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HARRIET B. ALEXSON is the principal of her own firm where she practices in real estate and commercial finance, corporate law, private placements and mergers and acquisitions. She is also involved in regulatory legal issues for real estate companies, mortgage bankers, brokers and servicers. She earned her B.S. and M.A. degrees from Boston University and her J.D. degree from the University of Southern California Law School. Ms. Alexson has lectured for many seminars and has written articles on financing and other related topics in her areas of practice. She was an adjunct professor at Western State University College of Law, where she taught commercial law and real estate transactions. Ms. Alexson is a member of the State Bar of California (Real Estate and Business Section) and the Orange County Bar Association (Real Estate and Corporate sections). She is also a member of the International Real Estate Group Board of Experts. Ms. Alexson was recently honored as an "Influential Woman in California Real Estate" in Southern California Real Estate Magazine. She was featured in the USC Law Alumni Magazine as an alumni who has made significant impact in the legal field. (Irvine and Pasadena locations) NICHOLAS GEBELT is an attorney in Whittier, California, at the Law Offices of Nicholas Gebelt. He practices in the area of bankruptcy law, including Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 for individuals and married couples, and Chapter 7 for small businesses, foreclosures, wage garnishments and debt relief. Mr. Gebelt is admitted to the State Bar of California. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington; his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville, Virginia; and his Ph.D from UCLA. Mr. Gebelt is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association, the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, and the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum. (Irvine and Pasadena locations) DANIEL L. GOODKIN, founding partner of Goodkin & Lynch, LLP, is a real estate and construction litigator and trial lawyer who has litigated and tried all types of real estate cases, including landlord-tenant, real estate finance, partnership, construction, homeowner association and broker disputes. Mr. Goodkin currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and serves as editor of the Real Property Review. Mr. Goodkin focuses on managing all risks naturally arising from contracts used during the real estate process to attempt to avoid litigation for his clients from the beginning of development projects and managing compliance with all insurance policies. Mr. Goodkin's strategy is based upon his "litigation waterfall" concept, which involves a careful examination of every contract from the perspective of any and all claims from third parties, partners and any others, making sure that all contracts work together as one enterprise. Mr. Goodkin is also currently focusing on construction defect risk management and litigation, including new risks associated with the California legislature's passage of the right to repair law, otherwise known as SB800, structuring insurance and risk management policies and procedure programs for all real estate types, including retail, commercial and multifamily development projects. His expert knowledge of SB800 is an important asset for Mr. Goodkin's developer clients seeking to prevent or manage construction defect litigation risks as much as possible. He has had a successful legal career entirely focused on real estate and construction litigation. Additionally, he has been cited in the California Real Estate Journal as an expert on mold and its impact on commercial real estate buildings. As to litigation, Mr. Goodkin has litigated all types of landlord-tenant claims, including claims relating to mold exposure, property damage and personal injury claims. Mr. Goodkin has advised clients on property and medical liability issues and has guided clients with respect to mediation of mold-related problems in order to minimize repairs and liability. He also has had significant experience handling "sick building syndrome" cases involving constructive eviction and personal injury due to exposure to hazardous substance, such as toxic metals and asbestos. Mr. Goodkin has presented seminars on various topics within his practice areas. Mr. Goodkin has been voted one of Southern California's Super Lawyers in a poll conducted by Los Angeles Magazine. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and was previously chair of the Construction Subsection for two years. Mr. Goodkin earned his B.A. degree from Claremont Men's College and the University of California, Los Angeles, and his J.D. degree from Loyola Marymount University. (Pasadena location) REN R. HAYHURST is the managing partner of the Irvine office of Bryan Cave LLP, and is the coordinator of the firm's legal and trade practices in Asia. Mr. Hayhurst's practice focuses on all aspects of lender representation, including real estate and commercial loan documentation, real estate loan workouts and foreclosure, receivership and loan/guaranty enforcement litigation. He has negotiated and documented standard and revolving lines of credit loans for the acquisition, development and construction of regional shopping centers, retail power centers, single family and multi-family residential housing projects, and industrial buildings and warehouses. Mr. Hayhurst has documented and closed loans involving real property security in every state in the country. He also has negotiated and documented real estate syndication/participation loans and REMIC conduit loan packages. In addition, Mr. Hayhurst's experience also includes the negotiation and documentation of syndicated and non-syndicated secured and unsecured loan facilities, bond financings, acquisition financings, asset based loan facilities to middle market companies, debt restructurings and letter of credit facilities. He also has a vigorous real estate practice on the developer's side, having negotiated and documented real estate purchase and sale transactions involving shopping center, industrial building and hotel projects. Mr. Hayhurst has tried numerous bench and jury trials, has argued cases before the Arizona and California Courts of Appeals and has appeared in cases before the Arizona and California Supreme courts. He is a frequent speaker at seminars covering a wide variety of real estate topics, both for real estate attorneys and for non-legal