Law Office of Lawrence R. Jensen

Lawrence R. Jensen has been practicing business and real estate law in the San Francisco Bay Area since graduating cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1987. After practicing for seven years at two prominent San Jose business and real estate firms, Larry struck out on his own in 1994, seeking a better, more personalized way of serving his clients’ legal needs.

Lawrence R. Jensen has been practicing business and real estate law in the San Francisco Bay Area since graduating cum laude from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1987. After practicing for seven years at two prominent San Jose business and real estate firms, Larry struck out on his own in 1994, seeking a better, more personalized way of serving his clients’ legal needs.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

BUSINESS:

• Buy-sell agreements
• Bills of lading, shipping/cargo contracts
• Contracts (manufacturing, distribution, commercial, retail)
• Confidentiality, employment, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements
• Intellectual property (IP) licenses
• Joint venture agreements
• Promissory notes and security agreements
• Warranties, releases, indemnification agreements
• Corporate, limited liability company (LLC), partnership formation, operations, dissolution
• Non-public securities offerings and sales
• Purchase and sale of business, including due diligence

REAL ESTATE:

• Agricultural leases
• Brokerage contracts (authorization to sell, broker-licensee)
• Commercial leases, including industrial, office, retail, shopping center
• Easements
• Grant deeds, promissory notes, deeds of trust, escrow instructions
• Ground leases
• Options to purchase

• Purchase and sale agreements
• Residential leases

DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

• Boundary, encroachment, title and ownership disputes
• Breach of contract, warranty
• Breach of fiduciary duty
• Breach of lease
• Broker commission disputes

• Cargo loss or damage
• Collections (commercial only)
• Condemnation (eminent domain), inverse condemnation
• Construction delay, non-performance, defects
• Enforcement of judgment
• Environmental (contamination, remediation, contribution)
• Eviction (unlawful detainer)
• Fraud and non-disclosure
• Mechanic’s liens, stop notices, construction bonds
• Preferential transfers
• Professional errors & omissions - malpractice (DRE licensees, engineers, architects, inspectors, escrow agents)
• Real property tax reassessment challenges
• Please Contact us for help with your legal issues