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 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, LLC entity formation, using IRAs for real estate investment, commercial leases, loan documents, land use law, zoning and land use changes, municipal law, and mediation services.

Mr. Hare represents real estate investors, commercial and residential property owners, and real estate developers.  As an attorney and real estate investor, Mr. Hare provides both the new and experienced investor with a pragmatic but thorough approach to due diligence, contract review, and negotiations.  Mr. Hare is familiar with regulations governing the use of self-directed IRAs for real estate investing, and helps clients getting started with the fundamentals, including formation of LLCs, drafting operating agreements, and advice on how to avoid prohibited transactions.

With over 20 years experience in both the public and private legal sector working on land use, zoning, entitlement and code enforcement issues, Mr. Hare can assist the property owner in many aspects of property acquisition, due diligence, financing, leasing, and sale.  Mr. Hare particularly enjoys helping new investors to get started on the right foot.

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.  For the past ten years, Mr. Hare has been a Lecturer in Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, and is a former Captain in the U.S. Air Force.

Areas of Practice

Real Estate and Business Transactions
LLC Formation
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