DeMartini Walker & Ghaedi LLP

Leonard A. Rifkind

Leonard A. Rifkind

Of Counsel

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate Litigation

  • Construction Defect

  • Non-Disclosure

  • Easement

  • Real Estate Transactions

  • Landlord-Tenant

  • Land Use

  • Deposit Disputes

  • Sale by Owner Transactions

  • Unlawful Detainers

Leonard A. (“Len”) Rifkind is of counsel at DeMartini Walker & Ghaedi LLP, Len is one of the most experienced real estate lawyers in Marin County, with 35 years’ experience and thousands of clients in real estate litigation and related transactional matters.

In addition, he lectures throughout the state on the subjects of easement, boundary and neighbor disputes, as well as locally on the topics of broker disputes, disclosure issues, and landlord-tenant law. Len was born and raised in Marin County.

He has a committed record of community service, having served as Mayor of the City of Larkspur, president of the Marin County Bar Association, president of the Board of Directors of Congregation Rodef Sholom, and coach of a local high school mock trial team. 

Outside of the office, he is an avid outdoor adventure enthusiast: open water swimming, mountain biking, backcountry skiing, and scuba diving. Lastly, Len has been married for 35 years with two grown children and four grandchildren.

 

Education

J.D., Cum Laude, California Western School of Law, Honors:  Extern to Justice Marcus M. Kaufman, Supreme Court of California

B.S., Geophysics San Diego State University

Bar Admissions

  • California

  • Nevada (Inactive)

    United States District Court:

  • Northern District of California

  • Eastern District of California

  • Central District of California

  • Southern District of California

  • District of Nevada

  • District of Hawaii

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • California Lawyers Association, Real Property Law Section

  • Marin County Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Past Chair

  • Marin County Bar Association, Governor's Judicial Evaluation Committee

Recent Developments

  • Successful jury trial-real estate fraud, and arbitration-construction defect, cases in 2022.

  • Represent the top residential real estate brokers in Marin County to assist with getting escrows closed.

  • Principal with Grand Partners, LLC, a real estate development company that purchases environmentally distressed properties, adds value to create stabilized assets for its equity investors.

  • Immediate Past Chair of the Marin County Bar Association Real Property Law Section 2017-2021.

  • Annual speaker at the Marin County Bar Association Real Property Law Section Annual Update.

  • Speaker at the 2018 California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section Annual Retreat on the subject of easements.

  • Speaker at the 2017 State Bar of California, Real Property Law Section Annual Retreat on the subject of California Boundary and Neighbor Law.

  • Served on the Building Committee for Marin General Hospital, a $534 Million Dollar rebuild of a major regional hospital.

  • Provided editorial comments for the CEB Treatise: California Real Estate Brokers: Law and Litigation.

  • Selected for Northern California Super Lawyers, Real Estate Law, 2012-2022.