Ms Heather Elizabeth Stern
Banking & Finance, Litigation, Lawsuit & Dispute, Insurance, Commercial Real Estate
Experience:
24 years
Ms Heather Elizabeth Stern | Partner
Main Office
650 Town Center Dr
Suite 700
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Office Hours
Monday - Friday9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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About Heather
Heather E. Stern is a member of the litigation and real estate practice groups at Messner Reeves LLP and has provided legal advice and expert services to businesses and individuals since 2001.
Ms. Stern attended Columbia College, of Columbia University in the City of New York, as an undergraduate, obtaining a B.A. in 1998. After graduating from UCLA School of Law with the distinction of Order of the Coif in 2001, she worked as an associate for a large real estate law firm where she gained a broad-based real estate expertise handling a wide variety of litigation, land use and transactional matters for real estate clients, and among other things, garnered expertise in construction, environmental, leasing, insurance, and title related matters. Ms. Stern also handled a number of significant business litigation and labor and employment matters for her real estate clients.
After the mortgage meltdown of 2008, Ms. Stern began utilizing her real estate expertise to assist numerous financial services clients and public entity clients in handling REO related real estate matters and mortgage banking related matters arising out of the mortgage crisis. She has since handled hundreds of mortgage banking and title related matters, including appellate matters, earning significant wins for her financial services and public entity clients. She has testified as an expert witness in handling real estate litigation matters and is viewed as a thought leader in this area.
Ms. Stern’s broad base of litigation expertise through market highs and market lows is an asset to all of her business, real estate, and individual clients. Ms. Stern has also served in-house as a real estate counsel handling a wide variety of acquisition and disposition and leasing related matters, including title, due diligence, land use, environmental, and general corporate work. She brings her knowledge of litigation to help her transactional clients “see around corners” and confront deal issues with clear promissory language and clear remedies, so as to avoid future disputes.
Ms. Stern attended Columbia College, of Columbia University in the City of New York, as an undergraduate, obtaining a B.A. in 1998. After graduating from UCLA School of Law with the distinction of Order of the Coif in 2001, she worked as an associate for a large real estate law firm where she gained a broad-based real estate expertise handling a wide variety of litigation, land use and transactional matters for real estate clients, and among other things, garnered expertise in construction, environmental, leasing, insurance, and title related matters. Ms. Stern also handled a number of significant business litigation and labor and employment matters for her real estate clients.
After the mortgage meltdown of 2008, Ms. Stern began utilizing her real estate expertise to assist numerous financial services clients and public entity clients in handling REO related real estate matters and mortgage banking related matters arising out of the mortgage crisis. She has since handled hundreds of mortgage banking and title related matters, including appellate matters, earning significant wins for her financial services and public entity clients. She has testified as an expert witness in handling real estate litigation matters and is viewed as a thought leader in this area.
Ms. Stern’s broad base of litigation expertise through market highs and market lows is an asset to all of her business, real estate, and individual clients. Ms. Stern has also served in-house as a real estate counsel handling a wide variety of acquisition and disposition and leasing related matters, including title, due diligence, land use, environmental, and general corporate work. She brings her knowledge of litigation to help her transactional clients “see around corners” and confront deal issues with clear promissory language and clear remedies, so as to avoid future disputes.
Experience
Partner
Parker Ibrahim & Berg LLP
Partner
Kralik & Jacobs LLP
In-House Counsel
Higher Ground Education Inc.
Associate
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
Admission
California
2001
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Education
Columbia College
B.A.
1998
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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Member, State Bar of California, to2001 / present
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Member, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, to .2008 / present
Honors / Awards
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Outstanding Service Award, CEB ()2013
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Recognized as a Top Attorney by Pasadena Magazine (, , )2012 / 2013 / 2014
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Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star (, , , , & )2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012
Notable Work
Publications
Speaker, Making Your Business ADA Compliant, November (Civil Justice Association of California)
2019
Speaker, California’s Anti-Deficiency Laws, October (Residential Mortgage Lending Group)
2019
Speaker, Real Estate Boilerplate Contract Fundamentals, December (Lorman Education Services)
2016
Speaker, “The Lawsuit Is About Boilerplate – Important Considerations of Typical Contract Provisions,” Business Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association (March & November )
2009 / 2009
Panelist, “Be Careful What You Wish For: Is Binding Arbitration Really Better Than Litigation?,” LACBA Trial Practice Inn of Court (December )
2010
Moderator, “Exploring the Uncharted Waters of Valuation in Today’s Commercial Real Estate Market,” Benjamin Crocker Symposium, panel discussion (March )
2010
“How to Use an iPad to Manage and Trial Exhibits,” Los Angeles Lawyer magazine (November )
Present / 2013
Update Author, “Lender and Broker Liability” (CEB, Chapter 12, California Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Foreclosure Litigation ( & )
2013 / 2014
“Rights in Foreclosure: The National Mortgage Settlement and Homeowners’ Bill of Rights provide significant enforcement mechanisms to deter careless foreclosure practices,” Los Angeles Lawyer (January )
2013
“California Property Owners Beware: A New Law Imposes Stricter Penalties For The Failure to Report Entity Reorganizations That Trigger A ‘Change In Ownership’ For Property Tax Purposes,” The Corporate Counselor (LACBA Corporate Law Departments Section, Winter )
2010
Consulting Editor, “California Ground Lease Practice” (CEB, Chapter 14, Condemnation) ()
2009
“What’s the Rent?” Commercial Property News (February )
2008
“Well Grounded: A successful provision for adjusting the rent in ground leases will include a clear appraisal method and an alternative dispute resolution procedure,” Los Angeles Lawyer (April )
2007
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