 | Berding & Weil, LLP | | | | | 3240 Stone Valley Road West
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Construction Defect Litigation, Construction Law and Litigation, Commercial Real Estate and Business Law, Real Property, Land Use and Municipal Law, Non-Profit Corporation Law, Appellate Practice, Class Actions, Products Liability, Estate Planning; Cooperative Conversions, Cooperative Housing Law, Easements, Historic Preservation Easements, Homeowners Association Law, Land Acquisitions, Land Sales, Land Trusts, Mobile Home Law, Planned Unit Development Law, Quiet Title, Real Estate, Real Estate Arbitration, Real Estate Brokerage Law, Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability, Real Estate Contracts, Real Estate Development, Finance, Foreclosures, Leasing, Litigation, Partnerships, Sales, Exchanges, Securities, Taxation, Title Insurance, Easements, Valuation, Workouts, Real Property, Residential and Commercial Real Estate Development. | | | | Year Established: 1988 | | | | Firm Profile: | | Berding & Weil, LLP represents common interest developments, large residential and commercial building owners, corporate tenants, municipalities and other clients with real property, land use and real estate-based legal needs. Members of the firm are experienced in handling complex construction defect mediation and litigation, helping property owners and corporate tenants with construction failures, soils failures and contamination and defective building components. The firm helps community associations and other non-profit corporations interpret, enforce and amend governing documents and deal with insurance, title, real property and general corporate matters. The firm's expanding business practice serves the corporate and general business needs of commercial and institutional real estate owners, developers and investors, brokers, managers and lenders. Berding & Weil is experienced in handling civil appeals and writs and national and statewide class actions in state and federal courts. | | | | Firm Size: 34 | | | | Representative Clients: | | Blackhawk Country Club; Boardwalk Investment Group; Bedford Properties; Colliers Int'l. | | | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | | | Tyler P. Berding (Member) born Oakland, California, December 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Central Districts of California. Education: California State University at Hayward (B.A., 1966); Claremont Graduate School (M.A., 1969; Ph.D., 1971); University of California at Davis (J.D., 1974). Member, California Veterans Board, 1974-1975. Director, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO), 1990—; Chairman, ECHO Legislative Committee, 1990—; Member, ECHO Legal Resource Panel, 1988—. Member, California Department of Real Estate Task Force on Common Interest Developments, 1992-1993. Faculty Member, California Association of Community Managers (CACM), 1992—; Legal Advisory Committee, 1994—; Review Editor, CACM Law Journal, 1994. Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Common Interest Development Subsection of the Real Property Section); Consumer Attorneys of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International. [Major, USAFR]. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation. | | | | Steven S. Weil (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, November 5, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: State University of New York at Potsdam; State University of New York, Harpur College (B.A., 1976); University of San Francisco (J.D., 1980). Managing Director, Moot Court Board, 1979-1980. Director, Community Associations Institute (CAI), Bay Area Chapter, 1993-1996; President, 1994-1995. Director, Executive Council Home Owners, 2003—. Director, Council of Condominium Homeowner Associations (COCHA), 1992-1993. Legal Member, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO), 1990—. Faculty Member, California Association of Community Managers (CACM), 1995—. Instructor: San Francisco Law School, 1987-1988; Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), 1997. Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association (Member, Fee Arbitration Panel, 1986); State Bar of California (Member, Common Interest Development Subsection of the Real Property Section). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Property; Condominium Law; Housing Law. | | | | James O. Devereaux (Member) born Pontiac, Michigan, December 23, 1940; admitted to bar, 1967, Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1979, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Detroit (A.B., 1963); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1966). Legal Member, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO), 1991-2000; Legal Resource Panel, 1993—; ECHO North Bay Resource Panel, 1994-2000; San Francisco Resource Panel, 2000—; Chairman, 1995-1996. Chief Assistant Clerk, Michigan Court of Appeals, Lansing, Michigan, 1969-1978. Faculty, National Appellate Judges Conference, 1973-1974. Instructor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1979-1980. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member: Appellate Practice Section; Real Property Section); State Bar of California (Member, Common Interest Development Subsection of the Real Property Section); Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Burnham v. California Superior Court (1990) 495 U.S. 604, 109 L. Ed 2d 631, 110 S. Ct. 2105; Lauriedale Associates, Ltd. v. Wilson (1992) 7 Cal.App. 4th 1439, 9 Cal.Rptr. 2d 774; Nahrstedt v. Lakeside Village Condominium Association (1994) 8 Cal. 4th 361, 33 Cal.Rptr. 2d 63, 878 P.2d 1275; Aas v. Superior Court, San Diego County (2000) 24 Cal.App 4th 627, 101 Cal.Rptr. 2d 718, 12 P.3d 1125. Practice Areas: Real Property; Nonprofit Corporations; Appellate Practice. | | | | Jeffrey B. Cereghino (Member) born Washington, D.C., October 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Maryland at College Park (B.A., 1977); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1981). Programs Chairman, Community Associations Institute (CAI), San Francisco Bay Chapter, 1991-1993; Legal Member, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO), 1990—, Legal Resource Panel, 1994—; Member, Council of Condominium Homeowner Associations (COCHA). Member: Alameda County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Italian-American Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Construction Defects; Products Liability. | | | | Daniel L. Rottinghaus (Member) born Redwood City, California, December 20, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1988, U.S. Court of Military Review; 1989, U.S. Court of Military Appeals, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, District of Columbia; U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review; 1996, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.S./B.S., 1984); University of Santa Clara School of Law (J.D., 1987); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1993). Legal Member, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO) 1995-1999; ECHO South Bay Resource Panel, 1995-1999. Member, Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), East Bay and San Francisco Chapters. Chair, Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), San Francisco Toy Drive. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; Consumer Attorneys of California (At-large Board of Governors Member). [U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, 1988-1994, Capt.]. Practice Areas: Commercial Property; Products Liability; Construction Litigation. | | | | Randolph M. Paul (Member) born Springfield, Ohio, June 11, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, California and U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California. Education: Arizona State University (B.S.E., with distinction, 1969); Santa Clara University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law, Evidence, 1984-1986. Judge Pro Tem, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 1989—. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1985-1995. Legal Member, Executive Council of Homeowners, 1995—. Member: Santa Clara County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Consumer Attorneys of California; Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association; Building Owners and Managers Association; Institute of Real Estate Management; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Professional Liability; Construction Defects. | | | | Scott William Barton (Member) born Burlingame, California, March 3, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, California; 1993, Pennsylvania, New Jersey; 2000, Nevada and U.S. District, District of Nevada; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: United States Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., with honors, 1985); Santa Clara University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). U.S.C.G. Master Oceans to 1600 tons, Second Mate Unlimited. Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada; Consumer Attorneys of California; Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. [USNR, 1985-2001, Lieutenant Commander]. | | | | Robert L. Young (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, February 4, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley, Robert Jones University (B.S., 1964); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1969). Law Review, Staff Member and Contributing Editor, California Law-Trends and Developments. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Entity Formation; Business Structuring; Transactional Law; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Turnaround Endeavors. | | | | Stephanie J. Hayes (Member) born Newburgh, New York, June 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Illinois, Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1976); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1981). | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Robert Silverman (Of Counsel) born Pleasanton, California, October 17, 1956; admitted to bar, 1993, California. Education: University of California, Davis (B.A., 1978); Golden Gate University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Real Estate(30%); Estate Planning; Probate(60%); Business Law(10%). | | | | Steven R. Weinmann (Of Counsel) born Newark, New Jersey, February 2, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey; 1990, New York; 1997, California; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Central Districts of California, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1986); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1989). Associate Editor, Hofstra Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Consumer Class Actions; Litigation. | | | | ASSOCIATES | | | | Allison L. Andersen (Associate) born Portland, Maine, March 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, California. Education: Bowdoin College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); University of California, Davis School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation; Committee on Construction Litigation). Practice Areas: Construction Defect Litigation; Products Liability. | | | | Elizabeth J. Bassett (Associate) born Loma Linda, California, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, California; 2004, Nevada. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Litigation. | | | | Andrew M. Baugh (Associate) born Columbia, Missouri, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Missouri; 2006, California. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., Political Science, 1995; J.D., 1998). [U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, 1998-2005]. | | | | Hallie N. Bennett (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio; admitted to bar, 2006, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1995); Santa Clara University (J.D., 2006). Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Construction Defects; Construction Litigation. | | | | Sandra M. Bonato (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, October 12, 1948; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of San Francisco (B.A., 1970); John F. Kennedy University (J.D., 1998). | | | | Robin L. Day (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1997, California. Education: Earlham College (B.A., 1980); San Francisco Law School (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Construction Defects Litigation. | | | | Laurie A. Dennen (Associate) born Danville, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2001, California. Education: Bloomsburg University (B.S., Business Administration, 1982); Villanova University (M.B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of California; Pennsylvania Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Leasing. | | | | Mary Walker Filson (Associate) born Rantoul, Illinois, June 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1986, California; U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., with honors, 1972; M.A., 1973); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1985). Legal Member, Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO). ECHO Wine Country Resource Panel. Member: Contra Costa County and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California (Member, Real Property and Business Law Sections; Member, Non Profit Organizations Committee of Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Homeowners Association Law. | | | | Jennifer L. Gardner (Associate) born Walnut Creek, California, December 13, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: Loyola Law School (J.D., 2005). | | | | Fred A. Hagen (Associate) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1997, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1992); University of San Diego (J.D., 1997). Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Litigation. | | | | Nathan T. Hyun (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, June 29; admitted to bar, 2005, California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1999); University of San Francisco Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Property; Common Interest Community Law; Business Law. | | | | Jan A. Kopczynski (Associate) born Santa Clara, California, June 27, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992; M.A., with honors, 1993); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1998). Member, Trial Team. Member: Bar Association of San Francisco (Member, Barristers Club). Practice Areas: Construction Defect Litigation; Business Litigation; Employment Litigation; Products Liability; Class Actions. | | | | Matt Malone (Associate) born Ogden, Utah, August 2, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, California, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Davis (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Southern California Law School (J.D., 2002). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award: Trial Advocacy; Excellence in Trial Advocacy Award, American Board of Trial Advocates. Captain, Hale Moot Court National Team, 2002. Topic Editor, Hale Moot Court Honors Program, 2002. Law Clerk, California Attorney General's Office Honors Program. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Construction Defects; Products Liability; Real Estate Litigation; Complex Litigation; Class Actions. | | | | Andrea L. O'Toole (Associate) born Lemoore, California, March 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, California. Education: California State University, Hayward; University of San Francisco (J.D., 2004). Member: Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Property; Common Interest Development Law; Business; Environmental. | | | | Jeremy D. Perkins (Associate) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 30, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1996); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Contra Costa County Bar Association (Bench-Bar Liaison, 2007 and Chair, 2008—, Barristers Section); Bar Association of San Francisco; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Hindi. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Products Liability. | | | | Michael P. Purcell (Associate) born Buffalo, New York, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: Ohio State University (J.D.). Practice Areas: Construction Defects; Condominium Law. | | | | Chad Thomas (Associate) born Livermore, California, December 2; admitted to bar, 2003, California. Education: St. Mary's College of California (B.A., 2000); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Condominium Law; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation. | | | | Paul W. Windust (Associate) born Orange, California, January 20, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, California, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Education: University of Southern California (B.S., 1990; J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Construction Litigation. |
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