Geoffrey Mark Gold

Geoff is a trial lawyer specializing in business and real estate matters. Clients appreciate Geoff’s ability and proven track record in obtaining significant arbitration awards, favorable mediation results and settlements, grants of summary judgment and trial victories while keeping costs under control. Geoff has litigated to successful conclusion hundreds of cases over the past 28 years, including:

• Boundary line and neighbor cases
• Business divorces
• Business and personal injury torts
• Complex partnership disputes
• Conflicts between competitors, and concerning unfair business practices
• Contractual controversies
• Construction defect cases
• Corporate dissolutions
• Employment issues
• Insurance coverage challenges
• Issues arising in commercial and real estate pertaining to deal-makers and breakers, brokers, adjacent property owners, parties in lease and buy-sell, or buy-out situations, and land use
• Lender liability and professional negligence claims
• Probate and trust litigation
• Proceedings in bankruptcy court
• Real estate partitions
• Specific performance cases

Geoff frequently acts as outside general counsel for small business clients and special counsel for large companies. He has particular expertise in working with developing businesses and assisting individual and corporate clients with their everyday legal affairs. Geoff has substantial experience negotiating, documenting and closing difficult real estate transactions, and counselling clients on how not only to win, but to avoid litigation.

Geoff is a member of the Board of Directors of Bet Tzedek and is active in a variety of professional, charitable and community associations. He has a wife and three sons. He is originally from Washington, D.C. He maintains an AV® Preeminent™ Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and has been selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers since 2013.