Attorney Profiles
Lafayette, California
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After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Economics from UCLA in 1968, Richard L. Perez went on to pursue a law degree at the University of California Berkeley. Richard received his J.D. (Doctor of Jurisprudence) from the Boalt Hall School of Law at Berkeley in 1971 while also serving as an Associate Editor of the California Law Review.
First associated with the San Francisco law firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Richard Perez worked for Boalt Hall's professor John R. Hetland. Leaving the law firm of Lempres & Wulfberg as a principal attorney in 1982, Richard established the current firm of Perez & Miller. He is now the managing partner of the firm, which has seen great successes over the past 23 years.
Mr. Perez was an advisor to the Boalt Hall School of Law High Technoology Journal and has taught a number of seminars on computer litigation and real estate brokerage commissions, among other subjects. In addition to being a member of the California Bar Association, he is admitted to practice in numerous U.S. District Courts.
Born in Los Angeles in 1946, Richard has been a resident of California his entire life. His knowledge of his home state's laws works to the advantage of his many clients. Please feel free to review the representative cases page to learn more about the types of cases Mr. Perez has represented.
To learn more about or speak to Richard L. Perez, please contact him at our office today. Let our entire team help to determine the best course of action to follow in your individual case.
- Areas of Practice:
- Real Estate Litigation
- Litigation & Appeals
- Business & Commercial Law
- Complex Litigation
- Computer Law
- High Technology
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1972
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1974
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1989
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1991
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1994
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1995
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1974
- Education:
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California,
1971
J.D.
Law Review: California Law Review, Associate Editor, 1969 - 1971 - University of California, Los Angeles, California,
1968
B.A.
- Published Works:
- "Slander of Title By Improper Recording of Notice of Default", 28 AM JUR TRIALS 229, 1981
- Representative Cases:
- Glovatorium, Inc. v. NCR Corp., 684 F.2d 658 (9th Cir. 1982)
- Consolidated Data Terminals v. Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc., 708 F.2d 385 (9th Cir 1983)
- N.L.R.B. v. First Termite Control Co., Inc., 646 F.2d 424 (9th Cir 1981)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Computer Law Section, American Bar Association, 1987
- Computer Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1983
- Computer Law, San Francisco Bar Association
- Commercial Brokerage Commissions, San Francisco and Pasadena
- Computer Litigation, Practicing Law Institute, 1985
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Boalt Hall's High Technology Law Journal, 1985 - 1991
- Member, Advisory Board
- Computer Litigation Reporter
- Member, Advisory Board
- Past Employment Positions:
- McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen
- Lempres & Wulfsberg
- Professor John R. Hetland, Boalt Hall University
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Sigma Chi