By Los Altos

Town Crier Staff Report

The Los Altos City Council named Marc Hynes new city attorney last week during a closed meeting. Hynes has served as interim city attorney for the past 10 months, filling the vacancy left by his legal partner Robert Booth Jr., who died unexpectedly last September. Booth had served as Los Altos’ city attorney for 19 years.

Hynes is a partner in Atkinson-Farasyn, LLP, a private law firm in Mountain View. A 1970 graduate of the University of California, Boalt Hall, Hynes began his law career as a legal officer on the Seventh Fleet Flagship USS Oklahoma City in 1971.

He was general counsel for San Martin County Water District, Community Health Awareness Council and Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services.

Hynes has served as city attorney for Atherton, Morgan Hill, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Milpitas and Monte Sereno. He was assistant city attorney for Los Altos Hills from 1983 through 1990.