Walnut Creek, CA Lawyers

Family and Divorce Law

1990 N California Blvd, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA

Lisa is also known for her aggressive defense of her clients as well as her knowledge of the law and how it pertains to their situation. She advocates for the rights and well-being of her clients and that of their children and the elderly. She has a reputation for being a very fair negotiator and communicator with other lawyers and judges, which streamlines and expedites the process. Lisa acts with compassion and understanding, while detailing in great depth the reality of the legal process and true expectations of the court process. She hopes that by being open and honest and communicative, her clients can move past this often difficult and emotional process efficiently to live the life they were meant to lead. Lisa is a licensed attorney, with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish Language and Literature. She has litigated multiple bench and jury trials in civil and criminal court for the Mendes Weed law firm of San Francisco. Lisa is an active member of the Contra Costa County Bar Association (CCCBA), specifically in the Family Law, Women’s, Tax and Estate Planning Sections. Lisa has written multiple articles for the Contra Costa Lawyer Magazine. She is a member of the Robert G. McGrath Inn of Court. Lisa advocates for proposed legislation and new laws as a member of the Contra Costa County Delegation of the California Conference of Bar Associations.

Personal Injury Law

101 Ygnacio Valley Rd suite 100, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, USA

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.

Corporate and Transactional Law

1211 Newell Ave., Suite 210, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Angela De La Housaye founded the firm of De La Housaye & Associates in 2000 in Los Angeles, California. It has since expanded to two additional cities in California. Ms. De La Housaye began her legal career in business civil litigation and uses this experiential knowledge and her transactional practice as a tactical advantage in managing DLHA’s litigation strategy work. Ms. De La Housaye also specializes in the transactional areas of business law, mergers and acquisitions, liability protection and entity formation, business succession, trade secret and proprietary information protection, employment practice matters and a general business legal oversight for DLHA corporate clients. Ms. De La Housaye oversees the DLHA Walnut Creek, San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. In addition, she sits on and advises several Boards of Directors, at both the city and county levels, including the following: Board of Director, Contra Costa Council and Co-Chair Small Business and Entrepreneurial Task Force, Contra Costa County; Board of Director, Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce; Board of Director, Women’s Initiative for Contra Costa County; Graduate, “Leadership Contra Costa”; Member, National Women’s Chamber of Commerce; Member, National Association of Women Business Owners; Member Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Contra Costa Bar Associations, and Member, Business Law Section.