John Walter Easterbrook

John Walter Easterbrook

also known as Jack Easterbrook

3.0
Rating: 8.7

Licensed for 31 years

Debt and lending agreements Lawyer at San Jose, CA
Practice Areas: Debt & Lending Agreements, Real Estate, Bankruptcy & Debt

One Almaden Blvd., Suite 700, San Jose, CA

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$0 first 15 minutes


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Licenses

Licensed in California for 31 years

State: California

Acquired: 1994

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Location

Strategy Law, LLP

One Almaden Blvd., Suite 700, San Jose, CA, 95113

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John Walter Easterbrook's Reviews

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2 Client Reviews

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Posted by Ryan | September 25, 2015 | Hired Attorney | Banking

Excellent legal work for Banking

Jack Easterbrook and his team at Strategy Law have done a great job for us documenting complex loan transactions, including deals with unusual collateral; ESOP owned companies, as well as matters involving multiple related parties and guarantors. We count on them for high quality and timely legal wo...rk and they are able to handle it for us. Jack and his team make it a point to be extremely accessible to us which can make all of the difference in the world in successfully closing a banking transaction. We also appreciate that Jack and his team are there for us with thoughtful advice about issues that come up in the course of putting together and structuring loan proposals and various ways to interpret certain bank related legal documents.

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John Walter Easterbrook's Lawyer Endorsements

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Ann Wise

Debt and lending agreements lawyer | Aug 04

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Jack is an outstanding attorney - knowledgeable, professional and easy to work with. He has extensive experience with real estate, complex loan transactions, and financing. I highly recommend him."

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Sergei Filatov

Banking lawyer | Apr 01

Relationship: Worked for lawyer

"When Jack works on a commercial lending or real estate transaction, you receive not only the benefit of a debt lending attorney with 20 years of experience, you also get a person who, prior to law, worked for years as a commercial banker himself. I highly recommend him."

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Summer Ludwick

Debt and lending agreements lawyer | Jan 17

Relationship: Co-worker

"Whether representing lenders or borrowers, Jack adds tremendous value to any transaction involving financing. Jack is particularly helpful with real estate transactions and security agreements. Jack is easy to work with and I highly recommend him."

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Gary Stanley

Unknown lawyer | Nov 27

Relationship: Other

"I am very impressed with John Easterbrook and his credentials. I endorse this attorney."

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Tamara Pow

Banking lawyer | Jul 20

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I value Jack's experience whenever I need assistance with structuring and documenting complex loan transactions, including financings secured by business assets. He is very knowledgeable and very easy to work with. I recommend him highly."

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Ann Wise

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Real estate lawyer

Experience

Rating:  8.7 (Excellent)

Honors

2015

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2014

AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

2014 - Present

Attorney, Strategy Law, LLP

2003 - Present

Board of Directors, Via Services

2012 - 2014

Attorney, Structure Law Group, LLP

2007 - 2012

Attorney, Silicon Valley Law Group, A Law Corporation

1997 - 2006

Attorney, Hopkins & Carley

1994 - 1997

Attorney, DLA Piper

Associations

1998 - Present

Santa Clara County Bar Association

Member

1994 - Present

State Bar of California

Member

Education

1994

Santa Clara University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1981

University of California - Berkeley

M.B.A.

N/A

Michigan State University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2014

RMA

Commercial Law - Loan Issues Update

2014

Bank Training Seminar

Security Interests, Collateral and Guarantees: Keys to Ensuring Solid Secondary Sources of Repayment

2013

Issues in Real Estate; The Trifeca Perspective

After the Term Sheet: Top Ten Items in Loan Documents That You Don't Want to Ignore

2013

Bank Seminar

Hot Topics: Makin' Loans and Doin' Deals

Publications

2011

The Daily Journal Forging Into the New Year: Renewed Confidence Among Commercial Banking Lenders

2010

Firm Web Site Enforcing Loan Guarantees In An Anemic Economy: Beware of the Sham

2008

The Banking Law Journal A Real Estate Loan Trap: How A Junior Lender Can Create Mischief

Languages

English

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