in your best interest

With over 30 years experience in both the public and private legal sector working on land use, zoning, entitlement and code enforcement issues, as well as a Mediator, Mr. Hare is familiar with many aspects of both commercial and residential real estate transactions, including easements, purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, and related matters. Mr. Hare is on the Mediation Panel for the California Association of Realtors.

Before opening his private law practice in San Jose, Mr. Hare served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Sunnyvale focusing on land use issues, and as City Attorney for the City of Morgan Hill, California, and has provided contract legal services to other government agencies in Santa Clara County. Mr. Hare has been a Lecturer in Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, University of California Berkeley School of Law, a lecturer in land use and planning law at San Jose State University, and is a former Captain in the U.S. Air Force.

• Licensed Real Estate Broker, California

• San Jose State University, Lecturer

Education

• Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D. 1985

• Law Review: Santa Clara University School of Law (Business Editor, 1984)

• University of Southern California, Masters Degree in Systems Management, 1980

• San Jose State University, Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, 1977

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California State Bar, admitted 1985

• Mediation Panel, California Association of Realtors

• Rotary Club of San Jose

the role of counsel

My only interest is your best interest. An attorney’s job includes advise and counsel. In fact, sound advice and good counsel is an attorney’s highest calling. Anyone can file suit and rack up thousands of dollars in legal fees, but is that in the best interest of the client? What measures will bring about a satisfactory outcome that allows the client to get out of court and on with life?

That’s what I do. I listen. I review the facts. I educate my clients on the law and on likely outcomes. I collaborate with my clients on strategies that will result in a resolution they can live with.

When you're ready to make forward progress on your legal issue, call me.