Areas of Expertise: Commercial Real Estate; Mortgages & Property Finance; Property Insurance; Property & Casualty Insurance; Residential Real Estate; Shared Ownership & Syndicates; Trees & Arborists; Tree & Plant Appraisals; Arborists; Title Insurance & Escrow; Real Estate Brokers; Property Management; Premises Liability; Leasing Real Estate.
45+ years in the California real estate industry — that's the expertise I bring to the table.
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As a retired trial lawyer of over 25 years, I dealt exclusively with real estate cases. Over 880 trials, arbitrations, mediations (only 3 UDs). Negligence, fraud, non-disclosure, breaches of fiduciary duty & contract. I've defended, and sued, brokers, and their insurance companies. I've represented bidders, borrowers and banks in regard to foreclosures; and both sides in loan workouts. I've worked with national chains doing state-wide store rollouts, and lease renegotiations. That followed 12+/- years as a broker actively selling/leasing property (commercial and residential) — I hold a CCIM designation, earned by doing deals. That followed 7+/- years as a title insurance company Advisory Title Officer. I researched and wrote Preliminary Reports.
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There isn't much in this business I haven't seen, done, or litigated.
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As an attorney looking for an 'expert' witness, I needed someone that was unbiased, and knowledgeable; someone who knew all the technicalities and nuances, yet could still present the case in a way that a jury could understand. Someone who could withstand a withering cross examination. Those kinds of experts are hard to find.
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Yes, I'm "new" to the expert witness arena. After retirement in 2020 we moved to Portugal. We're back now (family/friends...) and it's time to do something productive with that subject matter expertise — other than practice law.