Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate and land use law firm for more than 60 years, today announced that eight of its attorneys across four practice areas are included in the 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers list. In addition, litigation associate Nicholas E. Ma is included in the 2024 Northern California 2024 Rising Stars list.
“It is an honor to have our attorneys recognized as leaders in their areas of practice,” said Ella K. Gower, Miller Starr Regalia’s managing shareholder. “This acknowledgement, which relies on feedback from our industry peers, is truly meaningful. We are grateful to be counted among the top real estate attorneys in Northern California, and I congratulate these attorneys on their accomplishments.”
2024 Northern California Super Lawyers
San Francisco Office
F. Gale Connor, Real Estate – Connor's practice focuses on real property law including, commercial leasing, real property acquisitions and dispositions, as well as eminent domain and inverse condemnation.
Walnut Creek Office
Arthur F. Coon, Environmental Litigation – Coon is Chair Emeritus of the Land Use Department and Chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group and represents clients in the areas of CEQA, environmental, and land use litigation.
Nadia L. Costa, Land Use/Zoning – Costa is Co-Chair of the Land Use Department, and her practice centers on land use and local government law, specializing in the processing and implementation of land use entitlements.
Karl E. Geier, Real Estate – Geier has advised and represented real estate developers, governmental entities, and financial institutions in wide range of projects and transactions and is the Editor-in-Chief and a principal author of Miller Starr Regalia’s 12-volume treatise, Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th.
Hans A. Lapping, Real Estate – Lapping's practice focuses on retail, office, industrial leasing and real property acquisitions and dispositions.
Basil "Bill" S. Shiber, Business Litigation – Shiber is the former Chair of the Litigation Department and Chair of the Eminent Domain & Inverse Condemnation Practice Group and represents developers, financial institutions, and public agencies in matters of commercial leasing, environmental issues, land use, and title insurance.
Bryan W. Wenter, Land Use/Zoning – Wenter is Co-Chair of the Land Use Department. He advises and represents clients on a wide range of complex land use, environmental compliance, and government law issues, with a focus on obtaining, defending, and implementing land use entitlements for all types of development projects, including housing, throughout California.
Recently retired attorney Mark Cameron was also recognized.
2024 Northern California Rising Stars
Walnut Creek Office
Nicholas E. Ma, Real Estate – Ma has significant experience representing clients in a wide range of litigation, including disputes involving the purchase and sale of commercial property, easement rights, real estate investment and financing, and commercial leases.
Super Lawyers publishes lists of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Only five percent of lawyers in a state are chosen each year as Super Lawyers and only 2.5 percent are chosen each year as Rising Stars.
Miller Starr Regalia
Miller Starr Regalia has had a well-established reputation as a leading real estate law firm for more than sixty-years. For nearly all that time, our firm has written Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 4th, a 12-volume treatise on California real estate law. We call it “the Book.” The Book is the most-widely used and judicially-recognized real estate treatise in California and is cited by practicing attorneys and courts throughout the state. Our firm has experience in all real property matters, including full-service litigation and dispute resolution services, transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, common interest development, construction, management, title insurance, environmental law, and land use. For more information, visit www.msrlegal.com.