Areas of Practice

Nancy Lewellen brings together a unique mixture of skills and experience. Her 40-year career includes work in corporate, international, business, real estate and consumer lending and law. She has an MBA in finance/international business, has been a licensed California real estate broker for more than 20 years, and has worked as a real estate lender and mortgage broker. This broad expertise allows her to approach client issues from varied perspectives. As a successful serial entrepreneur, Ms. Lewellen is especially qualified to understand the needs of her individual and small-business clients from both legal and business standpoints.

Ms. Lewellen advises clients on a transactional, mediation, arbitration, or litigation basis in the following areas:

BUSINESS LAW

• Corporation, LLC, LLP, and LLLP business entity formation and maintenance
• Buy/sell agreements for management succession
• Contract drafting, review, and negotiation

REAL ESTATE LAW

• Residential and commercial lease drafting, review, and negotiation
• Landlord–tenant issues, including eviction and unlawful detainer
• Boundary disputes
• Purchase/sale of real estate, including drafting, review, and negotiation of purchase agreements, escrow instructions, and loan documentation
• Light/air/nuisance disputes

WILLS & TRUSTS

• Purchases and sale of real estate between trustees, heirs, or family friends
• Drafting and review of wills and trusts, acting in concert with tax advisers to minimize estate, death, and probate taxes

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Act as mediator
• Represent clients in mediation, arbitration, or litigation