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Thomas A. Freiberg, Jr.

Legal Expertise

 

Representative Matters

  • Numerous eminent domain matters for fourth largest U.S. bank, involving takings of branches and drive-through ATMs. In addition to value of land, buildings and fixtures, matters involved payment for significant losses of business goodwill.
  • Major, complicated eminent domain settlement for largest provider of formal wear in U.S. in connection with freeway widening that severed its state-of-the-art conveyor system in its Southern California distribution center.
  • Excellent settlement with Riverside Redevelopment Agency in which our client was paid the highest price that Agency had ever paid for downtown property.
  • At trial against Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, obtained a jury verdict very close in amount to that attributed by the real estate appraiser retained by our client.
  • Successful settlement for owner of industrial property taken for expansion of freeway interchange. Major issue relating to cost of remediating soil and ground water contamination caused by tenant.
  • Extensive ongoing negotiations with Los Angeles Unified School District relating to a large property adjacent to its downtown headquarters building where LAUSD planned to build parking structure for employees.
  • Obtained a favorable settlement for owner of industrial park in a complex matter involving City of Riverside’s grade separation project that changed traffic patterns and eliminated a large segment of parking available to tenants and customers.
Thomas A. Freiberg, Jr.

Of Counsel - Los Angeles


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Phone:

  (310) 312-3281

Fax:

  (310) 231-8481
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Practice Area

Industry Focus

Eminent domain, land use, real estate, mediation

Education Collapse

  • University of Southern California Law Center, J.D.
  • Yale University, B.A.

Court Admissions Collapse

  • California

Professional Recognition Expand

  • AV® Preeminent™ Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Publications and Presentations Expand

Professional, Business, and Civic Affiliations Expand

  • Board of Directors, Inner City Law Center (1997-present)
  • Former President of Board of Directors, Inner City Law Center (2004-2007)
  • ADR Neutral, Mediation Panel of the Los Angeles Superior Court (2002-present)
  • Sub-committee of Condemnation and Land Valuation Litigation Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association to Prepare Program for Superior Court Judges - "Case Management of Eminent Domain Case" (2010)
  • Vice-Chairman, Task Force on Evidence and Witnesses (Exhibits), Civil Trials Manual, a project of the Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Judicial Council of California, Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee, Eminent Domain Rules Group (2000-present)
  • Former Chairman, Condemnation and Land Valuation Litigation Committee of Los Angeles County Bar Association (1978-1979, 1988-1990, and 1997-2005)
  • Former Counsel, Webster Commission (1992)
  • Former President, Jewish Free Loan Association (1984-1987)
  • Former Chairman, Los Angeles County Assessor’s Task Force on Implementation of Proposition 13 (Jarvis-Gann Initiative Constitutional Amendment) (1978)
  • Former member, Los Angeles County Assessor’s Assessment Practices Advisory Committee (1978-1986)

Other Career Experience Expand

  • Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Chair, Eminent Domain and Land Use Group