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Steven L. Ziven is the Managing Partner of Freeman Freeman & Smiley, LLP, a member of the Executive Management Committee, and is a member of our Business Transactions and Tax Planning Department.  His practice focuses primarily on corporate law, business transactions, financing and real estate transactions.  Mr. Ziven has extensive experience in buying and selling businesses, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, entity formations and capital transactions, real estate transactions, property tax planning and business succession planning.. In addition, Mr. Ziven has substantial business experience, serving as a corporate officer of the subsidiary of a Fortune 500 Company for over five years, and providing sophisticated counseling and advice to business owners, senior management and high net worth individuals.  He has lectured before numerous business and professional groups regarding all aspects of corporate and business law.

Raffi K. Mansourian possesses extensive real estate and corporate transactional experience, including serving as corporate in-house counsel for a local company with over 50,000 employees. Mr. Mansourian has represented corporate and individual clients in a wide range of commercial real estate matters, including drafting and negotiating commercial lease agreements, lease renewals, subleases, lease extensions and lease termination workout agreements, and the sale and purchase of commercial real estate.  He has significant experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with Fortune 500 companies, merchants, banks and vendors, and advising clients concerning corporate formation, tax, labor and employment, and general corporate governance issues.. In addition, Mr. Mansourian is a licensed California Real Estate Broker and has also passed the CPA Exam.. Representative Clients and Matters

Ms. Blank was admitted to the California bar in 1986. She has had extensive experience in representing debtors and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy and reorganization. In addition, she has had substantial trial experience in both state and federal courts. Ms. Blank was formerly associated with Perkins Coie and with Danning, Gill, Gould, Diamond & Spector (now known as Danning, Gill, Diamond & Kollitz). Ms. Blank holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (B.A. 1965), California State University, Northridge (M.A. 1973) and Loyola Law School (J.D. 1986). From 1992 to 1996, she served as a member of the California State Bar Committee on Debtor-Creditor Relations, and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Bankruptcy Subsection of the Beverly Hills Bar Association since 1995. She is also a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference and the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and served as President of the Women Lawyers’ Public Action Grant Foundation in 1997-1998. Ms. Blank has served as judge pro tem for the Los Angeles Superior Court and as a mediator for the bankruptcy courts for the Central District of California.

Known as a tough civil litigator who represents property owners in construction defect and real estate lawsuits, and employees in cases involving sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination, Kenneth G. Ruttenberg is an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest designation an attorney can earn, nationwide. In 2014, he was named a Southern California “Super Lawyer” by his peers, and from 2015 through 2022, has been listed among the Top 100 Super Lawyers of Southern California. Ken’s aggressive approach to litigation has earned him rave reviews for acting as his clients’ voice and fierce advocate in the legal system. One of his past clients wrote: “You will never find an attorney as qualified and dedicated as Mr. Ruttenberg. His strength of character cannot be matched.” Over the 25+ years that he has been practicing law, he has settled numerous cases involving sexual harassment, disability and racial discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.. Similarly, on matters of construction defects, he has obtained multiple six and seven-figure settlements and awards on behalf of property owners, both in court and in arbitration. Additionally, he has obtained verdicts or settled lawsuits involving real estate disputes, personal injury, mold exposure, medical malpractice, wrongful death, breach of contract, business disputes, and insurance bad faith. He also has two published opinions from the California Court of Appeals. All told, Ken is considered one of the best civil litigators in Southern California.. Ken’s expertise in representing the owners of single-family homes, apartment buildings and condos in construction defect lawsuits comes from his years of practicing real estate law. Over that time, Ken has built valuable relationships with construction experts in all fields to assist in uncovering hidden defects and calculating damages. With all of his clients, Ken is able to win their trust and get the job done.

Jeff Love is a partner with Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP. His practice encompasses all facets of real estate transactions, including drafting and negotiating purchase, sale, syndication, and financing transactions in connection with commercial, industrial, and residential assets. He also regularly drafts and negotiates office, retail, and industrial leases for regional landlords and tenants throughout the West Coast. Mr. Love has extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and reviewing real estate loan documents, including originations, modifications, note purchase agreements and other finance-related transactions from structuring through loan closing. He is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California.. Mr. Love also has significant experience in representing clients in a wide range of corporate transactions, including private securities offerings of debt and equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, federal and state securities laws, and asset-based lending and borrowing. He frequently serves as outside general counsel to a variety of businesses, advising on joint ventures, strategic alliances, partnership arrangements, entity formation, and general contract preparation.. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Love served as general counsel in the private sector, providing him valuable insights into client needs and expectations. Such experience enables Mr. Love to advise his clients on relevant legal issues and balance business considerations to result in effective, but cost-efficient representation while also creating and maintaining positive working relationships with all parties

I help clients achieve their real estate goals.  I am a partner in my firm’s real estate department, and my practice focuses on the leasing of office, retail and industrial properties, including “green” leasing and cell site leasing, for a wide variety of landlord and tenant clients.  In addition, I regularly assist institutional landlords in their ongoing management of office projects and retail shopping centers, and have lectured on a variety of leasing topics, including guest lecturing for graduate students at USC.. I've represented a broad selection of institutional and entrepreneurial tenants, and I have extensive experience in representing landlords in their on-going leasing activity at projects totaling well over 10 million square feet of space, including a 2.65 million square foot office portfolio in Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, a 2.25 million square foot project in Century City, California, a 2.21 million square foot project in Chicago, Illinois, a 950,000 square foot project in Long Beach, California, and a 930,000 square foot project in San Francisco’s SoMa district.

