Mike has over thirty years of experience representing property owners, developers, and financial institutions in a variety of office, retail, and other commercial projects, and in loan transactions.
Mike’s practice has a special emphasis on negotiating and preparing retail leases and project documents for real property owners, developers, and well-known retailers. He is also regularly retained to assist clients to obtain land use entitlements for retail and other commercial projects, as well as to negotiate disposition and development agreements. In addition, Mike has significant experience in representing financial institutions in dealing with troubled assets and disputes arising out of real property secured loans.
Mike has been retained as an expert witness in both federal and state court.
Before Mike’s practice focused on transactional, land use, and financing matters, he was a litigation attorney who obtained judgments, jury verdicts, and arbitration awards for his clients in cases primarily concerning real property disputes and lender liability claims.
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles School of Law (1986)
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, History and Economics (1983)
American Bar Association
California Bankers Association
City of San Ramon Planning Commission – Former Commissioner and Chairperson
Contra Costa County Bar Association
International Council of Shopping Centers – Northern California Program Planning Committee
Books
Articles
Mike has spoken regularly on a variety of issues related to real property law, land use matters and leasing for the Continuing Education of the Bar, the State Bar of California, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He has also chaired several panels coaching developers on how to obtain land use approvals. Some of his speaking engagements and educational seminars include:
Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Michael Di Geronimo to speak at the “Concurrent Session B: Leasing – The Old and the New” panel at the ICSC Monterey Conference from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Michael Di Geronimo to co-present “A Comprehensive Look at Retail Property Purchase and Sale Agreements: Are You Buying What We are Selling?” at the ICSC+U.S. LAW conference on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Michael Di Geronimo to speak at the ICSC Monterey Conference on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Michael Di Geronimo to co-present “Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Commission Was In) — Structuring Listing Agreements, Commission Agreements and Property Management Agreements” at the virtual ICSC U.S. Law Conference from 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. (PST) on Friday, October 16, 2020.