Greg Markow takes a bottom-line and sensible approach to resolving real estate disputes. Before embarking on costly and lengthy litigation, he examines all options to identify alternative strategies that will achieve his clients' goals. Greg's perspective about business disputes is predicated on his view that litigation is a business tactic that should be avoided whenever possible. When litigation is the only option, decisions on how to proceed should be based on a thorough cost-benefit analysis that is sensitive to the specific client's situation and mindful of a potential settlement.
Greg represents real estate investors, owners and property management companies looking to minimize risks that lead to litigation and defending them forcefully when disputes cannot be avoided. His strengths include:
- Disputes arising out of broken real estate purchases and sales and investments
- Disputes arising out of breaches of representations and warranties
- Building issues related to construction, liens, and easements
- Commercial property entitlement issues, including CC&R restrictions, changed circumstances, and issues with development
- Commercial landlord/tenant disputes, including office, retail and industrial leases and fair market value arbitrations
- Title, zoning, entitlements and boundary disputes
- Loan workouts, trustee's sales/foreclosures and disputes relating to loan agreements, promissory notes and deeds of trust
Prior to joining CGS3, Greg managed his own law firm and was a partner at Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley LLP, a real property and business boutique law firm in San Diego. He started his career in Chicago as an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis. Having devoted his entire career to resolving real estate and business disputes, Greg understands the business of real estate and leverages his deep understanding of and relationships within the commercial real estate sector to add maximum value to CGS3 clients.
Greg has served on, chaired, and provided pro-bono legal advice to several not-for-profit boards of directors and is a former chair of the Real Property Section of the California Lawyers Association.