Hotel Commercial Real Estate Expert Witness

Expert is President and Founder of a regional consulting firm providing general commercial real estate litigation support (including condemnation and eminent domain), hotel consulting and advisory services, and investment banking services to the lodging industry, with offices in Northern California.
He is a nationally recognized expert in the field of commercial real estate, hotel real estate transactional consulting, and providing hospitality industry intermediary services.  He has been providing both market knowledge and investment banking services (brokerage) for 26 years. He has been quoted over 300 times by the written media.
Prior to having his own firm, he was with CB Richard Ellis, Inc., for twenty years.  He founded a lodging and hospitality service group of that firm in 1984, shepherding that group for fifteen years.

Litigation Support and Expert Witness Testimony:

He directs the operation of the firm and is responsible for litigation support and expert witness testimony in the following areas:

Broker Standard of Care Issues;

Commercial Real Estate Business Customs and Traditions;

Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence;

Commercial Real Estate Escrow and Leasing Issues;

Condemnation and Eminent Domain Issues;

Construction and Project Management Review;

Due Diligence Standard of Care Issues;

Federal Government Lease Law;

Foreclosure and Workouts;

Hotel and Real Estate Industry Disputes;

Hotel Appraisal and Valuation;

Hotel Consulting and Due Diligence;

Litigation Support; and Real Estate Arbitration.

Education:

Expert holds a Doctorate in the Sciences (1977) from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
He holds numerous pre- and post-Doctoral certificates from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
He holds two pre-Doctoral certificates from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, Ithaca, New York, for additional pre-graduate level professional educational endeavors in computer feasibility analysis and appraisal techniques.
He holds a certificate from the General Services Administration, San Francisco, California, in Federal Real Property Lease Law.

Company Background:

Expert 1112 is President and Chief Executive Officer of a firm providing advisory and consulting services to the commercial real estate industry.

The firm serves:

Lawyers in expert witness testimony;

Lawyers in litigation support and research;

High-net Worth Individuals

Hospitality and Gaming Lenders

Hotel Companies

Hotel Management Companies

Institutional Buyers and Sellers

Limited and General Partnerships

Pension Fund Advisors

Private Owners and Purchasers

REIT’s, and Sellers

Professional References:

Available upon request.