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Practice Areas
Experience
Mike, who has been with the firm since 1967 and served
as the firm's managing partner for most of the 1990s,
maintains a busy real estate practice, emphasizing commercial
development, leasing and financing matters.
Widely recognized for his expertise in real estate law,
Mike co-authored the California Continuing Education
of the Bar (CEB) "classic" Commercial Real
Property Lease Practice in 1976. Since that time,
he has written numerous articles on real property issues
for CEB, as well as several chapters in CEB's Office
Leasing book.
He is a frequent speaker before numerous organizations,
including the CEB, the International Council of Shopping
Centers, the National Retail Tenants Association, the
State Bar of California, and Georgetown University Law
Center. He is a member of the American College of Real
Estate Lawyers (elected in 1988) and active in many
other real estate trade organizations. Mike has been
recognized in Best Lawyers in America each year
since 1986.
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- Federal District Court, Ninth Circuit
Affiliations
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers
- Member, 1985 to present
- Leasing Subcommittee; member, 1985 to present;
vice chair, 1998 to 1999
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- Member, 1976 to present
- Northern California Program Committee; member,
1990 to 2002
- Northern California State Government Relations
Committee; member, 1998 to present; chair, 1998
to 2002
- National Retail Tenants Association
- Urban Land Institute
- California Business Properties Association
- Member, 1987 to present
- Board of Directors; member, 1996 to present
- Legal Affairs Subcommittee; member, 1988 to
present
- State Bar of California
- Member, 1967 to present
- Real Property Law Section; member 1981 to present
- Real Property Law Section, Executive Committee;
vice president 1981 to 1984
- Alameda County Bar Association
- Member, 1967 to present
- Board of Directors; member, 1976 to 1977
- Finance Committee; member 1989 to 1994
- Fee Arbitration Committee; member, 1984 to
1994
Civic Activities
- City of Oakland Downtown Revitalization Task Force
- Oakland Raiders Celebrity Golf Tournament
- Organizing Committee; member, 1997 to 2002
- Oakland Advisors
- Board of Directors; member 1996 to 2002
- Lakeview Club
- Board of Directors; president, 1996 to 2000
- Oakland Convention and Visitors Authority
- Board of Directors; member, 1995 to 1996
- Oakland Convention Center Management Inc.
- Board of Directors; member, 1989 to 1995
- Vice president of finance, 1992 to 1995
- Long Range Planning Committee; member, 1989
to 1995
- City of Oakland Community Development Advisory Commission
- Member, 1980 to 1988
- Chair, 1983 to 1984
- National Educational Film Festival
- Board of Directors; member 1982 to 1990
- President, 1985 to 1986
- Lincoln Child Center Foundation
- Board of Directors; member, 1987 to 1990
- Oakland East Bay Symphony
- Board of Directors; member, 1988 to 1991
- President, 1990 to 1991
Publications
- "Financing
Provisions In Commercial Ground Leases," The
Wendel Report, Winter 2008
- "Pros
and Cons of Commercial Ground Leases," The
Wendel Report, Spring 2007
- Office Leasing, contributing author, California
Continuing Education of the Bar, 1996
- Commercial Real Property Lease Practice,
co-author, California Continuing Education of the
Bar, 1976; co-author, Annual Supplements, 1977 to
1997
- "Selected Issues in Build-To-Suit Leases,"
co-author, ICSC Law Library Construction Issues
(International Council of Shopping Centers, 1995)
- Supplement to Ground Lease Practice, consulting
author, California Continuing Education of the Bar,
1982, 1984, 1986, 1987
- "Ground Leasing as an Alternative to Sale,"
author, California Real Property Law Journal,
State Bar Real Property Law Section, Volume 1, No.
5, Winter 1984
- "Renovation and Expansion of Shopping Centers
to Selected Legal Problems," author, California
Real Property Law Journal, State Bar Real Property
Law Section, Volume 1, No. 4, Fall 1983
- California Real Property Sales Transactions,
consulting author, California Continuing Education
of the Bar, 1981
- "Guidelines for Creating a Compensation System
That Works," author, Law Governance Review,
The Law Governance Institute, 1996
Speaking / Teaching
- California Continuing Education of the Bar (moderator
and panelist)
- "Commercial Real Property Lease Practice,"
1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981
- "Purchase and Sale of Real Property: Selected
Legal Problems," 1978
- "Selected Legal Problems in Commercial
Ground Lease Transactions," 1980, 1982, 1984,
1986, 1988, and 1990
- "Representing Tenants to Commercial Real
Property Lease Transactions," 1983 and 1989
- "Office Leasing," 1997, 2000 and 2004
- Moderator and panelist for Annual Real Property
Law Institutes in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992 and 1996
- International Council of Shopping Centers
- Moderator and panelist on various real estate
subjects at Idea Exchanges, Annual Law Conferences,
and Retail Symposiums since 1980
- National Retail Tenants Association
- Moderator and panelist for numerous programs
since 1997
- State Bar of California
- Moderator and panelist for several Real Property
Law Section Retreats from 1984 through 1995
- Georgetown University Law Center
- "Commercial Lease Negotiations," speaker,
1996
- National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives
- Moderator and panelist for programs in 1987
and 1988
Awards / Recognitions
- Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law; 1986 to
present
- Recognized as Northern California "Super Lawyer"
in Real Estate law by Law & Politics (as seen
in San Francisco Magazine) in 2004, 2006 and 2007
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School
of Law; J.D. (1967)
- San Jose State College; B.A. (1964)
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Greatest business decision: Joining the firm
right out of law school and staying with the same firm
for my entire legal career.
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