Attorney Profile

Admitted to practice in California on December 11, 1987, California State Bar Number 132330.  Established solo-practice in 1994, after seven years of practice at two prominent real estate and business oriented law firms. My practice emphasizes representation of small and medium sized businesses, non-profits, and fiduciaries, including start-ups, landlords, real estate brokers, commercial tenants, trustees, contractors, and others in real estate and business transactions and litigation. I especially enjoy forming corporations and limited liability companies, and representing parties to real estate or business purchase and sale agreements or parties to leases. I have had a lot of experience in handling boundary and title disputes, mechanic's liens, non-disclosure, broker-commission disputes, and in contract and lease litigation matters.

Areas of Practice

• Broker & Transaction Litigation
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Buying & Selling
• Commercial Real Estate
• Condemnation
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Law
• Construction Liens
• Contracts
• Conveyancing
• Eminent Domain
• Homeowners' Associations
• Land Contracts
• Landlord/Tenant
• Mechanics' Liens
• Property Taxes
• Real Estate Law
• Real Estate Loans
• Renting & Leasing
• Residential Real Estate
• Title Insurance
• Title Litigation

Litigation Percentage

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1987
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1987
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1991

Education

• Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 1987
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: Winner, Leo A. Huard Intramural Moot Court Competition
  
  
• University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 1984
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Psychology
  
  

Published Works

• Complying with Fair Housing Laws: Tips for Avoiding Prosecution, Apartment Management Magazine, April, 2000
• Focus on Construction Law: Contractors Find Clarity for Contracts in MW Erectors, San Francisco Daily Journal, July 21, 2005

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Teacher, Eviction Law, Neighborhood Revitalization Program, City of San Jose

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of California, Real Estate Law Section
  
  
• State Bar of California, Business Law Section
  
  
• Santa Clara County Bar Association
  
  
• Santa Clara County Association of Realtors
  
  
• Tri-County Apartment Association
  
  
• California Apartment Association
  
  
• City of San Jose, 1998 - Present
  Independent Contractor
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Liccardo, Rossi, Sturges & McNeil, 1992 - 1994
• Hallgrimson, McNichols, McCann & Inderbitzen, 1987 - 1992

Birth Information

• 1959, Oakland, California, United States of America