Lappen, Chester

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Updated 4/15/2004

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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.com

Summary

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

Emails

Contact Us

Websites

http://www.msk.com

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