Broker Negligence Expert Witnesses

San Leandro, California

Real Estate, Real Estate - 44+ years in the industry .... Broker negligence, fraud, standard of care, non-disclosure, breach of contract, fiduciary duty, lease, sale, easement, partition, partnership disputes, foreclosures

44+ years in the real estate industry - that's the expertise I bring to the table. . I'm a retired trial lawyer, after more than 25 years in practice (which followed 15 as a RE broker). In my legal practice, I dealt exclusively with real estate cases. Over 880 trials, arbitrations, mediations (only 3 UDs). Claims included negligence, fraud, non-disclosure, breaches of fiduciary duty & contract. I've defended, and sued, brokers, and their insurance companies. I've represented bidders, borrowers and banks in regard to foreclosures; and both sides in loan workouts. I've worked with national chains doing state-wide store rollouts, and lease renegotiations. That followed those 15+/- years as a broker actively selling/leasing property (commercial and residential) - I hold a CCIM designation, earned by doing deals. That followed 7+/- years as a title insurance company Advisory Title Officer. I researched and wrote Preliminary Reports. . There isn't much in this business I haven't s...

Gainesville, Florida

Real Estate - broker malpractice, Realtor code of ethics, broker negligence, failure to disclose material fact or defect, commission disputes, broker standard of care, broker license law, broker dishonesty, broker duties, procuring cause, testifying expert, consulting expert, real estate agent, broker duties, commercial, residential

Larry Lowenthal is a nationally-recognized real estate expert witness and broker who has been retained for dozens of lawsuits over troubled or failed transactions and a broker's standard of care. Most of these name real estate brokers who are charged with malpractice, failure to disclose, negligence, dishonesty, deceptive conduct, violations of state license statutes and/or the Realtor Code of Ethics. Some cases stem from high-dollar commission or procuring cause disputes. Depending upon the facts and the law, Larry works for plaintiff attorneys and insurance defense attorneys, and testifies at depositions and trials. (Note; he will only accept cases that he is comfortable with.) Larry had over twenty years of experience with his Board of Realtors in South Florida serving on the Grievance Committee, where he examined and analyzed over 250 ethics complaints and arbitration requests -- and on the board's Professional Standards Committee, sitting on ethics and commission arbit...