Brendan J. Thorpe specializes in real estate transactions. He represents clients in acquiring and developing real estate, in commercial leasing, in environmental and land use issues and in all the transactional matters that arise from land use as well as in the formation and structure of the partnerships, limited liability company's and entities which own and manages real estate.

His background includes the representation of clients in court in multi-million dollar real estate fraud lawsuits, environmental, construction and commercial leasing disputes.

Mr. Thorpe is the co-author of “Court Clarifies Accountants' Authority in Partnership Dissolution” in the October 2001 issue of California CPA. He has also lectured to attorneys, “Drafting a Bullet Proof Covenant Not to Compete,” Continuing Education of the Bar, Berkeley, California, January 2003; and “Alternative Dispute Resolution,” Continuing Education of the Bar California (CEB), Newport Beach, California, March 2006.

Mr. Thorpe is a member of the real estate sections of the California and Los Angeles Bar Associations, a former president of the Irish-American Bar Association and a former member of the Board of Governors of the Loyola Law School Alumni Association. He is an AV rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.