Expert Witness 128608
Real Estate
California
Bachelor, Los Angeles City College
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With more than 50 years of legal experience, he concentrates on matters involving real estate transactions, mortgage disputes, broker malpractice, legal malpractice, and professional standards of care. He holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and a Certificate in Archaeology, earned with distinction. He is admitted to state and federal courts, is a licensed real estate broker and notary public, and has served as an expert witness in consultations, depositions, arbitrations, and courtroom testimony related to attorney negligence, negligent contract preparation, commission disputes, escrow and title matters, brokerage customs and practices, and interpretation of complex real estate and business documents.
His transactional and advisory background includes commercial and residential real estate acquisitions, financing arrangements, leasing, tax-free exchanges, succession planning, corporate restructuring, and merger and acquisition matters. He has also served as legal counsel to realtor associations and real estate organizations, providing guidance on brokerage practices, disclosure obligations, ethics, and professional responsibility issues involving attorneys, brokers, escrow companies, and title entities. Litigation-related analysis has additionally involved fee disputes, due diligence matters, and standards of conduct within real estate and business transactions.
Alongside his legal practice, he has served in judicial, arbitration, instructional, and continuing education capacities focusing on real estate law, brokerage practice, administrative law, and legal ethics. He maintains active affiliations with organizations including the American Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Association of Real Estate Attorneys, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and the California Real Estate Expert Witness Group (CREEW). He has also authored publications and educational materials addressing broker liability, appraiser liability, attorney-expert ethics, arbitration, and real estate litigation practices.
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Degree Type
Bachelor
Field of Study
Mechanical Engineering
Institution
University of Arizona
Degree Type
Master
Field of Study
Mechanical Engineering
Institution
University of Arizona
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Real estate broker
Commercial Real Estate
Attorney Malpractice
Escrow
Business mergers
Doctorate
Field of Study
Mechanical Engineering
Institution
University of Maryland Global Campus