Jay Stein

jstein@frlawcorp.com
Phone: (310) 575-0800 x 2691
Fax: (310) 575-0170

Practice Areas

Corporate and Business Transactions

  • Negotiating, drafting and analyzing business contracts
  • Advising businesses regarding intellectual property, trade secret, and proprietary information protection, including trademarks, servicemarks and copyrights
  • Licensing and franchising
  • Analyzing antitrust and competition issues
  • Advising and representing businesses in employment matters
  • Handling the purchase and sale of businesses and ownership interests
  • Formation of corporations, LLC’s and partnerships
  • Advising corporate management

Real Estate Transactions

  • Negotiating and transacting purchases and sales
  • Analyzing and correcting title, easement, and encroachment issues
  • Advising and representing clients in development and construction
  • Commercial leasing
  • Advising and representing realtors, mortgage companies, appraisers, Homeowner’s Associations and property management companies   

Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation

  • Business disputes
  • Real Estate issues, including sales, title, CC&R’s and construction 
  • Fiduciary, Trust and Probate disputes
  • Representation of employers before administrative agencies
  • Representation of creditors in Bankruptcy proceedings  

Governmental and Public Relations

  • Representation of Clients before public entities

Other Professional Experience

  • City Councilman, City of DeKalb, Illinois (1983 – 1987)
  • Judge Pro Tem, Riverside Municipal Court
  • Arbitrator, Riverside County
  • Special Master, State Bar of California 
  • Appointed member, Corporate Law Departments Committee, State Bar of California (1997 - 2004) 
  • Panel Moderator and Speaker, State Bar Convention Program, “Trade Secret Protection: The Danger of the Disloyal Employee”  
  • Contributor, “Landlord–Tenant Handbook IV,” Northern Illinois University Press, 1986.

Admitted to Practice

  • United States Supreme Court; Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California Federal Court; California; Illinois (provisional license, 1986 – 1988) 

Education

  • Northern Illinois University – Juris Doctor, 1987
  • Highlights:  Dean’s List
    • Professor’s Research Assistant for law review article on fiduciary
      responsibilities in limited partnerships. 
  • Northern Illinois University – Bachelor of Arts, 1984
  • Highlights:  Class Salutatorian
    • National Honor Society
    • Chief Justice, Student Supreme Court