Steve, an experienced business litigator, represents clients involved in real estate and complex business disputes. He has particular expertise in the areas of mortgages, deeds of trust, foreclosure and antideficiency issues as well as guarantees. He has also taught for 20 years at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.  Steve has provided expert testimony involving real estate secured transactions and guarantees as well as title insurance, escrow and related disputes. He works with all aspects of civil litigation and discovery through trial and appeal.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Cannabis
• Real Estate Litigation

• Northern California Super Lawyers®, 2004 and 2007-2022

• Speaker, “Sale Remedies,” Continuing Education of the Bar Real Property Basics, December 11, 2019
• Speaker, “Finance Remedies,” Continuing Education of the Bar Real Property Basics, November 25, 2019
• Speaker, “ACBA Bankruptcy Symposium,” Alameda County Bar Association, November 15, 2019
• Speaker, “Title Insurance,” Continuing Education of the Bar Real Property Basics, November 7, 2019
• Speaker, “Will History Repeat? Comparing and Contrasting Cyclical Real Estate Lending Environments,” Wendel Rosen Client Seminar, May 2017

• Volunteer Legal Advisor, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
• Former Legal Advisor, Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley, San Jose
• Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

• California
• U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts Northern, Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of
  California
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth District