Tara Castro Narayanan is a shareholder in Miller Starr Regalia’s Common Interest Development Practice Group. She has twenty-four years of experience representing clients, including developers, builders, owners, and title insurance companies in both state and federal jurisdictions. Tara helps clients establish, operate and maintain residential, commercial, and mixed-use common interest developments by preparing covenants, conditions, and restrictions, land-sharing agreements, easements, bylaws, articles of incorporation, and related documents. She provides builder and developer clients with purchase documents for residential, commercial, and mixed-use developments and assists them in obtaining Final Subdivision Public Reports from the California Department of Real Estate for residential and mixed-use developments. She also helps resolve clients’ title insurance and other real property disputes, including quieting title regarding easements, encroachments, and illegal subdivisions.
Tara previously served for many years on the firm’s Executive Committee. She is the current chair of Miller Starr Regalia’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee, and has served on the firm’s Mentoring Committee.
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1997)
B.A., University of California, Berkeley (1993)
University of Lancaster, England (1991-1992)
Bay Area Council
Building Industry Association, Bay Area
Professional Women in Building Committee
California Building Industry Association
California Minority Counsel Program
Commercial Real Estate Women, East Bay Chapter – Former Chair, Programs Committee
Contra Costa County Bar Association
Habitat for Humanity – Pro Bono Counsel
State Bar of California
Chapter 28, “Common Interest Developments,” Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th (co-author)
Chapter 29, “Subdivision Sales,” Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th (co-author)
Chapter 6, “Escrows,” Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th
“New Case Alert: Dissent Highlights Disturbing Potential for Increasing Escrow Holder Policing and Disclosure Obligations,” Miller Starr Regalia’s The Title & Escrow File blog, March 4, 2014
“Trustee Empowered To Void Foreclosure Sale Where Error Discovered Before Delivery Of Trustee’s Deed,” Miller Starr Regalia’s The Title & Escrow File blog, May 21, 2013
“One-Stop Shop? Court Finds No Violation Of California’s Notary Statute Limiting Fees Charged For “Taking An Acknowledgement” Where Additional Services Provided,” Miller Starr Regalia’s The Title & Escrow File blog, February 8, 2013
“A Cautionary Tale On Holding Title: Marriage License Does Not Override Domestic Partnership Agreement,” Miller Starr Regalia’s The Title & Escrow File blog, January 22, 2013
“Identifying Red Flags to Avoid Fraud in an Escrow,” Miller Starr Regalia’s The Title & Escrow File blog, November 16, 2012
“New Case Alert: A California Court Of Appeal Applies Equitable Subrogation to a Missed Deed Of Trust,” Miller Starr Regalia’s The Title & Escrow File blog, September 28, 2012
Over the years, Tara has also published a variety of articles on subjects such as title insurance claims, damages setoff, guarantees, and premises liability.
“Diversity Equity & Inclusion: A Changing Workplace & Industry” (Virtual Program), The Registry, October 21, 2021
“Common Interest Development Law 101,” Contra Costa County Bar Association Real Estate Section, September 15, 2017
Tara has served as a speaker/panelist on condominium plans as well as escrow liability and developments in escrow law at the California Escrow Association’s Northern California Conference, the California Escrow Association Annual Conference, and has presented to individual escrow organizations throughout the state.
Tara has also addressed diversity in the legal profession in forums that include the California State Bar Annual Meeting.
All State Superior Courts
Court of Appeal of the State of California
District Court of California, Northern District
District Court of California, Central District
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California
Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder and Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Chair Tara Castro Narayanan to speak at The Registry’s “Diversity Equity & Inclusion: A Changing Workplace & Industry” (virtual) program at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2021.
Miller Starr Regalia Shareholder Ella Gower and Shareholder Tara Narayanan to present "Common Interest Development Law 101" at the Contra Costa County Bar Association Real Estate Section on September 15, 2017.
This is an opportune time to form this new group with Jeff, Tara and Ella and provide another way to service our builder and developer clients