Practice Areas

• Real Estate

Education

• University of California at Berkeley (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 1973)
• Southern University, Baton Rouge (M.Ed 1974)
• University of California, Davis (J.D. 1984)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

• California
• Washington
• Alaska

Memberships / Associations

Legal

• CREW SF
  • Board of Directors (2012-present) 
  • Education Committee (2011-present)
• CREW East Bay
  •  Programs Committee (2009-2010)

Representative Matters

• Represented developer in high-end mixed use development (office, retail, restaurants), including purchase of land, development, financing, construction and leasing.
• Represented client in the purchase and financing of 96 gas stations/convenience stores in four states.
• Represented a stevedoring company in a $275 million financing from 5 international banks for the expansion of its port facility at the Panama Canal.
• Represented large commercial bank in two loans totaling $86 million for the construction and operation of 57 restaurants in 20 states.
• Represented New York client in the purchase of 600,000 acres of timberlands in Washington, California, Oregon and subsequent $95 million refinancing.
• Represented Seattle downtown property owner in negotiating joint mixed-use development of its $25 million property with a municipal transit facility, in lieu of condemnation.