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Lappen, Chester

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: (310) 312-3102
Fax: (310) 312-3798
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.msk.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Year Joined Organization: 1946
Lawyer Overview
For more than 30 years, he was the head of MS&K's Corporate and Real Estate Department and has specialized in the areas of corporate work, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate law.
Areas of Practice
- Corporate/Business Transactions
West Practice Categories
Business Organizations, Transactions
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1943
- Iowa, 1943
Professional Associations and Memberships
- MS&K (Head of Corporate and Real Estate Department (for more than 30 years))
- Beverly Hills Bar Association (Member)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1953 (Member, Board of Trustees)
- American Bar Association, 1953 - 1955 (Chairman, Procedural Reform Committee of Southern California)
- Harvard Alumni Association of Southern California, 1972 - 1983 (Chairman)
- Harvard Alumni Association, 1972 - 1977 (National Vice President)
- Immaculate Heart College, 1975 - 1988 (Chairman of the Board)
- Los Angeles Junior Bar, 1953 (President)
- Pacific Rim Holding Corporation (Chairman of the Board)
- City National Development Trust (Former, President and Director)
- Arden Group (Former Director and Chairman, Executive Committee)
- City National Bank (Member, Board of Directors)
- Dataproducts Corporation (Founding Director, and Member, Board of Directors)
- Columbia Pictures (Member, Board of Directors)
- International Telemeter (Member, Board of Directors)
- Zenith National Insurance (Member, Board of Directors)
- Bank of America (Member, Regional Advisory Board)
Past Employment Positions
- Army Counter Intelligence Corps, Special Agent, 1943 - 1946
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
1943
LL.B.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Graduated 1st in Class
Law Journal: President and Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Law Review, 1942 - 1943 - University of California, Los Angeles, California,
1940
B.A.
Honors: With Highest Honors
Office Information
Address
11377 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phones
(310) 312-3102
Faxes
(310) 312-3798