Attorneys and Professionals
Paul Cliff
Partner
pcliff@lobbcliff.com
Education:
University of Southern California, J.D., 1990
Claremont McKenna College, B.A., cum laude, Mathematics/Economics, 1986
Biography:
In 1998 Paul Cliff partnered with Mark Lobb, with whom he had worked at his prior law firm, to create Lobb & Cliff. Mr. Cliff ’s practice primarily focuses on real property transactions and real property litigation.
So far in 2010, Mr. Cliff served as lead counsel for a number of commercial real estate transactions, including:
The purchase of a 65,000 square foot distribution facility and the negotiation of the associated acquisition and improvement indebtedness in the amount of $4,700,000.
A 120,000 square foot office building in Long Beach, California, including negotiation of associated assumption of $9,400,000 in existing indebtedness.
The $27 million sale of a 460,000 square foot industrial building.
Furthermore, Mr. Cliff has taught programs about forming business entities for purposes of real estate investment at local universities.
Mr. Cliff graduated cum laude with a degree in Mathematics and Economics from Claremont McKenna College. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Southern California Law Center, where he was Editor and Board Member of the Major Tax Planning and Computer Law Journal.
Publications:
“Catastrophe Planning for Real Estate Practitioners: Traps for the Unwary Contained in Risk of Loss and Premises Damage Provision in Real Property Purchase and Lease Documents” (2007) Volume 25, No. 2, California Real Property Journal, p. 23.
“Commercial Loan Workouts – A Practical Introduction”, Riverside County Bar Journal (July-August, 2008), p. 22
“Damage, Destruction, Reconstruction, Insurance and Indemnity,” Ground Lease Practice, Chapter 15, 2010, Continuing Education of the Bar (co-author with Yvette Green).
Mr. Cliff is a member of The State Bar of California, its sections, its Business Law and Real Property Law, and a member of the Riverside County Bar Association.