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Robert J. McKay 
Pasadena, California
Of Counsel
phone (626) 577-6181
fax (626) 577-6184

Mr. McKay, as an AV rated attorney, is an experienced real estate, business attorney and litigator. Mr. McKay’s thirty plus years in practice have been concentrated in business and real estate transactions (including sales, leasing and secured financing), title insurance and related litigation. Mr. McKay has represented many title insurance companies in complex workouts of construction projects, including analysis of the insurer’s coverage obligations. His practice also includes defending title insurers against claims for breach of the insurance contract and bad faith. Mr. McKay has litigated numerous actions involving easements, adverse possession, mechanic's liens, tax liens, subdivisions, subordinations, fraud, fraudulent conveyances, insolvency of mortgage brokers, forgeries, mineral rights, boundary disputes, foreclosures, deeds of trust, priorities of competing interests in real property, escrows, sub-escrows, and underwritten title companies.

He has also participated as a speaker in programs involving real estate law and title insurance.

Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Transactional Practice
Title Insurance
General Corporate and Business
Construction Law
Mechanic's Liens
Real Estate Workouts
Bar Admissions:
California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
United States Supreme Court
Education:
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 1970)
University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., Cum Laude 1967)
Representative Cases:
Nishiyama v. Safeco Title Ins. Co. (1978) 85 Cal.App.3rd, Supp 1
First Fidelity Thrift and Loan Assn. v. Alliance Bank (1998) 60 Cal.App.4th 1433
 
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
State Bar of California
Los Angeles County Bar Association
  (Real Property Section)
  (Steering Committee of the Construction Law Subcommittee)
  (Member, Title Insurance Subsection)

Mr. McKay has an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell.

Experience. Problem Solving. Integrity.
Pasadena Office
225 South Lake Avenue
Suite 1400
Pasadena, CA 91101
Tel: (626) 577-9500
Fax: (626) 577-0813

Westlake Village Office
4165 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Suite 201
Westlake Village, CA 91362
Tel: (805) 446-4141
Fax: (805) 446-4135

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