Jeremy Lester Olsan
Named again in 2022 to N. Calif. Super Lawyers® and AV Preeminent® Lists
JEREMY OLSAN is the principal of Olsan Law, Inc. From 2008 until 2020 Jeremy was a partner at the Perry law firm. He practices in the areas of real estate transactions, business and non-profit entity formation, finance, and governance, mergers, acquisitions, and sales, business contracts and transactions, as well as construction transactions, commercial property leasing, mortgage and finance law, and land use law.
An AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated attorney* since 2013, Jeremy has also been repeatedly recognized by his peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer®. In 2016, the California State Bar Board of Trustees appointed Jeremy to the Executive Committee of the State Bar Real Property Law Section.
Jeremy has negotiated and documented many significant real estate and business transactions, including purchases, sales, leasing and construction of wineries, shopping centers, office buildings, vineyards, ranches, development and subdivision land, estate homes, and conservation and other easements. He also practices in the area of for-profit and non-profit business entity formation and governance, business purchases, sales, mergers and acquisitions, property owners association law, construction law, land use, zoning and planning.
Some of his notable real estate and development transactions include: representing the Sonoma Land Trust in the single largest conservation land acquisition in Sonoma County history; representing Codding Enterprises in its sale of a tenancy in common interest in Coddingtown Mall to Simon Property Group; representing the private seller of a 27,000-acre, 250+ parcel ranch; and representation of the Sonoma State University Foundation in the financing and development of the Green Music Center.
Jeremy is Chair of the Board of the Career Technical Education Foundation and of the Governance Committee of the Redwood Empire Food Bank. He serves on the Executive Committee of the California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Agricultural Law
- Intellectual Property
- Wine Law
- Business and Nonprofit Entity Formation
- Business Mergers, Acqusitions, Financing, and Succession Planning
- Real Estate Brokerage Law and Risk Management
- Credit Cards Accepted
- California
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- Principal/Shareholder
- Olsan Law, Inc.
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- Jeremy assists his clients in negotiating and documenting their real estate and business transactions, including purchases, sales, leasing and construction of shopping centers, office buildings, wineries, vineyards, ranches, development and subdivision land, estate homes, conservation and other easements. He also assists clients with construction contracts, land use, zoning and planning matters. Jeremy works on all aspects of business and corporate matters, including the formation, governance and dissolution of business entities and the review and documentation of routine and complex business and commercial contracts. His practice includes analyzing, negotiating and preparing asset, stock and membership interest purchase and sale agreements, partnership agreements, buy-sell agreements, real property purchase and sale agreements, leases and licensing agreements. He has represented companies and their owners in many stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, and other transactions.
- Partner
- Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP
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- Headed the firm's real estate and business law practice groups
- Partner
- Anderson, Zeigler
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- Associate
- Anderson, Zeigler
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- Associate
- Hagenbaugh & Murphy
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- University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- J.D. (1991) | Law
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- Honors: Board of Editors, Pacific Law Journal
- Activities: Pacific Law Journal, Review of Selected California Legislation Pacific Law Journal, Review of Selected Nevada Legislation
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A. (1985) | English Literature
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- AV Preeminent®, 2013 through 2022
- Martindale Hubbell
- AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent® and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.
- Northern California Super Lawyers®
- Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thompson Reuters publication
- https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html
- Northern California Super Lawyers®
- Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thompson Reuters publication
- https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html
- Northern California Super Lawyers®
- Super Lawyers Magazine, a Thompson Reuters Publication
- Best Business Attorney--Sonoma County
- North Bay Bohemian Newspaper
- California Lawyers Association
- Advisor; Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section
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- Activities: Co-Chair, Real Estate and Law Symposium; Executive Committee Member; Advisor
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- Sonoma County Bar Association
- Member, Real Property and Business Law Sections
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- State Bar of California # 156694
- Member
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- Activities: 2016, Appointed to Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section; Member, Business Law Section
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- State Bar of California
- Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section
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- Real Property Law Update: Significant Legislation and Court Decisions, 2021-2022
- Jeremy L. Olsan; California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section
- Real Property Law Update: Significant Legislation and Court Decisions, 2020-2021
- Jeremy L. Olsan; Sonoma County Bar Association
- Real Estate Law Legal Updates, 1993 - 2000
- North Bay Association of REALTORS®
- Member, Board of Editors, Pacific Law Journal
- Pacific Law Journal, McGeorge School of Law
- Review of Selected California Legislation, 1989
- Pacific Law Journal, McGeorge School of Law
- Real Property Caselaw and Legislative Updates, California Lawyers Association Real Property Section Retreat, Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe
- California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section
- 2021 and 2022 to date have seen many developments in California real estate law from both the legislature and the courts. This hour-long presentation, including a short question/answer session, included a discussion of the more notable of these changes.
- Monthly Real Estate Agency Risk Management Lecture Series, 2018-2022, Santa Rosa, CA
- North Bay Association of REALTORS®
- Monthly Presentations to new members of the North Bay Association of REALTORS® regarding best practices and new issues in broker risk management
- Quarterly Real Estate Brokerage Risk Management Lecture Series, 1998-2022, Santa Rosa, CA; Napa, CA; Ukiah, CA
- North Bay Association of REALTORS®
- Quarterly Broker/Manager Meeting presentations and Q&A regarding current issues and best practices in real estate brokerage risk management.
- 2021 Real Property Law Update
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- https://sonomacountybar.org/event/2021-real-property-update
- 2020 Real Property Law Update, https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=12636, Santa Rosa, CA
- Sonoma County Bar Association
- https://www.sonomacountybar.org/?p=12636
- Website
- Olsan Law, Inc.
