Dalton, Tomich, Pensler, PLC represents religious institutions and their insurers, as general counsel or special litigation counsel, in cases brought under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000cc (“RLUIPA”). The lawyers at Dalton, Tomich, Pensler, PLC, plc have successfully represented religious entities in religious land use disputes throughout the United States by carefully evaluating the application of RLUIPA to land use decisions by communities as applied to churches, temples and synagogues.

More recently, the lawyers of Dalton, Tomich, Pensler, PLC have successfully combined RLUIPA with the Fair Housing Act to protect the rights of religious entities who serve the homeless, operate drug and alcohol treatment centers along with counseling centers, and supply family needs as part of their mission.

As a result, the firm has attracted widespread recognition as a national leader in pursuing RLUIPA actions and in protecting religious freedom in the area of zoning and land use. Dalton, Tomich, Pensler, PLC has represented and continues to represent religious organizations throughout the nation in this complex emerging area of the law, and has often partnered with the Alliance Defense Fund, The Becket Fund and The United States Department of Justice to vindicate religious rights under RLUIPA.