December 15, 2025

Miller Starr Regalia Hires Litigation Associate Ivette Guzman in Walnut Creek

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Miller Starr Regalia (MSR), a preeminent California real estate law firm for more than 60 years, announced today the addition of Ivette Guzman, who joins the firm’s Litigation Department as an associate in its Walnut Creek office. She joins from De La Peña & Holiday LLP.

“We are excited to welcome Ivette to the firm. She brings fresh insight and energy to our team, and we know our clients will benefit from her dedication and skills,” said Brian Shaffer, Chair of MSR’s Litigation Department.

Guzman is a civil litigator with deep roots in the San Francisco Bay Area and a strong commitment to helping clients effectively resolve legal disputes. She brings a practical, advocacy-driven approach to her work supporting litigation and real estate clients as they navigate complex conflicts and compliance challenges.

Guzman earned her J.D. from the University of California Berkeley School of Law, and earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California Berkeley.

MSR's Litigation Department represents Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies, developers, homebuilders, financial institutions, title insurers, property owners and managers, retailers, media companies, manufacturers, REITs and smaller companies in a variety of matters related to business, real property, commercial, environmental, construction and insurance-related disputes.

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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.

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