Real Estate Litigation Attorney

Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK); Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Diverse real estate practice exposure

Job summary

Best Best & Krieger LLP in California seeks a real estate litigation associate with 5+ years of experience focusing on public sector and commercial real estate work. The attorney will join a team handling disputes involving real property rights and interests.

Candidates must be admitted to practice in California. The position offers a competitive salary range of $137,000 to $195,000 and opportunities to collaborate with attorneys across the firm's public agency and real estate groups.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of real estate litigation experience in California.
• Interest in public sector and commercial real estate work.
• Admission to practice in California.

Responsibilities

• Handle real estate and property-related disputes, including breach of lease and title issues.
• Represent clients such as public agencies, property owners, or businesses.
• Collaborate with firm's public agency and real estate practice groups.
• Advise on easement, boundary, and foreclosure-related litigation.

Skills

Real estate litigation

Public sector real estate

Lease disputes

Education

California bar admission

Job description

Best Best & Krieger LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on delivering effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals across the U.S. BBK is proud to trace the firm's success back to the groundwork of professionalism and community service laid by its founders 135 years ago. Today, with nearly 250 attorneys in offices throughout California and in Oregon and Washington, D.C., we efficiently and meaningfully assist our clients with complex, multi-disciplinary issues and provide creative solutions.

At BBK, we place a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to culture, community and equal opportunity. We are proud of our workplace culture, where we respect and value our colleagues for their unique perspectives and experiences.

Qualifications

BBK seeks an attorney with a minimum of 5 years of real estate litigation experience and a strong interest in public sector and commercial real estate work. The ideal candidate will have experience representing clients—public agencies, private property owners, or businesses—in disputes involving real property rights and interests. This attorney will join a team that handles a wide range of matters including:

• Breach of lease and rent disputes
• Easement and boundary disputes
• Quiet title actions
• Title insurance and foreclosure-related litigation
• Premises liability and habitability claims involving property owners and management companies
• Matters overlapping with public agency litigation, such as dangerous condition of public property claims requiring analysis of ownership and easement interests

This position offers an excellent opportunity to work on diverse, high-impact real estate and property-related cases while collaborating with attorneys across the firm’s public agency and real estate practice groups. Candidates must be admitted to practice in California.

The reasonably expected pay scale for this position seeking an associate with 5 or more years of experience is $137,000 - $195,000. The actual salary within that range will depend on the selected candidate’s years of practice and experience.

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Best Best & Krieger is an equal opportunity employer.