Lance is a shareholder in the firm’s Walnut Creek office. He has substantial experience in retail, office, pharmaceutical and biotech leasing (including laboratory and production facility leases) and ground leases, the purchase, sale and leasing of corporate facilities (including corporate campuses), and the sale of REO properties.
His practice specifically includes the preparation and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, leases and ground leases, subleases, access and entry agreements, and joint venture agreements. He also represents clients in other commercial contexts, such as the sale and purchase of environmentally impaired real estate, problem loan workouts, the formation, dissolution, and structuring of business entities, and the preparation and negotiating of consulting agreements.
J.D., Stanford Law School (1986)
A.B., with distinction, Stanford University, International Relations (1983)
Bar Association of San Francisco
California Minority Counsel Program
International Council of Shopping Centers
Stanford Professionals in Real Estate
Best Lawyers® – Real Estate Law (2018–2026)
Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Rated (2005–2019)
“Key Issues in Start-up and Technology Company Leasing,” Practical Law Webinar, September 29, 2015
"Insurance and Indemnity Clauses in Commercial Leases: All You Need to Know When Your Risk Manager Is on Vacation," International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate Annual Conference, 2008
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate and land use law firm for more than 60 years, announced today that five of its attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers in its 2026 edition. Lawyers are named to The Best Lawyers in America®, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch lists.
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate and land use law firm for more than 60 years, announced today that eight of its attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers in its updated 2025 edition. Lawyers are named to The Best Lawyers in America®, and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch lists, and received recognition as Lawyer of the Year in Oakland Real Estate Law.
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, announced today that eight of its attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers in America © list, half of whom have been recognized for at least five years.
Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 50 years, is pleased to announce that Hans A. Lapping, an AV-rated transactional shareholder, has received two designations in the Best Lawyers in America 2023© edition: he is included in the Real Estate Law list and was selected as the “Lawyer of the Year” in Oakland Real Estate Law. Additionally, nine other MSR attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© -- seven of which have been recognized for at least 10 years. Yalda Vahdani was named 2023 “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” in Real Estate Law in San Francisco.