I am an accomplished ADA Compliance & Defense attorney. With a practice encompassing over 30 years, I am dedicated to providing exceptional service and legal representation. I am a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and on the Advisory Board of Directors of the Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center. I also serve as Chair of JMBM's ADA Compliance & Defense Group and am the author of the ADA Compliance & Defense Blog.
My transactional practice includes leasing, lease administration for developers and tenants, acquisition and sales, portfolio management, regulation of real property use and development, eminent domain litigation and counseling, and abstracting lease portfolios, land use regulation and permitting, code compliance, lease termination negotiations, and public relations issues. I advise companies in a full range of ADA compliance.
My litigation experience includes trials and arbitration and covers a wide range of real estate matters including construction disputes, design professional liability cases and ADA defense.
My clients are financial institutions, developers, shopping center owners and retailers, hotels, restaurants, performing arts theaters, wineries and other business property owners.
With vast experience and a deep understanding of real estate transactions and litigation, I have both the knowledge and skill needed to get results. I am committed to achieving my clients' goals and objectives.
- University of San Francisco School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: with distinction
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- San Francisco State University
- M.A.
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- Temple University
- B.A.
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- Partner
- Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
- Current
- Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce: The ADA and the Recent Wave of Lawsuits Filed Against Business Owners.
- San Francisco Chamber of Commerce: Lawsuits Against Retailers and Restaurant Owners in China Town
- Georgetown Law’s Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute: Tempus Fugit – Coordinating Construction Timing
- American Bar Association: ADA Compliance and the Continuing Challenge of Internet and Website Accessibility
- Meet the Money® 2019
- Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, 2019
- Best Lawyers in America
- Recognized 2019-2022
- Northern California Super Lawyer
- San Francisco Magazine
- From 2004-2021
- Leading Lawyer Awards - Real Estate, Banking and Finance – North America
- Lawyers World
- AV Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers
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- State Bar of California
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- Advisory Board of Directors, Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center
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- Real Property and Insurance Law Sections, State Bar of California
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- Litigation, Real Estate and Insurance Sections, American Bar Association
- Member
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- Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center
- Member, Board of Directors
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- International Council of Shopping Centers
- Member and Lecturer
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- International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate
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- American Bar Association
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- California
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- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- ADA Compliance & Defense
- Commercial Real Estate
- English