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Practice Areas
Experience
Richard Sipos is a partner in Wendel Rosen's real estate
litigation and construction practices. With more than
20 years of experience, his practice emphasizes real
estate law, commercial and complex litigation, construction
law and employment law. Richard's general real estate
work includes purchase and sale transactions, tax deferred
exchanges, leasing (retail, warehouse and office), financing,
environmental compliance and clean-up, and formation
of limited liability companies. His real estate litigation
experience includes breach of lease, boundary disputes,
non-disclosure cases, ADA accessibility, specific performance,
unlawful detainer, CEQA and easement cases.
Additionally, Richard represents clients in all phases
of construction from contract drafting through project
completion. He has handled claims and dispute resolution
involving hotels, prisons, hospitals, universities,
apartment buildings, warehouses and office buildings.
Richard has extensive training as a mediator and is
a member of the U.S. District Court Northern District
of California Mediation Panel.
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court - all California and Nevada
districts
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Affiliations
- Beard Land and Improvement Company
- Del Este Properties
- Board of Directors, 2001 to present
- Member of Governance and Audit Committee
- Modesto & Empire Traction Company
- Board of Directors, 2001 to present
- Member of Governance and Audit Committee
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Northern California
- Alameda County Bar Association
Publications
- "Preventative Measures in the Lateral Hiring
Process to Avoid Disqualifications," 1 Legal
Malpractice Report 4, 1991
- "California's 'New' Newsman's Shield Law and
the Criminal Defendant's Right to a Fair Trial,"
26 Santa Clara Law Review 219, 1986
Education
- Santa Clara University; J.D. (1986)
- University of California at Los Angeles; B.A., cum
laude (1983)
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