California Real Estate Lawyers

Real Estate Law

751 S Weir Canyon Rd 7 suite 450, Anaheim, CA 92808, USA

Area of Practice: Construction Law

Real Estate Law

5030 Camino De La Siesta, ste 350, San Diego, CA 92108

Area of Practice: Employment Discrimination/Wage Hour/Real Estate Litigation/Small Business Litigation Don has been a member of the California Bar Association and a civil litigation attorney since 1983. He served as an officer with the Highway Patrol Division of the Arizona Department of Public Safety for eight years. While there, Don began his undergraduate education. He later returned to school full time to complete his undergraduate education and pursue a legal career. Don earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1979 and received his Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in San Diego in 1982. Don is also a veteran, having served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971. Upon graduation and receiving his license from the State Bar of California, Don worked for General Electric for a period of time. He then began his independent practice as a civil litigation and insurance defense attorney in San Diego. Don's practice expanded from his initial work in construction defect, personal injury and litigation defense into a more general civil litigation practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He represents individuals and business entities, including sole proprietorships, general and limited partnerships, and corporate clients, before state and federal courts in a wide array of civil litigation such as business and corporate litigation; real estate litigation; domestic, labor and discrimination cases; contract litigation; and construction defect and mold litigation. He has successfully represented individuals and business entities in a wide array of administrative matters before municipal, county, state and federal agencies and boards as well as state and federal administrative courts, including matters relating to professional licensing and credentialing. During his extensive years of practice, Don has represented hundreds of individuals and business entities in simple and complex litigation in hearings and arbitrations and at trial. He has tried cases before state courts, United States District Courts, state and federal administrative courts, and administrative agencies throughout California. Don has argued cases before the 4th District Court of Appeal and United States Court of Appeal. Don is a member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association (ABA), the San Diego County Bar Association, and the Riverside County and Desert bar associations. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Consumer Attorneys of California. He has presented seminars on behalf of and before many professional organizations in various fields, including real estate and labor.

Real Estate Law

15303 Ventura Blvd #1400, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA

Elmira Tofanyan is an associate attorney with a focus on real estate and general liability matters at Kulik, Gottesman, Siegel, & Ware, LLP. With a deep understanding of the complexities of these fields, Elmira is committed to providing exceptional legal representation to clients facing disputes in these areas. After earning her Juris Doctorate degree from Southwestern Law School through its accelerated two-year program, Elmira was admitted to practice law in California. At Southwestern, she was a finalist in the Negotiation Honors Program’s Intramural Competition, and a recipient of the Wildman/Schumacher Scholarship Award as well as the Public Service Distinction Award. Prior to law school, Elmira completed her Bachelor of Arts degrees in both, Philosophy and Political Science at UC Irvine. As a first-generation attorney, she understands the importance of hard work and determination in achieving success, and approaches each case with diligence and tenacity, working closely with clients to develop effective strategies tailored to their unique needs and objectives. Prior to joining KGSW, Elmira practiced law at a boutique litigation firm with a focus on Employment and Labor Law. She successfully argued for the dismissal of the representative PAGA claims brought against her client, at a time when courts were customarily staying cases pending the California Supreme Court’s ruling on Adolph v. Uber Technologies, Inc. In addition to her legal practice, Elmira is actively involved in the legal community and maintains memberships in professional associations such as the Armenian Women’s Bar Association. She stays abreast of the latest developments in civil litigation to ensure that her clients receive the most up-to-date and effective legal representation.

Real Estate Law

750 B St #2900, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

Grant Puleo focuses his practice on a wide variety of real estate, finance and business transactions, and leads the firm’s Multifamily and Student Housing group. He has extensive experience in a broad array of commercial, multi-family and educational facility (student housing) real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, construction, affordable housing, P3, syndication, dispositions and specialized leasing and financing of all product types throughout California and the United States. Mr. Puleo's finance experience includes both borrower and lender representation in the origination and workout of complicated debt and equity transactions, such as acquisition and construction financing, mezzanine financing and synthetic leasing transactions. He also represents clients in business matters involving the transfer of business assets and property and the formation and restructuring of joint ventures, private placements, opportunity funds and other business entities. Mr. Puleo is also a seasoned trial attorney, having tried over a dozen jury trials and several dozen binding arbitrations and mediations involving real estate, finance and business disputes, lis pendens, quiet title and partition actions, as well as risk management and litigation avoidance counseling. Mr. Puleo has also testified as an expert witness in trial, binding arbitration and in deposition. Mr. Puleo is an adjunct professor of law at California Western School of Law, where he lectures on commercial real estate transactions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Endeavor Bank and serves as pro bono legal counsel for various non-profit clients. Mr. Puleo was recently honored as a Top 100 Leader in Law by The San Diego Business Journal.

