Real Estate

My practice encompasses business transactions, litigation, intellectual property and administrative law. 

Business and real estate matters handled include business formations, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, land use, construction, financing, leasing, boundary disputes, easements, loan workouts and foreclosures and common interest subdivisions.

The litigation matters handled include cases involving real estate, business and commercial disputes, construction defects, intellectual property, insurance, matters involving duties of real estate brokers and agents and DRE licensing.

• Broker & Transaction Litigation
• Building Codes
• Buying & Selling
• Condemnation
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Financing
• Conveyancing
• Eminent Domain
• Homeowners' Associations
• Insurance
• Land Contracts
• Land Use & Zoning
• Mechanics' Liens
• Mortgages
• Property Taxes
• Real Estate Loans
• Renting & Leasing
• Title Insurance
• Title Litigation

• Broker & Transaction Litigation
• Building Codes
• Buying & Selling
• Condemnation
• Condominiums & Cooperatives
• Construction Contracts
• Construction Defects
• Construction Financing
• Conveyancing
• Eminent Domain
• Homeowners' Associations
• Insurance
• Land Contracts
• Land Use & Zoning
• Mechanics' Liens
• Mortgages
• Property Taxes
• Real Estate Loans
• Renting & Leasing
• Title Insurance
• Title Litigation

CA, Jun 1990
Bar Number: 147296

California Supreme Court; United States Court of Federal Claims.

Napa County Bar Association; California Bar Real Property Section.

I regularly attend continuing legal education programs in my practice areas. Programs include real property law, business law, civil litigation, civil appellate practice, corporations and LLCs, intellectual property among other courses. I always exceed the required number of continuing education hours.

I represented individual clients in a fraud lawsuit against their former business partners. I obtained a jury verdict in favor of my clients and a substantial damages award.

I represented a real estate broker before the California Department of Real Estate in an administrative law case seeking to revoke the client's license. The client was the principal and chief executive of a company that owned and managed a large portfolio of multi-family residential properties. I obtained a settlement on favorable terms and the client's license was not revoked.

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California

The firm's practice areas encompass real property and business matters, intellectual property, civil litigation and work for wine industry clients and was established in 2004. Past real estate clients have included homebuilders (planned unit developments, condominiums, mixed use), commercial real estate developers (office buildings, shopping centers), real estate brokers and agents, lenders, investors, commercial landlords and commercial tenants.

The firm's civil litigation practice has included the representation of a wide range of businesses and individuals in business and commercial disputes, real property disputes, insurance cases and regulatory matters. The firm handles civil cases in all state and federal courts, hearings in administrative law courts, mediations, arbitrations and appellate matters.

The firm's wine industry practice includes the representation of wineries, custom crush operations, vineyard owners, vineyard managers and other businesses related to the wine industry.

I have practiced law in California continuously since 1989 focusing on real estate and business matters. Upon graduating from law school, I worked as an associate at Morrison & Foerster where I focused on real estate, subdivisions and financial transactions. Subsequently, I worked for a law firm that specialized in representing homebuilders. My practice continued to center on real estate law, with a focus on common interest subdivisions (such as planned unit developments, condominiums) and the representation of homebuilders in regulatory and litigation matters. Since establishing my practice in Napa in 2004, I have continued this type of work, but I have expanded my practice to include work for clients in the wine industry.

I currently provide pro bono legal services to ParentsCAN, a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which provides peer-to-peer counseling and services to families of children with disabilities. I also serve on the Board of Directors of ParentsCAN.

Past pro bono services have included work on fair housing, including an impact discrimination case in which the NAACP Legal Defense Fund was co-counsel.

Suzanne Salazar

(707) 255-0974

Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No

French.

Most business counseling and transactional matters and all litigation is billed hourly, with the exception of litigation taken on a contingency fee basis.

My normal hourly rate is $250 per hour. For litigation or other matters that will involve substantial time, a reduced rate may be agreed to.

Yes. I do not charge clients for an initial telephone conference or initial meeting of up to one-half hour.

Retainer amounts are case-specific and are determined based on the nature of the matter, the expected amount of work and other factors.