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Christopher James Donovan

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  • Irvine, CA
  • Licensed for 3 years
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About Christopher

Real Estate Finance Attorney providing business/transactional legal services focused on: Real Estate, Mortgage Lending and Securities while working with a wide variety of institutional, professional and individual clients.

Driven, meticulous and reliable attorney with legal experience in Hard Money Lender Representation, Mortgage Fund Formation, Loan Documentation, Lender Licensing/Compliance and DRE/DBO Defense.

Doss Law, https://www.DossLaw.com/, is the most trusted advocate of the mortgage industry since 1983.

Our areas of practice include:

• Real Estate Transactions.
• Mortgage Lending (Private Money, Commercial, Business Purpose and Conventional Lending).
• Securities (Mortgage and Real Estate Offerings).
• Corporate Governance.

Our services include:

• Hard Money Lender Representation (Compliance, Reporting and Licensing).
• Mortgage Fund Formation and Compliance (The Largest Mortgage Pool Creator in California).
• Loan Documentation (Documentation of Simple to Complex Business Loans).
• Department of Real Estate and Department of Business Oversight Defense.
• Consumer Credit (Dodd-Frank).

If you are a commercial real estate lender, business purpose (non-consumer) mortgage lender, hard money lender, private money lender, broker for any of those types of loans, or you are interested in becoming one, feel free to contact me for any legal assistance you may need.  We look forward to working with you for many years to achieve your goals.

Practice areas

Securities offeringsCommercial real estateReal estateDebt and lending agreements
  1. Debt and lending agreements: 40%

    *Hard Money Lender Representation (Compliance, Reporting, Licensing) *Mortgage Fund Formation and Compliance (The Largest Mortgage Pool Creator in California) *Loan Documentation (Documentation of Simple to Complex Business Loans) *DRE Defense

  2. Real estate: 20%

    *Hard Money Lender Representation (Compliance, Reporting, Licensing) *Mortgage Fund Formation and Compliance (The Largest Mortgage Pool Creator in California) *Loan Documentation (Documentation of Simple to Complex Business Loans) *DRE Defense

  3. Commercial real estate: 20%

    *Hard Money Lender Representation (Compliance, Reporting, Licensing) *Mortgage Fund Formation and Compliance (The Largest Mortgage Pool Creator in California) *Loan Documentation (Documentation of Simple to Complex Business Loans) *DRE Defense

  4. Securities offerings: 20%

    *Securities (Mortgage and Real Estate Offerings) *Mortgage Fund Formation and Compliance (The Largest Mortgage Pool Creator in California) *Hard Money Lender Representation (Compliance, Reporting, Licensing) *Loan Documentation

Languages spoken

Spanish

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Contact

300 Spectrum Center Drive
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Doss Law, LLP

300 Spectrum Center Drive
Suite 400
Irvine, CA, 92618

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License
StateStatusAcquiredUpdated
CAActive201702/06/2021
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Awards
Award nameGrantorDate granted
Society of ScholarsPhi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International2015
CALI Excellence For The Future AwardThomas Jefferson School of Law2014
The Jefferson MedalThomas Jefferson School of Law2014
Witkin Award For Academic ExcellenceThomas Jefferson School of Law2014
Honor RollThomas Jefferson School of Law2014
Distinguished Honor RollThomas Jefferson School of Law2012
CALI Excellence For The Future AwardThomas Jefferson School of Law2012
The Jefferson MedalThomas Jefferson School of Law2012
Witkin Award For Academic ExcellenceThomas Jefferson School of Law2012
Honor RollThomas Jefferson School of Law2011
CALI Excellence For The Future AwardThomas Jefferson School of Law2011
The Jefferson MedalThomas Jefferson School of Law2011
Witkin Award For Academic ExcellenceThomas Jefferson School of Law2011
Magna Cum LaudeSan Diego State University2005
National College Dean's ListSan Diego State University2005
Dean's Honor RollSan Diego State University2005
Work Experience
TitleCompany nameDuration
Real Estate Finance AttorneyDoss Law, LLP2018 - Present
AttorneyChris Donovan Law2017 - 2019
General CounselPriceLift2017 - 2018
General CounselThe Gina Michelle Project2017 - 2018
Associations
Association namePosition nameDuration
State Bar of CaliforniaMember2017 - Present
Orange County Bar AssociationMember2017 - Present
California Mortgage AssociationMember2017 - Present
Los Angeles County Bar AssociationMember2017 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember2017 - Present
California Young Lawyers AssociationMember2017 - Present
Real Property, Trust and Estate Law SectionMember2017 - Present
Phi Alpha DeltaMember2015 - Present
Publications
Publication nameTitleDate
Doss AlertsDRE Withdraws Its Attack on Owner-Occupied Business Purpose Loans2019
Doss GuidesFinder's Fees For Raising Capital2019
Doss AlertsChallenge Begins to DRE’s Attack on Owner-Occupied Business Purpose Loans2019
California Mortgage AssociationOften Overlooked Consumer Loans for Private Money2018
Education
School nameDegreeGraduated
Thomas Jefferson School of LawJD - Juris Doctor2015
San Diego State UniversityBA - Bachelor of Arts2005
Legal cases
Case nameOutcome
Mortgage Pool FormationThe mortgage pool is operating and our clients are happy.
Draft Loan DocsThe loan closed and clients were happy.

