ABOUT MY PRACTICE
I am a transactional attorney rather than a litigator. My practice focuses on commercial transactions, emphasizing the business, personal and estate planning legal needs of small and medium-sized businesses and their owners, professionals, and entrepreneurs, including high-technology entities. While I am based in Rancho Cucamonga, I serve clients throughout the Southern California area.
A significant portion of my practice is devoted to acting as general counsel, officially or unofficially, for a number of my business clients. I have represented entities involved in multimedia and internet activities, software development, nuclear power, clothing manufacturing, and graphic arts and construction. As general counsel, I frequently:
- negotiate and prepare a broad range of commercial agreements (e.g., licensing, joint venture, confidentiality, severance, strategic alliance, technology partnership, shareholder, distribution or employment agreements);
- resolve business disputes as they arise;
- provide legal and business advice on a broad range of legal issues;
- review contracts;
- handle employment matters;
- negotiate and document debt and equity financings and supervise pending litigation.
Another significant segment of my practice involves advising clients regarding the formation, organization, acquisition, sale, development, financing, management and estate-planning needs of privately and family held businesses, whether conducted or organized as corporations, limited liability companies, or partnerships.
I also represent clients in real estate transactions, for example, negotiating and documenting the purchase and sale of developed and undeveloped real property, preparing and reviewing leases of all levels of complexity, establishing partnerships, joint ventures and other entities for the acquisition of real estate and representing clients in all aspects of public and private real estate syndication transactions.
In addition to my background in general commercial and real estate law, I also have substantial experience in private placements, estate planning, partnerships, limited liability entities, corporations, business start-ups, professional corporations, securities, venture capital, acquisitions, mergers, taxation, financial planning and business counseling.
Last Updated 9/09/02