Education
J.D., USC Gould School of Law
B.A., magna cum laude, University of California, Irvine, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
California
When public companies, developers, and institutional investors want to initiate sophisticated real estate deals, they look to Rick, the veteran go-to attorney, who has shepherded numerous multimillion and billion-dollar projects from kickoff to completion.
Rick has done it all, both as an attorney and an investor, which makes him good at creating innovative solutions to acquire, develop, finance, and dispose of master-planned communities; office, industrial, and retail projects; and multi-family developments, hotels, and resorts. He also knows the challenges of acquiring and developing infill and brownfield properties.
Those skills and knowledge translate into an ability to envision where factors can lead without wasting resources on going down rabbit holes. Such attributes are the reason why Rick is trusted by some of the world’s leading companies to handle virtually all their major real estate projects. He is good at understanding the other side, and what drives them, critical to getting transactions closed to everyone’s satisfaction.
Part of Rick’s success comes from establishing long-term client relationships—some lasting decades. He often knows a client’s history and culture even better than they know it themselves, which enables him to be proactive and give them what they need and want. Another part is the efficiency he brings to client matters, which extends to his strategy to take the time to negotiate only those issues that matter to a client.
Rick’s development experience includes representing public companies and private developers in the entitlement, development, marketing, sale and operation of major master planned communities throughout California, including San Jose, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Irvine, and Los Angeles, which represent some of the largest, most complicated, unique and iconic projects within California.
Rick has done it all, both as an attorney and an investor, which makes him good at creating innovative solutions to acquire, develop, finance, and dispose of master-planned communities; office, industrial, and retail projects; and multi-family developments, hotels, and resorts. He also knows the challenges of acquiring and developing infill and brownfield properties.
Those skills and knowledge translate into an ability to envision where factors can lead without wasting resources on going down rabbit holes. Such attributes are the reason why Rick is trusted by some of the world’s leading companies to handle virtually all their major real estate projects. He is good at understanding the other side, and what drives them, critical to getting transactions closed to everyone’s satisfaction.
Part of Rick’s success comes from establishing long-term client relationships—some lasting decades. He often knows a client’s history and culture even better than they know it themselves, which enables him to be proactive and give them what they need and want. Another part is the efficiency he brings to client matters, which extends to his strategy to take the time to negotiate only those issues that matter to a client.
Rick’s development experience includes representing public companies and private developers in the entitlement, development, marketing, sale and operation of major master planned communities throughout California, including San Jose, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Irvine, and Los Angeles, which represent some of the largest, most complicated, unique and iconic projects within California.
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