Peter D. Gordon

Peter D. Gordon is a Los Angeles real estate lawyer with more than 25 years of experience handling residential and commercial property matters. He represents owners, buyers, developers, contractors, architects, engineers, brokers, title companies, and insurers. His practice covers transactions and litigation involving ownership disputes, construction defects, commercial leases, foreclosures, lender liability, easements, fraud, and condominium or homeowners association issues.

Gordon earned his Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law, where he served as a law review editor. He clerked for Justice Clarke Stephens of the California Court of Appeal. He received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating as valedictorian with highest honors in philosophy and college honors. He also studied at the USC School of Architecture, complementing his legal training with knowledge relevant to construction and development matters.

Gordon’s experience spans negotiation, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appellate proceedings in state and federal courts. Representative matters include obtaining a $9.8 million award after a corporate opportunity trial involving a 200-unit condominium complex, stopping a foreclosure on a $3.5 million Venice condominium, securing a $2.5 million judgment in a dispute involving commercial properties, and obtaining a $600,000 arbitration award concerning a negligent termite inspection report. He also handles purchase and sale disputes, specific performance claims, partition actions, and construction documentation.

Peter D. Gordon is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, the Sixth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and several federal district and bankruptcy courts. He has served as an American Arbitration Association construction litigation arbitrator and chaired a Beverly Hills Bar Association committee focused on disability rights in media. His community involvement includes helping found a legal services organization and serving in leadership and counsel roles for local business and neighborhood associations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Peter D. Gordon & Associates
• Member, The State Bar of California
• Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
• Member, Inn of Court for Advanced Litigators
• Founding Member, Bet Tzedek Legal Services Group
• Chairman, Committee for the Rights of the Disabled in Media, Beverly Hills Bar Association

Licensed State

• California

Education

• Loyola University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of California, Santa Cruz
  B.A. in Philosophy and Valedictorian

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