Business Law

I consider every business or real estate matter brought to me.

• Commercial Leasing

• Business Successions
• Buying & Selling
• Closely Held Businesses
• Corporations
• Directors' & Officers' Liability
• Joint Ventures
• Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Partnerships
• Professional Corporations
• Public Offerings
• Shareholders' Rights

• Property Taxes (Ad Valorem Taxes)

• Breach of Contract
• Contract Disputes
• Contract Drafting & Review

• Mechanics' Liens

Real Estate

I consider every business or real estate matter brought to me.

• Architectural & Engineering
• Buying & Selling
• Construction Contracts
• Land Contracts
• Mechanics' Liens
• Renting & Leasing
• Landlord
• Tenant
• Tenants' Rights

• Buying & Selling
• Construction Contracts
• Land Contracts
• Mechanics' Liens
• Property Taxes
• Real Estate Loans
• Renting & Leasing
• Landlord
• Tenant

CA, Dec 1993
Bar Number: 167437

California State Courts.

Real Property and Business Law Sections of the State Bar of California and San Francisco and the Marin County Bars.

I lecture regularly to attorney and accountant organizations on property tax issues. I also attend regular seminars on developments in real property and business law.

Co-author with Wayne Gilbert of Understanding Property Tax Treatment of Trusts (Winter, 2007) Vol.12, No. 4 Trusts and Estates Quarterly

Property Tax Advice and Planning.

Partnership, LLC, and Corporation organization and planning.

Purchase and Sale of Real Estate.

Lease review for Landlords and Tenants.

Business Asset Purchase and Sale.

Client Testimonials

Dear Tim,

Jason and I are still in awe of the way in which this property tax thing was turned around. We feel such gratitude! We are so grateful for your willingness to get involved and your perception and persistence. Every once in a while Jason will say, "I can still hardly believe it!" and we both experience again that enormous relief we felt the morning you called with the news.

The sudden and seemingly unfair increase in taxes was a shock and a burden to us, one we were reminded of frequently. And the prospect of walking into a hearing to tell our tale was daunting. Every time it came to thought, it brought me down. I had begun to succumb to the "us and them" suggestion, that because we were just "the little people," there wasn't much we could do when up against bureaucracy, a feeling that did not help at all.

I admit I prayed, not that this would be reversed or people influenced in our favor, but just to see that what was right would be revealed. I began to feel more at peace about the outcome. It seems to me that you were the answer to prayer?.you entered the scene and with a desire to help and to get at the real heart of the matter, you persisted and went the extra mile in writing the letter supporting your findings. You were so clear and kind in your conversations with me. You really have no idea what this has meant to us. (While Jason was always assuring me that we would manage with what seemed our fate, he revealed to me after the reversal that he was very worried about how we would manage.)

So what can I say. It is clear you are a man of integrity and I am grateful that you express that integrity in the practice of law. You have been the key to lifting a burden, and overturning what was actually an inaccurate and therefore unjust sentence. And you have affected our lives in a powerful way. What a gift!! Believe me, there's a lot more joy felt over here these days!

With enormous thanks --
Sylvia

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Tim,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the wonderful work that you performed on my behalf in the lease negotiation. You were a delight to deal with, and your expertise was instrumental in helping me negotiate a favorable outcome for my company.

I will be sure to give your firm every consideration for additional work as the business moves forward. I am an extremely satisfied customer.

Warmly,
John

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California

Founded in 1987, Lippenberger, Thompson, Welch, Soroko & Gilbert LLP provides businesses, private individuals, and investors with the scope and quality of legal services often available only to large corporations and financial institutions from larger national firms. We offer clients our experience and expertise in the fields of corporate, partnership, and securities transactions, business and contract law, estate planning, trusts, and probate, real estate finance, development and leasing, and taxation. Our attorneys bring a depth of experience, creativity, and professional relationships, enabling them to offer clients high level transactional services in these areas of law.

1997-2000: Mediator with Gregorio, Haldeman, Piazza, a nationally recognized mediation firm.

1996-1997: Real Estate Attorney with large national law firm Crosby, Heafey, Roach, & May (now Reed Smith).

1993-1996 Palmieri, Tyler, Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron.  Real estate practice with prominent firm of 40+ attorneys.

I lecture frequently on property tax issues concerning Proposition 13 and reassessment.

I served as a board member of the California Dispute Resolution Council from 2000-2002.

Assistant: Nessa West

(415) 927-5210

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Yes

Spanish and Portuguese.

San Francisco, CA
235 Pine Street
Suite 1300
San Francisco, CA 94104-2733
(415) 262-1200

I will agree to fixed-price fees for providing standard services (e.g., forming a new single member limited liability company).

$285 per hour.

Yes. The length of the free consultation will depend on the circumstances.

Depends on type of matter.