Real Estate Law

6965 El Camino Real 105 599, Carlsbad, CA 92009, USA

L. Sue Loftin is the principal attorney of LSLoftin Firm in Carlsbad, California, with a practice in real estate, land use and zoning. Businesses, property owners and developers are among those she advises. Her work ranges from real estate transactions and land use approvals to questions of corporate governance and business operations. Government-relations matters also bring her before public agencies and local decision-makers.

Real Estate Law

14100 W Monroe Pl, Van Nuys, CA 91405

Madlena Hakobyan is a Los Angeles attorney with Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP, where she works as an associate in the Landlord/Tenant Group. She handles landlord/tenant matters and unlawful detainers and has also worked on personal injury matters. Her individual practice listing includes residential landlord/tenant law, post-foreclosure evictions, rent control and subsidized housing. She is fluent in Armenian and Russian. Hakobyan studied business administration at California State University, Northridge, earning a B.S. cum laude. In 2018, she received the university’s Medallion for Academic Excellence and was on the Dean’s List at the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics. She earned her J.D., also cum laude, at Western State College of Law. Her law-school record includes the Honor Roll and a CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Medical Malpractice. Western State’s Summer Honors Program in 2021 and Dean’s Circle membership for Academic Success in 2023 are also listed among her academic distinctions. Her California bar admission dates to May 16, 2024. Listed under attorney number 355066, she has an active license in the State Bar’s record. Her registered professional address is the firm’s Los Angeles office at 915 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1650, the same office identified in her firm profile.

Real Estate Law

765 Mesa View Drive., Suite #298, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

Mr. Mallery was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1984. Over the past seven years, Mr. Mallery has been the Lead Counsel for Gerawan Farming Inc., a family-owned business which is the largest grower of peaches, plums and nectarines in the United States. Mallery’s areas of practices include business labor and employment law. For more than 15 years, Mallery has served as Judge Pro-Tem for the Fresno County Superior Court, Juvenile Court. In addition to being recognized for excellence in the practice of law by Lawyers of Distinction, Mr. Mallery has also earned any honors, awards and accolades including being selected to be a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He was also nominated to become a Best Attorneys of America Lifetime Charter Member.

Real Estate Law

1660 Olympic Blvd., Suite 210, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Rick is a senior level attorney with substantial experience in all aspects of commercial real estate, including development, financing, sales, acquisitions and exchanges, dispositions, leasing, and property management. His practice emphasizes commercial leasing and property acquisition and disposition, and extends to all phases of office, retail, commercial, and industrial lease transactions, including originations, leasehold financings, transfers and subleases, renegotiations, "workouts" and enforcement actions. Rick has significant experience developing lease documentation for numerous office buildings and shopping centers; handling complex lease negotiations for landlords and tenants in a vast array of settings, including build-to-suits, sale-leasebacks, lease-equity and lease-purchase arrangements, and hotel, office and retail ground leases; renegotiating and restructuring anchor tenant leases in the context of expansion, renovation and redevelopment of projects; and analyzing and enforcing rights and obligations under existing leases. Rick also has over 30 years of land use and development experience, both as a lawyer and as a principal. His expertise includes land use entitlement; subdivision improvement agreements; reciprocal easement agreements and owners’ association documents; option agreements for acquisition and assembly of land; architectural, engineering, construction and other service agreements relating to land development; acquisition, due diligence and hazardous waste assessment issues. Rick also serves as outside general counsel to a number of companies with significant real estate portfolios, including his own, family-owned company. Rick has been a program lecturer for the International Council of Shopping Centers and a number of different industry associations. Rick was named as a Northern California Super Lawyer in 2005 through 2014. A graduate of Stanford University, Rick was awarded an MBA and a law degree from the University of Santa Clara.

Real Estate Law

901 Dove Street, #120, Newport Beach, CA 92660

Real Estate Law

100 Pine St, Ste 530, San Francisco, CA 94111

Sarah Shapero has been a foreclosure defense litigator for 10 years and has saved countless homes from foreclosure and has saved her clients over $75,000,000 through loan modification savings.

Real Estate Law

3033 Fifth Ave suite 400, San Diego, CA 92103, USA

Schuyler Hoffman leads the residential real estate practice group at Hoffman Forde, a real estate practice group located in San Diego. He represents clients throughout Southern California, focusing on legal matters involving residential real estate disputes, real estate non-disclosures, homeowners’ association conflicts, landlord/tenant disagreements, delays and liens, and fraud claims. Mr. Hoffman has developed cost-effective solutions to complex real estate disputes and has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration in the presence of various institutions.

Real Estate Law

2719 Wilshire Blvd #200, Santa Monica, CA 90403, USA

Greene & Chaplan, LLP is an AV Rated (r) business boutique law firm with local knowledge and international reach. We serve family offices, financial institutions, mid-market companies, high net worth individuals, real estate investors, developers and brokers and select non-profit organizations. Heavily weighted in both transactional and civil litigation, we serve as a "one call solves all" resource for our elite clientele. Our board and trustee services offered to our family offices likewise sets us apart from our competition.

Real Estate Law

16255 Ventura Blvd, Suite 950, Encino, CA 91436

Sean Bryn is a former partner of a national law firm and a former Vice-President and Senior Trial Counsel for Fidelity National Title Group. His practice emphasizes real estate, business litigation, complex litigation, construction law and employment law. He has represented national financial institutions, national real estate brokerage firms, contractors, architects, engineers, property owners, and various insurers. His real estate matters include foreclosure actions, various neighbor disputes, various lien priority actions, reformation of deeds, and failure to disclose. His business litigation matters include shareholder derivative actions, unfair competition, and various breach of contract actions. He has extensive experience in both state and federal court including on the appellate level.

Real Estate Law

990 Industrial Rd #207, San Carlos, CA 94070, USA

Ted Hannig is an attorney and managing partner of Hannig Law LLP in San Carlos, California, whose work includes real estate, business and high technology law. The State Bar of California lists him as Ted Josef Hannig, with an active license and admission on December 12, 1983. He is also a founding partner of the firm, previously known as Hannig Law Firm LLP. Hannig earned both a law degree and an MBA from Santa Clara University. While there, he was a research editor for the Law Review, an elected member of the Board of Governors and the founder of the Computer and High Technology Law Conference. His experience during that period included service in the Research Attorney’s office of the San Mateo County Superior Court. He also studied international business law at the University of Tokyo while working for a Japanese law firm. Before establishing Hannig Law LLP, Hannig was a senior partner at Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, Wagner & Kane. As a shareholder at Miller, Starr & Regalia, he opened that firm’s Silicon Valley office. His work at Hannig Law included handling, with firm associates, the sale of Black Mountain Spring Water, Inc. to Nestle. That transaction involved business, real estate, corporate, union and employment issues. Hannig has also served as an arbitrator for local courts and was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in April 2016.

Real Estate Law

8439 W. Sunset Blvd., 300, Los Angeles, CA 90069

William S. Small is a nationally recognized real estate lawyer with over thirty-eight years of experience successfully handling a broad range of real property transactions. Bill’s real estate practice heavily emphasizes (1) the representation of community, regional, and national banks and other institution lenders in commercial real estate lending and construction finance; (2) acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate (all property types); (3) representation of landlords and tenants in leasing transactions for retail, office, and industrial properties; and (4) commercial real estate development matters, including preparation of construction contracts and agreements with architects and engineers. Bill has been selected for eight (8) consecutive years by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Real Estate Law (2007-2014).

Real Estate Law

3055 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA

Real Estate Law

1077 N. Willow Ave., Ste. 105, #895, Clovis, CA 93611

Mr. Mallery was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1984. Over the past seven years, Mr. Mallery has been the Lead Counsel for Gerawan Farming Inc., a family-owned business which is the largest grower of peaches, plums and nectarines in the United States. Mallery’s areas of practices include business labor and employment law. For more than 15 years, Mallery has served as Judge Pro-Tem for the Fresno County Superior Court, Juvenile Court. In addition to being recognized for excellence in the practice of law by Lawyers of Distinction, Mr. Mallery has also earned any honors, awards and accolades including being selected to be a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He was also nominated to become a Best Attorneys of America Lifetime Charter Member.

Real Estate Law

12750 High Bluff Dr., Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92130

Thorough and creative with a knack for delivering insightful solutions, Steven has a wealth of experience and consistently produces successful results. He partners with his clients to better understand their situations and uses a creative, solutions-oriented approach to help structure their deals and navigate difficult situations. Steven's expertise with major projects spans the acquisition, development, leasing, licensing and sale of office, industrial and retail portfolios, power plants (both traditional and renewable energy sources) and mixed-use office/retail projects. In addition, he has negotiated master developer and merchant builder agreements as well as private party development agreements for retail shopping complexes and residential developments. His clients have included international firms and public companies, REITs, developers and private joint ventures, and he has played a key role supporting one of the largest nuclear power generating sites in the country.

Real Estate Law

23468 Palm Dr, Calabasas, CA 91302

William S. Small is a nationally recognized real estate lawyer with over thirty-eight years of experience successfully handling a broad range of real property transactions. Bill’s real estate practice heavily emphasizes (1) the representation of community, regional, and national banks and other institution lenders in commercial real estate lending and construction finance; (2) acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real estate (all property types); (3) representation of landlords and tenants in leasing transactions for retail, office, and industrial properties; and (4) commercial real estate development matters, including preparation of construction contracts and agreements with architects and engineers.