Ben Hamburg | Mediator, Attorney, Advisor, Advocate
Legal Experience
2004-present Principal, Hamburg Law and Mediation | Neutral mediation of business disputes. Private practice of law specializing in business and real estate matters
2016-present Holy Names University, Adjunct Professor of Business Law
2001-2004 Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Primecore Funding Group | Managed all legal affairs of publicly-held construction lender with $300 million portfolio and 1,400 shareholders, including litigation, bankruptcy matters, loan documentation and workouts, dispute resolution, securities compliance oversight, and advice to Board of Directors
1994-2000 Partner, Freeland Cooper LeHocky & Hamburg | Handled commercial litigation and dispute resolution involving real estate, loan workouts, employment, general business, and title insurance
1980-1993 Partner, Dinkelspiel Donovan & Reder | Commercial litigation and dispute resolution
1979-1980 Law Clerk, Law and Motion Department, San Francisco Superior Court | Clerk to the Hon. Ira A. Brown, Jr., Hon. Robert Dossee and other law and motion judges
Other Legal Experience and Affiliations
- Judge Pro Tem, Contra Costa Superior Court
- Mediator, United States District Court, Northern District of California
- Mediator and Settlement Mentor, Contra Costa and Alameda Superior Courts, and San Francisco Bar Association
- Arbitrator, San Francisco Superior Court
- Memberships: The Mediation Society, California Mortgage Association, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, San Francisco Bar Association, State Bar Real Property and Litigation Sections, California Land Title Association
- Admitted: California; Northern, Eastern, Central Districts of California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal; United States Supreme Court
Community Engagement
- Chair and Member of Board of Directors, Center for Youth Development Through Law, 2008-Present
- Chair and Member of Board of Directors, Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay, 2005-2012
- Board of Directors, The Mediation Society, 2015-2016
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. J.D. 1979
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. (With Honors), Phi Beta Kappa, 1975
Articles
"The Importance of A Mediator Who Knows How to Mediate (Or The Myth of 'Hon')," The Mediation Society, Mediator's Corner, August 2016
“The Definition of Success [in Mediation]," The Mediation Society, Mediator's Corner, February 2012
"Liquidated Damages Provisions in Real Estate Purchase Contracts,” California Real Property Journal, Spring 1998
“Loose Lips: Computer Generated Memos, Messages and Voicemails Can Come Back to Haunt You,” California Law Business, November 1998
“Defect Defense: Lenders That Act Within Traditional Roles Will Not Bear Burden of Faulty Construction” California Real Estate Journal, 1999