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Richard L. Seidenwurm
 

401 B Street, Ste. 1200
San Diego, CA 92101
(t) 619.231.0303
(f) 619.231.4755



Richard L. Seidenwurm AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
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Practice Areas

Experience

  • Handled numerous merger and acquisition transactions, representing public and privately-held companies
  • Counseled real estate clients on numerous housing bond restructurings and re-financings.
  • Represented major lenders and borrowers on complicated multi-faceted real estate workout matters.
  • Acted as arbitrator in several major complex case arbitrations for AAA.
  • Counsel to CEOs of public companies on corporate governance issues.
  • Counseled real estate clients on large multi-property Fannie Mae financings.
  • Represented companies and investors in complicated venture capital transactions.
  • Appointed as judicial referee in partition lawsuit involving extensive family real estate holdings.  Successfully mediated the entire dispute.
  • Served as expert witness regarding partnerships, real estate and attorney responsibility issues in various matters.

Education

  • Columbia University School of Law, cum laude (1965)
  • Williams College, undergraduate degree in American History and Literature (1962)

Professional Affiliations and Admissions

  • Member of the San Diego County Bar Association
  • Member of the California State Bar
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Rated
  • Admitted to practice law in New York in 1966 and in California in 1973
  • Associated for six years with the New York City law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Served on the board of directors of Fairbanks Ranch Country Club
  • Founding member and currently Director Emeritus of the board of governors of Business Counsel, Inc., a legal referral network of approximately 35 law firms in the United States, Great Britain and Canada
  • Former Managing Partner, Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP
  • Director and Treasurer of San Diego Writers, Inc.
  • Director of Thornburgh Cancer Foundation