About

What is the best possible outcome from your perspective?  Which legal option will be the most likely to help you reach your long term objectives?  What is the most cost effective approach for you, the client?  Your answers to these questions will help me to provide you the most benefit for your dollar.  Chasing legal remedies that do not serve your best interests are a waste of time … and money.  The whole point of having a lawyer on your team is to help you achieve success.  I focus on helping you develop a clear and comprehensive strategy designed for a successful outcome.  

Background

Jeffrey B. Hare is an attorney in San Jose, California providing client-focused outcome-oriented legal services to his clients. Also a licensed real estate broker and real estate investor, Mr. Hare specializes in real estate law, real estate property transactions, entity formation, commercial leases, loan documents, land use law, zoning and land use changes, municipal law, and mediation services. 

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 represents real estate investors, commercial and residential property owners, real estate developers, and public sector clients in a wide range of land use entitlement, zoning, real estate and environmental cases.  As an attorney and real estate investor familiar with regulations governing the use of self-directed IRAs and pension plan funds for real estate investing, Mr. Hare advises clients how to structure real estate investments using self-directed IRAs to avoid prohibited transaction penalties, formation of business entities such as LLCs and TICs, and provides legal advice for real estate investors. 

For the past ten years, Mr. Hare has been a Lecturer in Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, teaching courses in Local Government Law, Legal Professions, and Negotiations.  He is a former captain of the U.S. Air Force.

Areas of Practice 
Real Estate and Business Transactions
Land Use Entitlement and Zoning
Mediation Services

Clients
Real estate investors
Real estate investor groups
Real estate investor networks
Real estate developers
Private lenders
Commercial landlords and tenants
Limited Liability Corporations (LLC)
Partnerships
Corporations
Public entities

Certification/Specialties
Licensed Real Estate Broker, California
Santa Clara University School of Law, Lecturer in Law
PENSCO Trust Company, Preferred Professional

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, Bachelors Degree in Business Management, 1977

Professional Associations and Memberships
California State Bar, admitted 1985
Santa Clara County Bar Association