Expert No. 8039 – Real Estate Expert – CA(S)
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Expertise Description: B.A., Esq. - Attorney specializing in real estate, business, and construction legal issues. Real estate expertise includes: acquisition / disposition / leasing of commercial, industrial / residential properties; boundary disputes; easements; foreclosures; insolvency and real estate; land use; real estate law; real property development / finance / transactions; and title insurance. Business expertise includes: asset / stock purchases; bankruptcy; business law; contracts; corporate reorganizations; forged documents; limited liability companies; mergers; partnerships; and business transactions. Construction law expertise includes: construction claims; construction defects; construction delays; and workers compensation. Expert witness consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- An American Arbitration Association arbitrator on the construction and real estate panel
- Complex construction claims, business litigation, and real estate disputes.
- Arbitration of a multi-million dollar dispute between a contractor and a subcontractor for construction of the Los Angeles Country jails; a construction claim dispute between the developer, contractor, and major subcontractors on a large hotel project in Southern Arizona; numerous homeowner custom builder disputes; and real estate fraud cases involving the sale apartment buildings, mobile home parts, and commercial property.
- Mediated cases in areas as diverse as bankruptcy, real property, construction leasing disputes, and fraud issues
- Litigated on cases such as, construction defects, construction and real estate contracts, corporate dissolution, easement and right-of-way litigation, secured financing disputes, escrow agent liability, title insurance defense, adjoining landowner disputes, and related types of cases
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Represented both borrowers and lenders in financing transactions as diverse as telecommunications, commercial and industrial real estate, warehouse lines of credit, loan workouts, real estate financing including mezzanine transactions, conduit loans, formation of bankruptcy remote and single purpose entities and similar transactions
Licenses & Certifications:
| Member of the State Bar of Arizona |
| Member of the State Bar of California |
| Admitted before the Southern, Central, Easter, and Northern District Federal Courts of California |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts | Government | University of Arizona | |
| Juris Doctor | University of San Diego |
Other Career Highlights:
| Has provided services as a lecturer for numerous continuing education of the bar programs |
| Worked in the construction field in numerous capacities |
