2014 Annual Review: Law Offices of Peter N. Brewer

2014

The firm hosted clients and financial professionals for a three-course dinner at Kuleto’s, prepared by Executive Chef Robert Helstrom

Year in Review Henry Chuang’s article “A Bona Fide Lease Survives a Foreclosure Sale” was featured in the California Real Estate Law April Newsletter

Peter Brewer taught a class for students at De Anza College, entitled “Avoiding Costly Mistakes by Home Buyers & Agents”

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The firm hosted a luncheon at the Mountain Winery for members of the California Association of Mortgage Professionals

3rd Peter Brewer earned recognition as a “Super Lawyer” for Northern Simon Offord was California, indicating a top 5% installed as a Board placement based on peer recognition Member for the Silicon Julia Wei participated in and professional achievement Valley Association of the Relay for Life race, Realtors® (SILVAR®) Julia Wei & Simon Offord presented to running from Calistoga th the East Bay Chapter of the California to Santa Cruz - 193 miles Land Surveyors Association in Oakland over 30 hours - on a team Julia Wei spoke to Keller Williams about “Easements in California” th of 12 runners Realty - Cupertino about “New Laws for Real Estate in 2014”

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Julia Wei gave a presentation titled “How to Blog Successfully” to members of the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors®

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Peter Brewer presented “The Devil Is In The Details: Dispute Resolution Gremlins Lurking in Your Contract” at the SILVAR® breakfast tour meeting for the Mountain View/Los Altos district

Winners of our Giants ticket giveaway!

Julia Wei presented at the California Mortgage Association (CMA) fall seminar about seller carryback transactions under Dodd-Frank

Henry Chuang’s article - “Loan Modification Law in California” was published in the 2nd quarter of the California Real Property Journal

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Members of the firm attended a dinner with students from the Menlo College Real Estate Investment Team

2nd Guests of the firm attended a performance by the San Francisco Symphony featuring Pink Martini

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Peter Brewer was interviewed and featured on Lawpreneur radio about how to build a law firm from a solo practice

Peter Brewer spoke at the 87th meeting of the State Bar of California

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Members from the firm took clients, guests, and Realtors® on a tour of the new Levi’s Stadium

Office Manager Jessica Urioste traveled to Peru and climbed Machu Picchu

Blog Articles in 2014 In 2014, the attorneys at the Law Offices of Peter N. Brewer were very active in the blog world, contributing 36 blog articles and over 16,000 words to our blog - BayAreaRealEstateLawyers.com. Our firm blogs about developments within real estate and lending law, as well as useful information for property owners, Realtors®, real estate investors, small business owners, mortgage brokers, and title companies.

The graphic below gives you an idea of what our attorneys were writing about and how the articles benefit the online community.

The word “COURT” was penned exactly 188 times, which demonstrates that our attorneys closely watch developments of real estate law in California. We write about important decisions and appeals so that our readers have the most up-to-date information, which is critical since the real estate landscape changes so frequently.

The word “PROPERTY” and “LOAN” were the 2nd (122 times) and 3rd (70 times) most written words, respectively, reflecting our firm’s commitment to keeping up with the pulse of real estate and lending law.

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Building bridges

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Making a Splash

Number of new clients in 2014 for the Law Offices of Peter N. Brewer

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10

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60

hours of attorney time spent working for our clients in 2014

Club Level tickets to see the San Francisco Giants were given away in 2014

384

words written by our attorneys for blog posts in 2014

the length of the Golden Gate Bridge (in feet)

as many Splash Hits that have landed in McCovey Cove, (All Time)

3,902

16,526

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the length of the entire 2014 World Series broadcast

45,744

bottles of San Pellegrino were consumed in 2014

hours of our videos were viewed on YouTube in 2014

people visited our web properties in 2014

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the number of touchdowns thrown

by Colin Kaepernick in 2014

Meet Our Firm Peter Brewer has been practicing real estate law for over 35 years. Over that span of time, he has garnered exceptional knowledge and experience in real estate and lending law, both litigation and transactional. Peter started his own law firm in 1995 after working as VP and Assistant General Counsel of one of the nation’s largest real estate lenders. He obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1979 from Santa Clara University School of Law. Attorney Brewer has served on committees for the California Association of RealtorsŽ, Santa Clara County Bar Association, and the California State Bar Association.

Charles S. Bronitsky has been a practicing attorney for over 25 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, with Academic Distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley and earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law. With experience ranging from cases involving hundreds of parties in class action securities matters to single family residential non-disclosure cases, Charles Bronitsky has represented clients of all sizes. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Bronitsky is an entrepreneur and experienced businessman, having formed, operated, and restructured a diverse number of businesses.

Attorney Bronitsky is active with the Foster City City Council, and just completed a one-year term as mayor.

Attorney Julia Wei received her Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2001. Prior to studying law, Julia graduate from the University of California at Berkeley and worked as a financial analyst in the software industry. She has extensive experience representing creditors, especially in protecting and recovering equity in real estate investments, and she also has jury trial experience from litigating adversary proceedings in the bankruptcy courts. Attorney Wei has served as VP of the Palo Alto Area Bar Association, the PAC Chair for the California Mortgage Association and a Board Member for the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum.

Simon Offord represents real estate professionals and homeowners involved in property disputes, as well as commercial leasing and HOA issues. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2005 and was named top of his class at Santa Clara University School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctorate in 2009. Simon is active in the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors®, having most recently served as the Affiliate Chair boardperson. Attorney Offord holds an active Real Estate Broker’s License from the California Bureau of Real Estate and is regularly sought out as a speaker, presenter, author, and guest lecturer locally and regionally.

Attorney Henry Chuang received his Juris Doctorate in 2005 from Emory University School of Law, after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science in 2002. In law school, Henry served as the president of the Environmental Law Society and worked for the Environmental Protection Agency. Attorney Chuang has extensive experience representing hard money lenders and real estate professionals, focusing his practice on bankruptcy and civil litigation. Henry is an active committee member with the Santa Clara County Bar Association, as well as with the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum, SILVAR®, and the Minority Bar Coalition.

Jessica Urioste is the office manager, a paralegal, and the unofficial jack-of-all trades for the firm. She keeps the attorneys in line and on time. Jessica received her Bachelor of Arts from Humboldt State University. Before entering into the legal profession, she worked with the California Department of Corrections where she managed female inmates and assisted them in gaining employment. Following that, she assisted Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey, former congressman and attorney, with his law practice.

After Pete’s retirement from law, she was the administrative assistant to one of his former partners.

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