manhattan beach REAL ESTATE and BUSINESS ATTORNEY

Helping Clients Navigate Through Transactions, Legal Issues and Disputes

Joel Ruben is one of the few real estate and business lawyers in the Los Angeles area with extensive experience and skill in both transactions and litigation, and an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell -- the highest rating it confers for legal ability and professional ethics.  In addition, Mr. Ruben has the versatility, knowledge and perspective to help you stay out of trouble, negotiate and document transactions and devise and implement solutions to your legal problems.

Seeing the Big Picture With a Focus On Problem Solving and Advocacy

PRotecting your PROPERTY and business INTERESTS

When you are buying or selling real estate or a business, or leasing commercial real property, you are faced with a variety of challenges.  How should the deal be documented?  What is involved in due diligence? If you discover problems during the due diligence, should you re-negotiate or or walk away?   After the due diligence is completed, what are the steps for successfully closing the transaction?  You want a lawyer who will answer those questions for you, protect your interests and minimize the risk of a future lawsuit.  Joel Ruben can help you achieve those goals.

Solving Legal Problems     

Sometimes it is too late to employ “an ounce of prevention,” and you don’t know if a “pound of cure” will be enough to remedy your problem.  Dealing with a legal problem is not like patching a flat tire.  While both will slow you down, there could be a creative solution to your legal problem that is not readily apparent.  It takes a seasoned lawyer like Joel to devise a creative and cost-effective strategy to resolving your problem when another lawyer might see only the path to the courthouse.  

LITIGATION IS NO longer on the menu              

I litigated for 40 years with considerable success. Before the pandemic, I decided to limit my practice to transactions and pre-litigation dispute resolution. It is not a decision I have regretted. Often times, litigation is wasteful. But sometimes litigation is unavoidable.  An adversary may compel you to file lawsuit to redress a wrong.  Or you may already have been sued. Joel can use his extensive litigation experience to interface with litigation counsel to ensure that your case is handled in a strategic, cost-effective manner, consistent with your objectives.