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2024, 2025, & 2026 Super Lawyers Rising Star Award recipient. I am a California corporate attorney with over 10 years of experience in legal services, combining in-house, transactional, and litigation practice. My work spans a diverse range of corporate and business matters, including: • In-house business law for 10-figure investment funds • Real estate investments and transactions • Business consulting and investment deals • Stock purchase agreements & private placement memoranda • Startup formation and corporate governance • Shareholder agreements & board resolutions • Contract drafting, revision, and negotiation • Business and civil litigation, including dispute resolution • Employment law and compliance advice • Securities best practices and opinion letters • Legal writing, strategy, and advocacy • Industry-specific work in the influencer, social media, digital marketing, advertising, intellectual property, content-creation, entertainment, yoga & fitness sectors I bring a top-tier pedigree in contract drafting & negotiation, legal writing, and business law strategy, coupled with a strong foundation in wellness and community engagement. I earned my J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, completing a specialization in Corporate Law and a Certificate in High Tech Law from its nationally recognized Intellectual Property program (ranked #4 in the U.S.). Prior to law school, I graduated from Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business, one of the nation’s most prestigious business schools, where I completed my undergraduate degree in business.
Founder of a boutique business and litigation practice advising entrepreneurs, companies, individuals, and investors on complex transactions, governance, litigation, and dispute resolution. - Led strategic business transactions including M&A, asset purchase agreements, membership interest purchase agreements, intellectual property and software licensing, private placement memoranda, and joint ventures. - Negotiated and structured complex commercial agreements including federal and county grant-funding contracts, interstate telecommunications agreements, SaaS contracts, and multifamily housing association forms and agreements. - Advised clients on regulatory compliance and reporting obligations, including matters implicating SEC regulations and securities compliance. Served as outside general counsel to businesses on corporate governance, executive board resolutions, contract strategy, commercial transactions, and operational risk management. - Provided counsel on intellectual property strategy, licensing, protection, and disputes. - Structured partnerships, joint ventures, and startup formations, and advised founders and executives on strategic growth and governance matters. - Drafted a wide range of commercial agreements, legal memoranda, and advisory communications, including educational legal articles and industry commentary. - Maintained an active co-counsel and referral network across California and multiple jurisdictions to support clients in specialized matters. - Represented business owners in multi-million-dollar transactions, and secured multi-million-dollar aggregate settlements and judgments in matters including wrongful death, complex business disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, and commercial real estate brokerage liability.
Represented businesses, property owners, and individuals in complex litigation and transactional matters at a mid-sized law firm, handling cases from initial investigation through trial and post-judgment proceedings. - Managed matters across all phases of litigation, including pre-litigation strategy, pleadings, discovery, motion practice, mediation, arbitration, trial preparation, trial, and post-trial enforcement. - Drafted and argued complaints, dispositive and procedural motions, demand letters, settlement agreements, and other litigation filings. - Conducted extensive discovery, including document production and review, written discovery, and case strategy development. - Represented clients in complex business disputes, personal injury litigation, landlord-tenant matters, employment claims, and workers’ compensation proceedings. - Advised businesses and property owners in commercial real estate transactions and related disputes, including matters involving brokerage authority and fiduciary obligations. - Drafted, negotiated, and interpreted commercial contracts and transactional documents across a variety of industries. - Provided client counseling and strategic business advice, including corporate governance matters and risk management. - Assisted clients with business transactions and operational decision-making, integrating litigation strategy with practical commercial solutions.
Real Estate Private Equity Fund. Strategic subsidiary business consulting & legal advising. Startup formation, advising & consulting. Entrepreneurship; Multi-state family office in-house business law, Research & development counseling; International supplier & manufacturing negotiations; Parent holding company advising between multiple subsidiary LLC’s, entities, & principal investors; Subsidiary startup formation, governance & consulting; Trademark due diligence; IP protection; Commercial transactions; & Investment-related legal and business consulting work for a 10-figure real estate private equity fund.
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Real Estate Private Equity. Acquisition Diligence, Financial Computations of ROI / Cap Rate / Investment Prospecting Considerations, Financial Evaluations / Cost Accounting; related office experience with cross functional teams & exposure to: Asset Management, Underwriting, Broker Relations. Empire USA, LLC and its affiliates ("Empire") have an exceptional track record spanning five decades successfully operating and owning high quality and institutional-grade properties in the US, with an emphasis on multifamily communities and hotels. We own over 10,000 units and have owned over 100 investment properties in over 40 cities nationwide. We've closed $350M of transactions in the last few years including 75 units in Santa Barbara, a $40M multifamily property in the Bay Area on which we were non-contingent, a 3 property portfolio in Orange County and a portfolio in Glendale. We have established and maintained outstanding relationships with our lenders, partners and brokers, never failing to perform on an investment acquisition. We believe our success is driven by identifying and capitalizing on market cycles, acting decisively on opportunities, and skillfully executing on value enhancement plans. The heart of our success is attributed to a professional culture of integrity, acting in the best interest of our partners and lenders and providing quality management to our tenants. Empire and it's assets are 100% owned by a single principal, hence we are able to make acquisition decisions quickly without the need to syndicate, seek financing, form joint ventures, partnerships or consult a board. We are an experienced family office that is rapidly growing and expanding our portfolio and business operations as we seek to capitalize on commercial real estate opportunities within the cycles and trends we constantly analyze. Company details Website http://www.empireusallc.com Headquarters Los Angeles, CA Specialties Acquisitions, Asset Management, Multifamily, and Hotels