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Neal P. Panish

Firm Member

Neal P. Panish is a member of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek.  In 2006 he was recognized by his peers as one of San Diego’s top ten real estate and construction litigation attorneys, in a peer survey by the San Diego Daily Transcript.  He practices business, real property and intellectual property litigation, serving as lead counsel for a variety of clients in trials and arbitrations.

Education

Mr. Panish received his B.A. in economics from the University of California, San Diego in 1983. He earned his law degree, cum laude, from Loyola Law School in 1987, where he was a staff member and Note and Comment Editor of the International and Comparative Law Journal.

Representative Matters

  • Representation of real estate developers, contractors and entrepreneurs in real estate and construction litigation
  • Defense and prosecution of real property title insurance claims
  • Complex real estate litigation representing large property owners in condemnation proceedings resulting from various public projects, including State Route 56, the widening of Interstate 5, and the Carmel Valley Restoration and Enhancement Project
  • Successful prosecution of specific performance actions for real estate developers
  • Representation of technology and other companies in alleged trade secret and unfair business practices litigation
  • Defense of Political Reform Act litigation

Professional Affiliations & Admissions

  • State Bar of California 1987
  • San Diego County Bar Association
  • U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California
  • San Diego Trial Lawyers Association

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • “Chile Under Allende:  The Decline of the Judiciary and the Rise of a State of Necessity,” published in the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Journal
  • Speaker, “Legal Ethics in California” seminar (December 2000; Lorman Education Services)

Professional Awards & Honors

  • Named by peers in San Diego’s “Top Ten Real Estate and Construction Litigation Attorneys,” San Diego Daily Transcript (2006)