Rory has more than 25 years of experience helping clients finance, acquire, develop, manage and transfer commercial and industrial real property interests. He has worked on major acquisitions including rail and transit corridors, port facilities, scrap metal operations, commercial buildings, health care facilities and shopping centers.

Rory's completed projects include transit oriented development, industrial aggregation and redevelopment, tax deferred exchanges (including reverse 1031 exchanges), and large lease transactions for both landlords and tenants. He advises institutional clients on industrial and commercial lease transactions, escrow and title issues, construction and lien law, and property management.

In the environmental arena, Rory has guided clients through compliance, regulatory enforcement, and cost recovery proceedings. He has handled enforcement proceedings under numerous state and federal statutes. He has been lead counsel on environmental due diligence and in negotiating and drafting agreements for cumulative property transfers of approximately $500 million.

Rory has also litigated in state and federal courts. He brings that experience to bear in helping clients address risks in structuring transactions or resolving disputes. Rory is a frequent lecturer on real estate and environmental matters. 

Bar Admissions

• California

Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1980)
B. Commerce, honors, Queen's University (1976)

Professional Associations

• State Bar of California, Real Property, Environmental Law and Business Sections
• Bar Association of San Francisco

"Sex Trafficking Laws: Hospitality, Privacy and Potential Liability – What Happens in That Hotel Room...Matters.," co-author, Real Estate Law Alert (February 2020)
"Management of Fiduciary Real Estate: Taming an Unruly Asset Class," East Bay Estate Planning Council (September 2007)
"California's Public Access and Non-commercial Expression Laws," Northern California Shopping Center Association (January 2008)

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