Robert Mann, Esq.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
President, The Mann Law Firm, APC, August, 1999 to present;
Founding Partner, Colton Mann Partnership, January 1993 to August 1999;
Of Counsel, Fierstein & Sturman Law Corporation, May 1992 to December
1992
Litigation Partner, Fierstein & Sturman 1984 – 1992
Litigation Associate, Fierstein & Sturman 1979 – 1984
Trial Attorney, Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, 1977 – 1979
Expertise in Complex Construction Defect, Business, Unfair Competition,
Intellectual Property, Employment, Defamation and Real Property
Litigation in State and Federal Courts and Courts of Appeal. Certificate
in Basic and Advanced Mediation training.
SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Special litigation counsel for bankruptcy estate of owner/developer in
longest construction arbitration in history of the California operations
of the American Arbitration Association, resulting in award and judgment
of approximately $90 million to client; As lead trial counsel, obtained
$3.5 million jury verdict after a 7 week declaratory relief—interference
with contract trial; As co-counsel, obtained over $30 million in
settlements in 4 various business litigation matters; Have defended
major institutional clients in complex construction defect cases having
over $35 million in exposure and negotiated settlements requiring
contribution from clients of less than $2 million; Have authored
numerous appellate briefs resulting in two published decisions; Expert
Witness re reasonableness of fees in construction defect dispute.
EDUCATION
J.D., cum laude, Santa Clara University School of Law, 1977. Comments
Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 17 Author: “Copyright Law Revision
and the Kewanee Preemption Issue: Is There a Doctrine in the House?”
(reprinted in Current Perspectives on Copyright Law, Practicing Law
Institute, New York, 1977). Recipient, First Prize, Nathan Burkan
Memorial Copyright Law Competition, 1977
A.B., English and Communications, Stanford University, 1974.
Mr. Mann also has education and experience in the home inspection
industry.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Maurice Marciano; Imperial Bank; Sears Savings Bank; Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage; Shapell Industries, Inc.; Goldrich & Kest; The
Walter Company; La Mancha Development Co.; The Platt Collections; Yum
Yum Donut Shops, Inc.; Venice Family Clinic; Santa Monica Beach Hotel,
Ltd.; Diamond Head Homeowners Association; Stevenson Ranch Community
Association; Bartlein & Co., Inc.; Stan Herman; Nourmand & Associates;
International Alliance of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
President, The Guardians of the Jewish Home for the Aging (1999).
Member: American Arbitration Association; Community Associations
Institute; California Association of Community Managers; Board of
Directors, The Jewish Home for the Aging of Greater Los Angeles; The
Associates of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (member, Executive Committee);
Planned Giving Committee, Venice Family Clinic; Advisory Board, The
Benedict Canyon Association; Contract Specifications Institute (CSI);
International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO); Architectural
Aluminum Manufacturers Association (AAMA); The Lexington Group;
American’s Leading Lawyers (1993); Association of Business Trial
Lawyers; The American (member, Sections of Litigation and Forum on
Construction Law), Los Angeles County (member, Committee for Judicial
Evaluations); Beverly Hills and Century City Bar Associations; The State
Bar of California (member, Section of Litigation); Judge Pro Tem, Los
Angeles Superior Court. Admitted to practice: United States District
Court (Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California); United
States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; United States Supreme Court.
Author of numerous articles on Construction Defect Litigation.
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