Jeffrey
B.
Kirschenbaum
San Francisco, California
Shareholder
phone (415) 227-0900
fax (415) 227-0770
email jkirschenbaum@buchalter.com
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San Francisco, California
Shareholder
phone (415) 227-0900
fax (415) 227-0770
email jkirschenbaum@buchalter.com
vCard
PDF version
Biography
Jeffrey B. Kirschenbaum is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group in San Francisco. His statewide practice focuses on real property litigation and disputes involving financial institutions. Mr. Kirschenbaum has substantial experience representing clients in: receiverships and foreclosures; complex leasing disputes; the defense of lender liability claims; inter-creditor disputes; litigation arising out of the purchase, sale and development of real property; fraud claims; environmental, eminent domain, and land use matters; and, general commercial litigation. Mr. Kirschenbaum’s clients include financial institutions, distressed debt and troubled property investors, developers, institutional property owners, and commercial landlords and tenants. Mr. Kirschenbaum regularly advises clients regarding the strategic handling of loan defaults and other challenges affecting commercial properties.
Mr. Kirschenbaum often represents real estate secured lenders and property owners in connection with environmental matters and complex code enforcement proceedings. He has advocated for clients affected by environmental issues in federal and state courts, and before the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California Environmental Protection Agency and State Water Resources Control Boards, the State Attorney General and various county Housing Departments and Development Agencies.
Recent Publications and Presentations
“Recent Developments in Commercial Lending,” Annual Convention of Bank Officers and Directors and Bank Counsel Seminar, Huntington Beach, CA, May 3, 2013
Panelist, “Legal Analysis and Trends in Banking, Business, and Real Estate Transactions,” Environmental Bankers Association Semi-Annual Meeting, June 10, 2013
Panelist, “Recent Developments in Commercial Lending,” California Bankers Association, 122nd Annual Convention of Bank Officers and 46th Annual Bank Counsel Seminar, May 3, 2013
“New EPA Guidance Clarifies Tenants’ Defenses,” GlobeSt.com, January 18, 2013
"New EPA Guidance Gives Long-Term Tenants Direct Access to the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Defense and Greater Protection from Liability for Historical Contamination,” Buchalter Nemer Client Alert, January 2013
"Environmental Issues for Lenders: Risks, Opportunities and Best Practices," Buchalter Nemer Brown Bag Teleseminar Series, October 24, 2012
Co-Author, "Dodd-Frank and Bankruptcy Law", BNA's Bankruptcy Law Reporter, August 23, 2012; "Points & Authorities, Spring 2012
"Banker Beware: Bank Practices under Increased Scrutiny as Dodd‐Frank Implementation Begins,” Points & Authorities, Winter 2012
Co-author, “When Is A Trustee’s Sale Really “Final”?,” Buchalter Nemer Lender Alert, September 2011
Panelist, “How Environmental Due Diligence is Changing for Corporate and Real Estate Transactions,” Environmental Bankers Association Semi-Annual Meeting, June 11, 2011
Mr. Kirschenbaum graduated, cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego, and received department honors with High Distinction in History. He earned his J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1988.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
Jeffrey B. Kirschenbaum is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group in San Francisco. His statewide practice focuses on real property litigation and disputes involving financial institutions. Mr. Kirschenbaum has substantial experience representing clients in: receiverships and foreclosures; complex leasing disputes; the defense of lender liability claims; inter-creditor disputes; litigation arising out of the purchase, sale and development of real property; fraud claims; environmental, eminent domain, and land use matters; and, general commercial litigation. Mr. Kirschenbaum’s clients include financial institutions, distressed debt and troubled property investors, developers, institutional property owners, and commercial landlords and tenants. Mr. Kirschenbaum regularly advises clients regarding the strategic handling of loan defaults and other challenges affecting commercial properties.
Mr. Kirschenbaum often represents real estate secured lenders and property owners in connection with environmental matters and complex code enforcement proceedings. He has advocated for clients affected by environmental issues in federal and state courts, and before the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California Environmental Protection Agency and State Water Resources Control Boards, the State Attorney General and various county Housing Departments and Development Agencies.
Recent Publications and Presentations
Mr. Kirschenbaum graduated, cum laude, from the University of California, San Diego, and received department honors with High Distinction in History. He earned his J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 1988.
Areas of Practice
- Litigation
- Environmental Litigation
- Financial Institutions Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York