Andrew P. Bernstein
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Andrew P. Bernstein is the co-chair of JDTP’s Real Estate Services Group. Mr. Bernstein has extensive experience in the acquisition, disposition, leasing and finance of residential, commercial, retail and industrial projects throughout the United States.
Mr. Bernstein’s practice has included the representation of the largest privately held residential developer in the United States in its land sales and acquisitions throughout Southern California, as well as the representation of many other publicly and privately held residential and commercial developers. He also has extensive experience in representing developers of master-planned communities in the structuring and documentation of builder land sale programs. He also regularly represents clients in negotiating limited liability company operating agreements as well as general and limited partnership agreements.
Mr. Bernstein also has substantial expertise in the representation of both borrowers and lenders in commercial lending and workout transactions. He has developed special expertise in matters involving the real estate aspects of military base redevelopment and privatization projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Chapter of the Building Industry Association. Mr. Bernstein is rated as an “AV Preeminent” attorney by Martindale Hubbell.
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University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1980
Order of the Coif
UCLA Law Review, Member -
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1977
Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
- The Gwen Rosebeary Award, Building Industry Association, Orange County Chapter, 2008
- Volunteer of the Year Award, Building Industry Association, Orange County Chapter, 2000
- Journal of Property Management, Article of the Year Award, 1997
- “California’s Supreme Court Rules in Case Affecting Real Estate Purchase Contracts” JDTP Alert, March 2010
- ”Seller Beware: Watch Out for Hazard Zones” Builder and Developer Magazine, December 2000
- “A Shift of Legal Responsibility Has Long-Term Implications for the Housing Industry” Builder and Developer Magazine, June 2000
- “Power Shopping: What Electricity Deregulation Will Mean to You” (Co-author) Journal of Property Management, March/April 1997
- “Who Gets Property Tax Refunds in the Event of Foreclosure?” (Co-author) Price Waterhouse Real Estate Finance Alert, December 1992
- “Prevailing Wage and the Azusa Land Partners Ruling,” Building Industry Association Orange County Chapter Seminar, June 2011
- “The Impact of Azusa Land Partners on Financing and Building in Master Planned Communities,” JDTP Client Seminar, April 2011
- “Mechanics’ Liens—When ‘Free and Clear’ Really Isn’t,” JDTP Client Seminar, January 2010
- “Why Is This Real Estate Workout Cycle Different From All Other Real Estate Development Cycles?” Commercial Real Estate & Construction Division, Jewish Federation of Orange County, March 2009
- “Purchase of Delinquent Notes or the Secured Real Estate: Strategy Considerations and Bonding Issues,” JDTP Client Seminar, March 2009
- “Changes to UCC Article 9 Affecting Real Estate Transactions,” Presentation to Washington Mutual Bank, December 2000
- “Impact of Deregulation of Electric Power Industry,” Institute of Real Estate Management, November 1998
- State Bar of California
- Member, Real Estate Section, State Bar of California
- Orange County Bar Association, Real Estate Section
- Commercial Real Estate & Construction Division, Jewish Federation of Orange County
- Building Industry Association, Orange County Chapter (Member, Board of Directors 1999-Present; Member, Executive Committee 2002-2008)
- Member, Project Genesis Committee, Congregation B’nai Israel, Tustin, CA
- HomeAid Orange County Chapter