professionals in this area. Mr. Hayhurst is admitted to practice in California and Arizona and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; and the U.S. District Court (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western districts). He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Utah and his J.D. degree, order of the Coif, from the University of Utah. (Irvine location) JAMES A. HINDS JR. is the managing partner in the Law Offices of James Andrew Hinds Jr., where his practice is concentrated in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial banking, real estate and partnership disputes, collections, general business and medical collection matters. He has lectured and written extensively on various bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues. Mr. Hinds earned his B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and his J.D. degree from Harvard University. He is a member of the Los Angeles County and American bar associations, Bankruptcy Forum, and Financial Lawyers Conference. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Hinds has represented positions in the AH Robbins and Johns-Manville Chapter 11 cases, as well as representing debtors in reorganizations of oil companies, manufacturers, real estate developers, and communications companies. The Law Offices of James Andrew Hinds Jr. services clients across the country in civil litigation matters filed in state and federal courts. (Irvine location) H. MARK MERSEL is a partner with Bryan Cave LLP, where he represents large and mid-sized corporations in complex business disputes in both state and federal courts involving a variety of matters such as breach of contract, fraud, shareholder litigation, and business torts. Mr. Mersel represents banks, mortgage companies, and other financial institutions in consumer class actions and other financial services matters and also represents the nation's largest servicers of commercial mortgages in foreclosure, receivership, work-out and lender liability matters. In addition, he represents electric power producers in high-stakes litigation, including disputes with public utilities, and has broad experience in real estate and landlord/tenant litigation. Mr. Mersel has published several articles on various topics regarding commercial litigation, real estate and bankruptcy law, and is a contributing author of the treatise Mortgage and Asset Backed Securities Litigation Handbook. He is the past Orange County Regional Chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Steinberg Leadership Institute and a member of the Board of Directors. He is a former cabinet member of the United Way and an active member of the Orange County Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers. Mr. Mersel has served as chairman of the Lawyers in School Section of the Century City Bar Association and as a member of the Program Committee for the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum. He is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western districts). Mr. Mersel earned his B.S., degree magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and his J.D. degree from the University of California - Hastings. (Irvine location) KIRK S. RENSE is a sole practitioner engaged in the representation of federal court and state court-appointed receivers, referees, bankruptcy creditors, bankruptcy trustees and, more generally, in the practice of financial and insolvency law. Mr. Rense has been a partner with two regional law firms that specialized in commercial and financial law, and was formerly an officer with the Enforcement Division of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, specializing in the prevention of and policing of commodities fraud. More recently, he was vice president and associate counsel for litigation matters, with an emphasis on insolvency issues, and head of the in-house insolvency litigation department for a major national title insurance firm. Mr. Rense has represented numerous banks, savings and loans, other financial institutions and private parties in litigation matters in California Superior courts, Federal Bankruptcy courts and Federal District courts, with an emphasis on insolvency and commercial law. He has represented nearly a dozen bankruptcy trustees in United States Bankruptcy courts for the Central District of California. He has also represented receivers and referees appointed by California Superior courts in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, and receivers appointed by the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Mr. Rense earned his B.A. degree from the California State University at Los Angeles and his J.D. degree from University of Southern California Law Center. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the California Receivers Forum (board of directors, lecturer), and the Orange County Bar Association. (Irvine and Pasadena locations) ELLEN ROTH NAGLER is an attorney with Jones Ackerman & Corman, LLP, where her areas of practice include real estate finance transactions, real estate purchase and sale transactions, representation of landlords and tenants, and corporate business transactions. Ms. Nagler has extensive experience handling all aspects of real estate finance transactions, commercial leases and purchase and sale transactions. Ms. Nagler has negotiated numerous commercial real estate finance transactions on behalf of borrowers and lenders, including complex multiple property loan portfolios, affordable housing tax credit transactions, credit facilities, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and conduit loans, from the loan commitment stage through complex title insurance matters, loan documentation and the closing process. Her leasing experience includes negotiation on behalf of both landlords and tenants of ground leases, office leases, national restaurant and retail space leases, and industrial leases. Ms. Nagler's practice includes the acquisition and disposition of industrial, office, shopping center, multifamily and other commercial properties, often involving tax-deferred exchanges. In connection with her real estate practice, she oversees the formation, structuring, operation, merger and dissolution of all types of business entities, including corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Ms. Nagler earned her B.A. degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and her J.D. degree from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
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