Traffic: How Southern California Will Overcome and Capitalize on Its Worst Enemy and Best Friend" for the USC Gould School of Law 2009 Real Estate Law and Business Forum
- "Public/Private Partnerships" for Law Seminars International's 2009 "Real Estate Joint Ventures: Challenges, Strategies and Opportunities"
- Program Co-Chair for Law Seminars International’s 2008 Workshop on Distressed Real Estate Defaults, Workouts and Opportunities
Civic Activities:
- Modern and Contemporary Art Council (MCAC) of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Chair of the Board
- Project GRAD Los Angeles, Founding Member of the Board
- Central City Association, Executive Committee
Professional Activities:
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Real Property, Taxation, Trust and Estates Sections)
- State Bar of California
- Urban Land Institute, Councilmember, Public Development and Infrastructure Council
- City Attorneys Association of Los Angeles County
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- California Redevelopment Association