I have been directly involved in many billions of dollars of real estate transactions as a senior executive of three national organizations, and a practicing attorney.  My clients rely on me for extraordinary, cost-effectiv service provided with the highest degree of professional excellence.  More detailed information and client testimonials can be found on my website ().

I am a Los Angeles based real estate attorney who leads a team of real estate lawyers. I represent many types of clients ranging from businesses to high net worth individuals, landlords, tenants, real estate investors, developers, and more.  I enjoy litigating real estate disputes all throughout Southern California.  Some of my recent accomplishments include:. ·      $4.618 million fraud judgment against a real estate developer, attorney and construction company;. ·      A jury verdict resulting in $2.5 million payment to my client;. ·      A successful resolution of a specific performance case without settlement or trial while recovering all of my client's attorneys' fees;. ·      A jury verdict in favor all five of my clients in a multiparty real estate litigation;. ·      Successfully defeating a judgment debtor's attempt to dispose of a judgment through bankruptcy;. ·      A complete defense verdict (12-0) on all claims after a lengthy jury trial involving the sale of an airplane;. ·      An arbitration award in favor of my clients being sued for alleged failure to disclosure in connection with real property with no money awarded to the claimant; and. ·      Numerous large settlements for my clients.

David Tabibian is a creative problem solver and proven deal maker who never loses sight of his clients' business goals. As a Partner in JMBM's Real Estate Department, David provides counsel and legal representation to his clients in a variety of real estate transactions from inception to closing. He has successfully handled and closed more than $4 billion worth of real estate transactions across the country. His success comes from his ability to strategically, yet efficiently, pursue his client’s objectives while keeping all parties focused on closing the deal.. David represents a diverse group of clients, including institutional and non-institutional real estate developers, owners and operators, private equity investors, funds, REITs, borrowers, lenders, commercial landlords and tenants, law firms, celebrities, and high net worth individuals. His practice focuses on acquisitions and dispositions, 1031 exchanges, construction, leasing, debt and equity financing, and joint ventures. He has dealt with a variety of asset classes, including hotel, studio, office, retail, industrial, multi-family and mixed-use projects, as well as residential properties and vacant land.. David typically takes on the role of outside general counsel for his clients, handling all matters from complex, high-dollar commercial projects to smaller residential deals. He has drafted and negotiated numerous purchase and sale agreements, various types of leases (including office, industrial, retail and residential leases totaling more than 5 million sq. ft.), and loan documentation for more than $1 billion worth of sophisticated real estate and commercial loans (including traditional real estate, refinance, construction, bridge, mezzanine, asset-based and hard money loans). He also counsels and assists his clients in a broad range of due diligence matters, including reviewing title and surveys as well as forming new entities.. In 2019, the Daily Journal publication selected David as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California. He was also named to the Southern California Super Lawyers list each year from 2018 through 2020, an honor achieved by no more than 5% of the lawyers in California, after being recognized on the Southern California Rising Stars list for multiple years. In 2016, he was named as one of “The 5 Best Real Estate Lawyers in Los Angeles” by Investopedia’s Real Estate Column.. David Tabibian's bio can be viewed at the following link:

Damon M. Juha specializes in transactional real estate matters with an emphasis on assisting clients in buying, selling, developing, finance and lease all types of real property (industrial, retail, office, multi-unit housing, hotel and residential).  His clients, which include publicly traded companies, start-up businesses, developers and other individuals, retain him to negotiate and document the various stages of a real estate transaction: from acquisition to construction to leasing and management to disposition of the property.  Mr. Juha handles real estate matters throughout the United States, as well as abroad, and has acted as lead real estate counsel for transactions in Canada, Mexico, Australia and parts of Asia.. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Juha worked at Pircher, Nichols & Meeks, representing lenders, developers and REITs.  Previously, he was a Border Patrol Agent.. Mr. Juha has been listed in the Southern California Super Lawyers magazine as a "Rising Star" since 2009, an honor earned by only 2.5% of attorneys under the age of 40 in Southern California.  He was also named “One To Watch” by Hastings’ Magazine.

Chet Bhavsar is an experienced and effective personal injury and wrongful death lawyer who focuses his practice on helping victims and their families in the Los Angeles community and greater Southern California area.. Mr. Bhavsar is a 1994 graduate of Southwestern Law School. Prior to law school, Mr. Bhavsar attended the University of Southern California where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1990.. Mr. Bhavsar was a founding partner in the Pasadena law firm of McNally & Bhavsar, representing injured clients and their families in automobile accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability accidents, product liability accidents, catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters from 1996-2006. In 2007 he joined the law firm of Russakow, Ryan and Johnson to manager their personal injury division. In 2011 he established the Law Office of Chet R. Bhavsar to provide more focused and personalized legal services for his clients.. Mr. Bhavsar's extensive litigation experience consist of numerous trials, arbitrations and mediations, through which he has been able to protect the rights of his clients, level the playing field with the vast resources of insurance companies and recover millions of dollars for his clients.

Attorney Robert A. Kashfian is Managing Partner of the Law Firm Kashfian & Kashfian LLP. He is the Partner in Charge of the Century City and Washington, DC offices and is part of the Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practices of the Firm. Attorney Robert A. Kashfian's work focuses on complex litigation and transactional matters in Fashion Law, Real Estate, Business Law, Contract and Corporate governance matters as well as Intellectual Property, White Collar Defense and Appeallate work.. Kashfian & Kashfian LLP is a multi-specialty professional law practice providing tailored litigation services and counseling to: individuals, public sector & governmental entities, non-profit organizations and small to large corporations. Our consistent track record of uncompromising ethics instills confidence and trust in our clients. Kashfian & Kashfian LLP is dedicated to achieving the best outcome for every client.

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