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Founded in 1991, Rifkind Law Group (RLG), based in Marin County, provides legal services to the greater Bay Area and throughout the State of California. For the past 30 years, we have successfully served thousands of clients in real estate and land use matters, ranging from single-family residential projects to large commercial projects.
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PRINCIPAL
Leonard A. Rifkind, Esq.
Email: len@rifkindlawgroup.com
Len Rifkind was born and raised in Marin County. He has represented thousands of clients over the past 33 years in real estate litigation and related transactional matters. In addition, he lectures throughout the state on the subjects of easement, boundary and neighbor disputes, as well as locally on the topics of broker disputes, disclosure issues, and landlord-tenant law. Len has a committed record of community service, having served as Mayor of the City of Larkspur, president of the Marin County Bar Association, president of the Board of Directors of Congregation Rodef Sholom, and coach of a local high school mock trial team. Outside of the office, he is an avid outdoor adventure enthusiast: open water swimming, mountain biking, backcountry skiing, and scuba diving. Lastly, Len has been married for 33 years with two grown children and three grandchildren.
Recent Developments:
Principal with Grand-Partners, LLC, a real estate development company that purchases environmentally distressed properties, and adds value to create stabilized assets for its equity investors.
Chair of the Marin County Bar Association Real Property Law Section (2017-2021).
Speaker at the 2018 California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section Annual Retreat on the subject of easements.
Speaker at the 2017 State Bar of California, Real Property Law Section Annual Retreat on the subject of California Boundary and Neighbor Law.
Serves on the Building Committee for Marin General Hospital, a $534 Million Dollar rebuild of a major regional hospital.
Provided editorial comments for the CEB Treatise: California Real Estate Brokers: Law and Litigation.
Selected for Northern California Super Lawyers 2012 - 2021.
Education
California Western School of Law
Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, 1988Honors: Extern to Justice Marcus M. Kaufman, Supreme Court of California
San Diego State University
B.S., Geophysics, 1984
Professional Associations
California Bar Association, Real Property Law Section
Marin County Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Past Chair
Marin County Bar Association, Governor's Judicial Evaluation Committee
Bar Admissions
California, Nevada (Inactive)
United States District Court: Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California, and Hawaii