Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

James R. Andrews is Of Counsel to Gilchrist & Rutter. His practice focuses on general business transactions for public and private business entities and individuals, including business formation, reporting and ongoing operational problems. Clients have included CB Richard Ellis Investors, the City of Tustin and the Ocean Futures Society.

Mr. Andrews authored Trading Places: Pitfalls in Structuring Section 1031 Exchanges , and participated in the initial drafting of the California Revised Limited Partnership Act of 1984, as a member of the Executive Committee, Business Law Section, California State Bar.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Contracts

Representative Clients

• CB Richard Ellis Investors
• City of Tustin
• Ocean Futures Society

West Practice Categories

Real Estate Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Contracts

Bar Admissions

• California, 1962
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1962
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1963
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Fellow of the American Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association (President (1986-1987))
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trustee (1984-1985))
• State Bar of California; Executive Committee of Conference of Delegates (1988-1991); Chairman, Corporations Committee (1977-1978); Executive Committee, Business Law Section (1976-1978); (Committee on Revision of Nonprofit Law (1975-1981))

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyer in Business/Corporate Law, Southern California Super Lawyers; selected by Law & Politics Media, Inc.; www.SuperLawyers.com, 2006 - 2009
• AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, www.martindale.com

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Real Estate Law and Business", USC Law School Institute and LACBA Benjamin S. Crocker Symposim, April 22, 2004
• Instructor, "California Corporate Securities", Beverly Hills Bar Association, 1968 - 1975

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1962
  LL.B.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: Board of Editors, UCLA Law Review, 1960 - 1962
• University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1959
  B.S., Political Science
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works

• "California Corporate Securities Law Analysis", Continuing Education of the Bar, 1968
• "Trading Places: Pitfalls in Structuring Section 1031 Tax-Free Exchanges", Los Angeles Lawyer, January, 2000

Address

Professional Corporation
1299 Ocean Blvd.. Suite 900
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Phones

(310) 393-4000

Faxes

310-394-4700

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gilchristrutter.com