Real Estate Law Attorney Covering Real Estate Litigation and Escrow Dispute Cases
Representative Transactional Work:
- Advised client regarding options available in pending short-sale transaction in escrow
- Advised client regarding liability of cancelling purchaser in failed transaction
- Advised Buyer regarding possible construction defect issues while transaction in escrow
- Led acquisition of prime, $1.5M commercial property via a complex series of contingent transactions including a §1031 exchange, subordination by existing lender, substitution of collateral and seller carryback financing
- Advised Seller on $5,000,000 multi-family sale transaction
- Borrower's counsel on $6,000,000 long-term debt financing
- Negotiation of an LLC investment in $5,000,000 new build commercial real estate development
- Advising clients on multiple, successful §1031 exchange transactions
- Negotiation and drafting of numerous, multi-year commercial leases
- Advised owner with respect to municipal easements impacting his property and adjacent property
- Negotiated assignment and assumption of tenant's commercial lease
- Representing lienholder versus other lienholders with respect to interest in property where debtor is failing to make payments
- Negotiated termination and surrender of tenant's commercial lease
- Extension of an installment note
- Advising Seller's on multi-party ownership sale
- Advised developer with respect to multiple transactions stalled in escrow
- Provided legal advice and financial consulting services to client on multi-million dollar mixed-use development
- Review of multi-year commercial sub-lease
- Review/drafting of commercial easement
Pre-Litigation / Litigation / Mediation / Arbitration: Verdicts & Settlements
- Represented Buyer in "failure to disclose" and "boundary dispute" action regarding purchase of "high-end" primary residence. Result: Resolved at a one-day mediation with our client receiving a low six-figure settlement.
- Represented Landlord in Commercial Breach of Lease and Abandonment Action Seeking $175,000+. Result: Negotiated settlement backed by a Confession of Judgment executed in favor of our client.
- Represented Landlord in Commercial Unlawful Detainer. Result: Default Judgment for possession granted
- Represented Landlord in Commercial Unlawful Detainer. Result: Stipulated Judgment for $43,000
- Represented Landlord in Commercial Unlawful Detainer. Result: Default Judgment for $165,000+
- Representing plaintiff in putative class action against lender who demanded fees, penalties and interest allegedly in violation of California law. Status: Defeated effort to remove to Federal Court, and case is proceeding in California civil court.
- Represented private client lender on a contested foreclosure/quiet title action
- Represented large commercial Tenant in action against Landlord attempting to breach their lease and wrongfully evict Tenant.
- Represented client in real estate mediation involving a $3,300,000 million real estate transaction. The other side sought $400,000 in damages. Result: After a full day mediation, the parties settled with the other side receiving less than half of their initial demand.
- Represented clients being evicted pursuant to the Ellis Act,without any, or minimal, relocation or other funds offered by the landlord. Result: The parties settled with our clients vacating and with the landlord paying our clients a low-five-figure lump sum.
- Represented client in commission dispute with his real estate broker/agent. Result: The parties settled with the broker/agent returning over 25% of his commission to our client.
- Represented client homeowner in long-running dispute with HOA that would potentially block the pending sale of his home and disrupt his pending purchase of a new home. Result: The parties settled for far less than the demand originally sought by the HOA; the client's sale of his home was completed successfully and the client's purchase of his new home was completed successfully.
Terminology: "Low" is 0 to 19.9%; "Mid" is 20% to 79.9%; "High" is 80% to 100%
For example: Low five figures is $10,000 to $19,999; Mid five-figures is $20,000 to $79,999. High five-figures is $80,000 to $99,999. Low six-figures is $100,000 to $199,999; Mid six-figures is $200,000 to $799,999; High six-figures is $800,000 to $999,999. Low seven-figures is $1,000,000 to $1,999,000; Mid seven-figures is $2,000,000 to $7,999.999. High seven-figures is $8,000,000 to $9,999,999.
All references to amounts are on a gross basis, and all references to "Plaintiff" or "Defendant" are for convenience of understanding and do not necessarily indicate that a complaint was filed in civil court or arbitration.
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