Top real estate Lawyers in Escondido | 2 available

Firm: White and Bright, LLP

970 Canterbury Place , Escondido , California 92025

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Melissa Engle is a Partner of White and Bright and rated AV® Preeminent™ through Martindale-Hubbell.. Melissa’s legal practice focuses on both litigation and transactional work, primarily involving real estate, business disputes, and employment law. In particular, she assists numerous businesses and brokerages in various suits, ranging from non-disclosure actions, real estate transaction disputes, lease disputes, wrongful termination and discrimination claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, breaches of contract, indemnification issues, and other commercial and residential real estate matters.. Melissa also represents various small businesses in transactional matters such as vendor disputes, commercial leases, independent contractor contracts, employment contracts, vendor and customer contracts, licenses, intellectual property protection and licensing, asset purchases, and general counsel representation as needed.. Melissa advocates and urges each of her clients to undertake preventative legal services in order to avoid potential legal disputes before they happen. She is passionate about educating her clients on how to avoid lawsuits, attorneys’ fees, costs, stress, wasted time, and the uncertainty that comes with litigation. This includes assisting small businesses with their business formation, real estate acquisitions, vendor contracts, licenses, employment policies, handbooks, management training, and human resources development.. Prior to White and Bright, Melissa was an associate at two boutique San Diego litigation firms where her practice focused on civil litigation with an emphasis on employment, intellectual property, and business matters. She started her legal career focused on personal injury lawsuits as well as both personal and business reorganizations through Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies. She also litigated various adversary proceedings on behalf of creditors.. Aside from her legal practice, Melissa has served as an adjunct professor at University of San Diego School of Law where she teaches Legal Research and Civil Litigation, among other courses.. Melissa lives in San Diego with her husband, a fellow employment law attorney, and their dog, Ted.

Firm: Palomar Law Group

970 Canterbury Pl. , Escondido , California 92025

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Collections, Construction , Real Estate , Construction & Development

After more than 26 years at the law firm of White and Bright, I started a new law firm that I named the Palomar Law Group. My law practice is dedicated to serving families, businesses and the communities of North County.  I help people find solutions to problems they face in their businesses, their families, and their neighbors.  From my expertise in dispute resolution I can provide options for protecting your family and your business with sound principles of planning, dispute avoidance, and when needed, dispute resolution.