Mr. Van Atta focuses his practice on Real Estate (Property) Law, Land Use and Development Law, Real Estate Finance, and Community Association Law.

PRACTICE:

Mr. Van Atta has practiced as a real estate attorney for over thirty-nine years.  Mr. Van Atta’s legal practice has involved all aspects of real property transactions, with a particular emphasis on real estate development, acquisition and finance.  He has extensive experience with residential developments of all types and scale, community association formation and operations, as well as with resort and hotel projects and office buildings; land use and zoning matters; and real estate lending. Mr. Van Atta has represented several major high technology companies in Silicon Valley and San Francisco in land and building acquisition and leasing transactions. Mr. Van Atta has been an active practitioner in the field of common interest developments and community associations since 1970. He has prepared subdivision documentation for numerous master-planned residential developments and residential and commercial condominium projects and several mixed – use communities in Northern and Southern California. Mr. Van Atta is often called upon to represent developer clients with respect to subdivision and development matters with local government authorities and the State of California Bureau of Real Estate. He regularly advises community associations as to legal issues as to their operations and management.

Authored by Mr. Van Atta

• “Hanna & Van Atta on California Common Interest Development”, West Group, 2015
• “Reciprocal Easements, Restrictive Covenants, and Airspace Developments in Mixed Use Developments”, Planned Communities: Ownership Options and Development Formats, The ACREL Papers 99 (1995)
• “Potential Problems with Shelf Condominiums” 17 CEB Real Property Law Reporter 141, April 1994
• “Using Letters of Credit as Credit Enhancement for Real Estate Loans”, 5 The ACREL Papers 109 (1992)
• Update to Guide to California Sales Law, Continuing Education of the Bar, July 1992
• “What Every Developer’s Successor Should Know”, 6 The Practical Real Estate Lawyer No. 3 (pt. 1) and No. 4 (pt. 2), 1990
• “Current Income Taxation Issues Related to Real Property Development”, First Annual Institute on Advanced Tax Planning for Real Property Transactions, California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1982
• Note and Comment Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1968-1969