Lecturer Bios
Bradley J. Elkin, Esq.
• Founding principal of Diepenbrock Harrison in Sacramento and chairman of the firm’s Real Estate and Business Law Department
• Focuses on commercial real estate transactions, including purchase and sale; title review and analysis; exchange and option transactions; industrial, office and retail leases; and financings
• Frequent speaker at seminars on title insurance, commercial leasing, fundamentals of commercial real property transactions and other matters
• Former president of the Real Property Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association
• J.D. degree, summa cum laude, received six American Jurisprudence Awards and founding editor of the Computer and High Technology Law Journal, Santa Clara University
• B.A. degree in political science, with honors, University of California Santa Barbara
Joel Patrick Erb, Esq.
• Principal in the office of Diepenbrock Harrison and vice-chairman of the firm’s Real Estate and Business Law Department
• Focuses on all aspects of real estate transactions and related business matters, including drafting and negotiating real estate leases, sales agreements, loan documents and other related agreements, with particular emphasis on projects involving infill redevelopment
• Represented Thomas Enterprises for its acquisition of the downtown Sacramento Railyards
• Admitted to practice in California and New York
• J.D. degree, University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law
• Participated in the prestigious Boalt-Harvard Law School Exchange Program
• B.A. degree, magna cum laude and with departmental honors, Tulane University
Julie V. Reiser, Esq.
• Attorney in the Real Estate and Business Law Department of Diepenbrock Harrison
• Focuses on commercial real estate transactions involving office, retail, industrial and other commercial properties
• Conducts seminars on title examination and insurance, issues concerning leasing and purchasing real property, understanding the basics of business contracting and alternative dispute resolution
• Member of the California State Bar Association and Sacramento County Bar Association's Real Estate Section
• President of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Sacramento Chapter; active in the Institute for Senior Living as a contributor to its publication, Of Counsel; and member of the Nevada County Land Trust and South Yuba River Citizens League
• J.D. degree, California Western School of Law, San Diego
• M.P.A. degree, National University in San Diego
• B.A. degree in sociology, University of California at Davis
Cy Airo
• Chief title officer, Placer Title Company
• Extensive experience in residential and commercial title issues
• Significant projects include Arco Arena, McClellan Air Force Base and Sacramento Rail Yards
• B.A. degree, California State University, Sacramento
• Contact him at cairo@placertitle.com or 916-624-8141