Samuel A. Chuck
Samuel Chuck
San Jose
California (CA)
Real Estate
Profile
Sam's real estate and business expertise assist him in his notable real estate practice. He has extensive experience in commercial and residential development transactions, including representing developers in purchase and sale agreements, obtaining entitlements, coordinating and documenting development agreements, resolving land use and title issues, and negotiating long-term leases. Sam has also enjoyed success in various real estate litigation cases, obtaining several awards in excess of $1 million.
Elected partner in the law firm at age 31, voted president at age 33, and distinguished as a named partner at 35, Sam has been repeatedly honored as a top real estate and business trial lawyer by San Jose Magazine, inducted into the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and received the distinction of Northern California Super Lawyer from San Francisco Magazine. While he is a native of Santa Clara County, Sam's practice extends throughout the state he has represented a Malibu developer in a multi-million-dollar partnership dispute, negotiated several shopping center developments, and advised and counseled clients in the purchase of hundreds of acres for residential development. Sam also obtained a $2.1 million award for a Sacramento apartment complex owner in a lender's bad-faith claim and won an arbitration award of $1 million for buyers whose real estate agent and broker failed to protect them in the purchase of a home in the Los Gatos mountains. Recently, he persuaded a jury to award punitive damages of $1.5 million against an insurance company that refused to provide complete fire insurance coverage.
Selected To
Northern California Super Lawyers 2011
Northern California Super Lawyers 2010
Northern California Super Lawyers 2009
Northern California Super Lawyers 2008
Northern California Super Lawyers 2007
Northern California Super Lawyers 2006
Northern California Super Lawyers 2005
Northern California Super Lawyers 2004
About Samuel Chuck
Admitted: 1991, California
Professional Webpage: www.rhrc.net/Bio/SamuelChuck.asp
Honors and Awards:
- Million-Dollar Advocates Forum
- Silicon Valley's Top Lawyers, San Jose Magazine, 2000
- Top 40 Under 40, San Jose Business Journal (selecting Top 40 industry leaders in Silicon Valley), 2005, Top 40 Under 40, San Jose Business Journal , 2005
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Santa Clara County Tax Assessor's Appeals Board Hearing Officer
- Santa Clara County Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem
- Admission to California State Bar Admission to U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1991
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Executive Board: Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative (BAWSI)
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Real Estate Questions, San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal Q&A Column, Q&A Column, Real Estate Questions , San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal
- contributing author, Bay Area Lawyer Magazine
- contributing author, California Association of Realtors Newsletter
Transactions:
- Residential Developments- negotiated, documented, and advised developers in the acquisition of raw land, entitlement thereof, and sale for residential development.
- Palm Springs Area Retail Developments- represented developers in the acquisition, entitlement, sale and leasing of several large multi-tenant commercial developments in the Palm Springs area.
- Gilroy Interchange Development - represented property owner in multi-phase sale/development at Highway 152 and Highway 101 in Gilroy, California, involving Costco, Loews, and Super Walmart.
- Denise and Filice Packing Company - handled the sale of the world's leading red-onion grower and packer to a multinational farming conglomerate.
Representative Clients:
- Mavin Income Fund v. Chang, et al., (Sacramento County Superior Court Case 96-AS05978 ) Overland Development v. Gilroy Presbyterian Church, (binding arbitration ) Daheb v. Kim, (San Mateo County Superior Court Case CIV 420013 )
- Morter, et al. v. Thunderbird Realty, et al., (Santa Cruz County Superior Court )
Educational Background:
- California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, California,B.S., Bachelor of Science Honors: Wall Street Journal Outstanding Achievement Award Honors: Mortar Board Senior Honors, reserved for top 15-20 seniors, 1988
- University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California JD Honors: Chair, Hale Moot Court Honors Program, 1990-1991 Honors: Moot Court Honors Program, 1990 Honors: Finalst: Moot Court Competition, marking him as Top 4 in his class, 1991
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