$ 425-425 per hour
Bradford Benz Grabske
About Bradford
Biography
Brad Grabske specializes in real estate and complex business litigation. His practice is focused on assisting landowners, businesses, and public agencies with eminent domain, inverse condemnation, contract disputes, land use and other environmental issues.
Mr. Grabske has worked on some of the most complex eminent domain cases in California. He has successfully represented clients in high stakes trials and before the Court of Appeals. Mr. Grabske has also been recognized as a "Rising Star" in Los Angeles magazine's Southern California Super Lawyer edition.
Mr. Grabske's eminent domain experience includes total and partial takings, inverse condemnation, loss of business goodwill, precondemnation delay, environmental contamination issues, emission permitting issues, access impairment, and right-to-take challenges. Mr. Grabske also assists clients with California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") matters.
Mr. Grabske is actively involved in several industry organizations, including the International Right of Way Association ("IRWA") where he has been a speaker at several local and national IRWA conferences. He also recently co-authored a chapter on condemnation for the American Bar Association's expert-witness treatise entitled Litigators on Experts: Strategies for Managing Expert Witnesses from Retention through Trial.
Practice Areas
2
Practice Areas
Real Estate
75%
23 years
Land Use and Zoning
25%
16 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
Contingency
25%-33%
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
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Licensed in California for 22 years
State: California
Acquired: 2003
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Bradford Benz Grabske
650 Town Center Dr Ste 550, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626
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Experience
Honors
2013
Southern Califonria Rising Star, Super Lawyers - Thomson Reuters
2013
Rising Star, Los Angeles Magazine
Work Experience
2010 - Present
Partner, Murphy & Evertz, LLP
2008 - 2010
Associate, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps
2006 - 2008
Associate, Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott
2003 - 2006
Associate, Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo
Associations
2008 - Present
International Right of Way AssociationMember
2003 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2003 - Present
Orange County Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation Distrct v. PPF Industrial, et al.
Case resolved for $42,750,000
State of California v. Sani, et al.
Case resolved for: $6.4 million
City of Lake Forest v. Alexander S. Rados, Trustee
The case resolved for $15.4 million
Caltrans v. ARAMARK Uniform & Career Apparel, LLC
Case resolved for $4,500,000
City of Fontana v. Requip Corporation
Case resolved for $1,671,000
Education
2003
USC Law School
JD - Juris Doctorate
1997
Univ of Southern Calif
Bachlor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2015
CLE - 2015 Annual Eminent Domain Seminar
Dos And Don'ts During The Pre-Litigation Process
2015
ALI 2015 Annual Eminent Domain Seminar
What’s Wrong With The Law of Valuation in Eminent Domain?: Four Rules We Need To Change Now
2011
International Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
Developments in the Eminent Domain Law Across the Country and Around the World
2009
Chapt. 57 Meeting
Clear, Simple, and Wrong? The Rules on Environmental Contamination in Eminent Domain
2009
Chapt. 57 Meeting
2019: Two Visions of the Next Ten Years in Eminent Domain and Public Acquisitions
2008
Annual Law Seminar
Implications of the Berryman v. Merit Property Management, Inc. Decision
Publications
2014
Daily Journal
Verdicts and Settlements - People of the State of California v. Sani, et al.
2014
Daily Journal
Verdicts and Settlements - City of Anaheim v. Etchnady, et al.
2013
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Eminent Domain Action Proceeds Despite CEQA Violations
2013
Daily Journal
Verdicts and Settlements - City of Lake Forest v. Rados, et al.
2013
International Right of Way Association
CEQA Reform: Legislation Aimed At Streamlining The CEQA Review Process May Have Unintended Consequences
2013
Initernational Right of Way Association
No Harm, No Foul: A California Appeals Court Allows A Park District To Proceed With An Eminent Domain Lawsuit Without First Complying With CEQA
2010
American Bar Association Publishing
Litigators on Experts: Strategies for Managing Expert Witnesses from Retention through Trial
2007
Los Angeles Daily Journal
"Listen Up: Make Rules for Driving While Talking (Exploring Employer Vicarious Liability Arising from Cell-Phone and PDA Use)
2006
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Private Employers Have Much at Stake in State High Court's Docket
Languages
English