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Jeff�s practice covers a wide diversity of real estate transactions for both public and private clients.
On the private side, he is local counsel for Lennar Corporation, a national merchant homebuilder, and represented them in their acquisition/merger of Winncrest Homes, the largest residential transaction in Sacramento history. He continues to represent merchant homebuilders Lennar, Winncrest, and JMC Homes on a day-to-day basis, handling acquisitions, dispositions, development and related work. He also represents Wildlands, Inc. in connection with its environmental mitigation bank documentation.
On the public side, Jeff has served as special counsel to public agencies in numerous public and private transactions. Some of the most notable of those transactions include representation of the State of California Public Employees Retirement System in complicated acquisition, financing and workout transactions; the County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors in connection with the mixed-use development in Marina Del Rey, providing real estate counsel on complicated and innovative leasing, subleasing and financing transactions involving property worth hundreds of millions of dollars; the County of Ventura as advisory counsel for a similar, smaller scale project; and the Daly City Redevelopment Agency in its partial acquisition, cotenancy and financing of a completed office building within the redevelopment project area.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Jeff was the manager of the commercial escrow department and a senior title officer for Ticor Title Insurance Company, handling complex title and escrow transactions. As a result of that experience, he represents title insurance companies and their insured with respect to title problems, and is frequently called upon to deal with complex title issues.
Leadership Positions/Affiliations
Former Managing Shareholder, McDonough Holland & Allen PC
Member, American Bar Association
Member, State Bar of California
Member, Sacramento County Bar Association
Member, California Land Title Association | 