California Real Estate and Mortgage Broker Malpractice

Attorney Lawrence H. Jacobson, in Beverly Hills, California, has an impressive record of success as an expert witness in matters related to real estate and mortgage broker malpractice. He provides expert witness testimony throughout southern California, including Los Angeles County, Ventura County, and Orange County. He also serves a pre-litigation consultant, assisting counsel in better understanding and evaluating critical factors in a case and helping to structure trial strategy.

As a real estate attorney, Mr. Jacobson has over four decades of experience providing legal advice and counsel to real estate brokers and mortgage brokers. He is the former Vice-President-Legal Affairs of the California Association of Realtors (CAR), and is a former president of the Association of Real Estate Attorneys. In addition, he has published many articles on real estate matters, including The Expert Witness in Real Estate Litigation – A User’s Guide.

Mr. Jacobson is a member of the Executive Commitee of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and former Chairman of its' Real Estate Committee.  A licensed real estate broker himself since 1978, he serves as legal counsel to a major international real estate brokerage organization and has represented a number of real estate firms in California.

Having rendered numerous opinions as an expert witness, Mr. Jacobson carefully selects the cases for which he provides testimony. The selection process begins with a thorough review of the case, a conflict of interest analysis, and a real-world assessment based upon years of experience handling real estate transactions.

As a consultant, California real estate broker malpractice expert witness, Lawrence Jacobson provides litigators who might not have a strong background in real estate law with general information and insight, advice as to the common pitfalls in real estate cases, hypothetical scenarios, and insights on how to effectively frame issues at trial.