Phone:		510.834.6600
Fax:		510.808.4676
E-mail:		PMintzer@wendel.com

Practice Areas

• Real Estate Litigation
• Eminent Domain
• Public Agency
• Land Use
• Restaurants and Wineries

Experience

Pamela represents public agencies and municipalities, as well as private sector clients, in a broad range of real estate litigation matters. She spends the majority of her time on cases involving eminent domain, inverse condemnation, public agency law, and various land use issues. Pamela has extensive experience in state and federal court at both the trial and appellate levels.

Representative Matters

• Trial counsel for acquisition of land for major roadway project with verdict below agency's final settlement offer
• Represents transportation authorities in major highway and road improvement projects to relieve area traffic congestion
• Assists redevelopment agencies in the acquisition of land to build affordable housing on previously underutilized land
• Advises multinational corporations and landowners in successful negotiations with condemning agencies

Admissions

• State Bar of California
• All Federal Courts in the State of California

Affiliations

• Neighborhood Law Corps Foundation,
  • Board of Directors, 2003 to 2007
• International Right of Way Association, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
  • Member, 2002 to present
• Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, 1999 to present
  • Leadership Oakland 2000, Member
• American Inns of Court
  • Member, 1992 to present
• Berkeley Repertory Theatre
  • GenRep Board 2000 to 2002; chair, 2000 to 2001
  • Fall Fundraiser Committee; member, 1998; event chair, 1999
• American Bar Association
  • Member, 1994 to present
• State Bar of California
  • Member, 1994 to present
  • Litigation Section; member, 1994 to present
  • Real Property Section; member, 1999 to present
• Alameda County Bar Association
  • Member, 1994 to present

Publications

• "'Say it Ain't So, Joe: California Law Requires Its Sports Heroes' Signatures to be Authentic," Mealey's Litigation Report for Intellectual Property, Vol. 5, Issue 21, August 4, 1997; Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, Vol. 32, No.1, Summer/Fall, 1997; Southern California Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, June 1998
• "Restate Craft," San Francisco Daily Journal, Vol. 104, No. 44, March 6, 1998; Los Angeles Daily Journal, Vol. 111, No 44, March 6, 1998.

Speaking / Teaching

• "Damages from Loss of Commercial Parking," Appraisal Institute Litigation Conference, May 2008
• "New Laws That Impact The Right of Way Profession in 2008," co-presenter with Les A. Hausrath, International Right of Way Association, January, 2008
• "Eminent Domain, Inverse Condemnation And Community Redevelopment In California," Lorman Education Services, February 2006
• "Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut: The End of the American Dream?" Real Estate Roundtable, December 2005
• "This Case Will Never Settle: Strategies for Resolving Complex Public Acquisition Disputes Through Mediation" International Right of Way Association, November 2005
• "Drafting Condemnation Clauses in Leases," Panda Restaurant Group, July 2005
• "Recent Developments in Eminent Domain Valuation Law," Appraisal Institute of America, June 2003
• "Legal Issues in Condemnation Appraisal Practice," Appraisal Institute of America, June 2002
• Legal Writing, Golden Gate University School of Law, adjunct professor, 1999 to 2000
• Legal Writing & Contracts, teaching assistant, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University

Education

• J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young University; J.D. (1994)
• Mills College, Oakland, CA; B.A. (1987)