ROBERT D. COLLINS

Direct Dial:  (916) 889-8208  •  Direct Fax:  (916) 290-9800  •  BCollins@CVMLaw.com

Transactional • 1031 exchanges • Banking and financial services • Leasing and asset management • Limited liability companies, partnerships • Private equity and venture capital • Project development and finance • Purchase and sale of real estate assets • Real estate development, land use and    construction • Real estate finance • Workouts and remedies

Litigation:   • Civil appeals • General business and corporate litigation • Real Property • Construction defect litigation • Title and escrow litigation  ADR Services • Arbitrator • Mediator ...

Education:   California State University, Sacramento, Bachelors of Arts, Government, Mathematics;  McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific, Juris Doctor- 1972.

Bar Admission:  Admitted to practice, California - 1972; the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; United States Court of Military Appeals; United States Court of Claims.

Practice History:  United States Marine Corps, Judge Advocate General Corps; Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office; Schei, Pendergast & Collins (1979 to 2000); Panattoni Law Firm - 2000 to 2008; Managing Partner at CVM Law Group, LLP – 2009 to Present.

Practice Highlights:  

• Large facility project development.  Mr. Collins has handled multiple complex industrial, office and retail purchase and sale transactions, including setting up of ownership and investor structures, appearances before relevant jurisdictions, drafting CC&R’s, Association documents, construction agreements, leases, and ultimate asset disposition documents.

• Ownership and Investor documents.  Mr. Collins has extensive experience in the review and establishment of ownership structures to accomplish tax objectives (primarily 1031 exchanges), real estate exchanges, and securities goals, including formation of entities and drafting of all required documentation.

• Project Financing.  Mr. Collins has drafted bank and insurance financing documents for large scale projects as well as private financing documents.

• Complex case and matter management.   Mr. Collins has extensive experience directing and managing real estate litigation, including title insurance and escrow, easements, railroad rights of way, insurance bad faith, construction, mechanic’s liens, probate.  Mr. Collins has also managed commercial and business matters, including entity dissolution, and trade secret and competition issues.

• Appeals.  Mr. Collins has also directed civil appeals in the Court of Appeals for the Third District in California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.