Dean E. Dennis

Background

Dennis, Dean E. was born on September 6, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Education

Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1983).

Career

Southern California Rapid Transit District v. Bolen (1992) 1 California 4th 654; City of Manhattan Beach v. Superior Court (1996) 13 California 4th 232; City of Vista v. Fielder, California Supreme Court Number. S046856 (decision pending); Los Angeles Unified School District v. Trump Wilshire Associates (1996) 42 California Appendix 4th 1682; Kalmanovitz v. Bitting (1996) 43 California Appendix 4th 311; Friends of Louisiana Vina v. County of Los Angeles (1991) 232 California Appendix 3d. 1446; Thomas v. County of Los Angeles (1991) 232 California Appendix 3d 1446; Smith v. County of Los Angeles (1989) 211 California Appendix 3d 188; Surfside Colony Limited. v. California Coastal Commander (1991) 226 California Appendix 3d 1260.Worked at Hill, Farrer & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership (Los Angeles, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Securities, Antitrust, Real Estate (Finance Development and Environmental), Eminent Domain, Taxation, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Labor Relations and Employment Law, Probate, Trust, Oil and Gas, Insurance, Government Contract and Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, California.

Recipient, American Bar Association Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law Prize.

Member, Appellate Courts Committee, condemnation and Land Valuation Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association. Hill, Farrer & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership, located in downtown Los Angeles, is one of California"s oldest and most respected law firms.

Today, Hill, Farrer & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership represents an array of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individuals, with a special emphasis on small and mid-sized companies, and companies with small or mid-sized internal legal departments. The clients are served by legal specialists organized into five major practice areas: Litigation, Labor and Employment, Corporate and Business, Real Estate and Tax.

Hill, Farrer & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership"s knowledgeable and experienced litigators have represented clients in courts throughout the United States. including the federal district courts, and state trial courts.

Several are licensed to practice in other states and in federal courts when representing clients in those jurisdictions. Hill, Farrer & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership"s tax law specialists represent clients in tax litigation, including appellate work, and in administrative proceedings before the Internal Revenue Service and state and local taxing agencies. Hill, Farrer & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership"s Corporate and Business Department provides full transactional representation for a variety of clients, including individual entrepreneurs, venture capital firms, investment banks, publicly-traded corporations and privately-held companies of every size.

We offer particular expertise on the legal concerns of small and mid-sized California corporations.

Our real estate specialists are well recognized for their work representing institutional lenders and other creditors in "workouts" of troubled real estate projects and transactions. Our real estate attorneys work closely with our bankruptcy and creditor"s rights attorneys to handle issues such as foreclosure transactions, structuring "deed in lieu of foreclosure" transactions, and restructuring secured financings in default.

Hill, Farrar & Burrill Limited Liability Partnership also boasts considerable expertise in the growing and complex legal field surrounding environmental and toxic waste issues.

Achievements

• Dean E. Dennis has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Appellate Courts Committee, condemnation and Land Valuation Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association.