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Excellent Service

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Chris is an excellent attorney and I couldn’t be more pleased with his service and representation. He went above and beyond to provide me with the knowledge and resources I needed in my business formation. I would highly recommend him to friends and family looking for a trustworthy lawyer.
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Excellent Lawyer

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I highly recommend Chris Donovan. Working with a lawyer can be stressful, but Chris handled everything very professionally and put me at ease. Chris leads with integrity in every aspect of his practice. He operates with the highest ethical and legal standards of any lawyer I’ve done business with. A great asset to any business or individual.
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5 Star Private Money Attorney

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Christopher J. Donovan, Esq. was General Counsel for our real estate renovation company. Christopher drafted, reviewed, negotiated and resolved disputes over contracts, loan docs and offerings relating to transactions in: real estate, mortgage lending, and securities. He accomplished legal matters, including escrows, underwriting, title, and closings. Now that he joined Doss Law, we will continue to work with him to draft our loan docs or whenever we need a top-notch Private Money Attorney.
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Investor

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Chris was outstanding - communicative, diligent, and worked “off hours” to successfully meet a stressful deadline in a recent transaction.
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Well Versed Real Estate Finance Attorney

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We didn't know it, but our commercial finance company was operating out of compliance. Christopher restructured our business operations, helped us obtain a Department of Real Estate (DRE) license and guided us through the process of obtaining a California Financing Law (CFL) license. We are now doing business in compliance with California real estate finance laws. Christopher is an intelligent business attorney, a resourceful professional and we enjoyed working with him.
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General Counsel Who Is Highly Skilled in Mortgage Finance Law

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Mr. Donovan was General Counsel for our real estate brokerage. He produced our contracts for real estate transactions, business/commercial loan docs, and securities offerings/filings. He provided legal counsel for our closings while working with escrow/title. He is highly skilled in mortgage finance law. We look forward to working with him and Doss Law for our ongoing real estate finance, DRE compliance and DRE licensing legal work.
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Great Attorney - Wonderful Experience - Highly Recommend

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Christopher Donovan was professional and easy to work with while forming our mortgage pool and drafting our business loan docs. We will definitely come back to him and Doss Law in the future for all of our real estate finance needs.
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Robert Scott, Business Attorney on Nov 27, 2019
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I endorse Christopher James Donovan. He is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community.

Darren Richie, Debt and lending agreements Attorney on Oct 19, 2019
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Narek Avetisyan, Commercial real estate Attorney on Oct 16, 2019
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Martin Fontes, Debt and lending agreements Attorney on Oct 11, 2019
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Brandon Pettijohn, Real estate Attorney on Oct 10, 2019
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Stephen Fatula, Real estate Attorney on Oct 10, 2019
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Matthew Sichi, Contracts and agreements Attorney on Nov 13, 2018
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Chris Donovan is one of the most honest and forthright individuals you'll find. Chris and I share many of the same clients and I only hear great reviews regarding both his aptitude and integrity. Having known Chris my whole life, I gladly endorse him as an attorney generally and in his practice areas of mortgage and real estate transactions.

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