Business / Sustainable Business

I help new and growing businesses with their legal needs, including:

• Entity selection and formation
• Business contracts
• Commercial leases (including green leases)
• Commercial real estate purchase & sale contracts
• Employment agreements
• Confidentiality / non-disclosure agreements
• Copyright & trademark registration, licensing, & enforcement issues
• "Truth-in-advertising" regulatory compliance

Real Estate

I assist commercial and residential real estate clients, and real estate developers, on a wide variety of real estate issues, including:

• Commercial leases (including green leases) & property management contracts
• Acquisitions and sales
• Option agreements
• Easement deeds and boundary issues, grant deeds, & joint use and maintenance agreements
• Subdivision project formation documentation and assistance with DRE processing

Community Associations (HOAs / CIDs)

I also provide legal services to residential, mixed-use, and commercial community associations, including:

• Interpretation and enforcement of governing documents
• Legal opinion letters
• Informal dispute resolution services to cost effectively resolve disputes between associations and owners
• Election materials, including legal opinions to address any challenge to an election that might arise
• Contract negotiation and drafting, including management, vendor, telecommunications, construction, and architectural contracts
• Easements, grant deeds & joint maintenance agreements
• Attendance at board and special meetings
• Pre-lien letters, repayment agreements, delinquent assessment policies, and preparation of liens for recording