Robert Pearman, Robinson & Pearman: Attorney & Arbitrator

ROBERT C. PEARMAN, JR.

EDUCATION:

Yale Law School - Juris Doctor University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School - B.S. Economics (cum laude)

LEGAL ASSOCIATIONS:

State Bar of California
Past Service and Appointments: Public Law Section - Member of Executive Committee , Vice Chair ; Real Property Law Section - Member of Executive Committee, Vice-Chair, Advisor , Co-Chair of Common Interest Developments Subsection

Los Angeles County Bar Association
Real Property Law Section - Member of Executive Committee (2009-), Former Member of L.A. Lawyer Magazine Editorial Board - Editor of Annual Real Estate Issue

PUBLIC SERVICE:

National Housing Law Project, Board of Directors (1995 -), Chairman (2008- ); Member, Vice Chair of Transportation Commission, City of Oceanside (2001 -). Past Service and Appointments: City of Oceanside General Plan Validation Ad-Hoc Committee ; State Inspection & Maintenance Review Committee ; Member of Assessment Appeals Board of L.A. County ; Neighborhood Planning Board, L.A. City Council District ; HUD Approved Foreclosure Commissioner

SEMINARS AND WRITINGS:

"High Court Tackles Scope of State's Prevailing Wage Law", Los Angeles Daily Journal (Mar. 16, 2005); Joint Development of Transit Properties , Real Property Law Reporter (July 2004); Author, Avoiding Liability for Receivership Expenses , CEB California Civil Litigation Reporter (2002); Author, The Use of the Health & Safety Code Receivership Remedy for Substandard Residential Buildings: Promises & Pitfalls , Public Law Journal (2002); Author, Agreements for Utility Rearrangements in Passenger Rail Projects , Transit California (May 2002); Author, Sharing Corridors is Key Strategy in High-Speed Rail Planning , Metro (2001); Author, Real Property: Oral Leases and the Statute of Frauds , California Lawyer (July 1998); Author, "Leasing of Commercial Space: Ten Tips for the Small Business Owner", Recycling Black Dollars (June 1997); Author, "A Guide to Effective Joint Counsel Relationships", The Minority Law Journal (Spring 1996); Co-Author, "Use of a Previously Certified EIR in Redevelopment Plan Adoption", Dicta: The Lawyers Magazine of the San Diego County Bar Association (April 1996); Author, "Successful Joint Development with Public Transit Sites and Facilities", Transit California (March/April 1991); Author, "Collecting From Judgment Debtors: The Third Party Examination", Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal (Fall 1990).

Speaker before the CityTrans China International Conference on City Planning, Transportation Traffic Engineering (Tongji University, China)(2004) on paper re: Joint Development Around Transit Properties: Projects, Planning & Performance ; Speaker before the Los Angeles County Bar Association on How to Develop Property in South Central Los Angeles: Developing, Lawyering and Financing Deals (2002); Speaker before the San Diego/Imperial Counties City Attorneys Association on The Use of the Health & Safety Code Receivership Remedy for Substandard Buildings (2002); Speaker at Real Estate Forum on Current Topics of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, on Regulatory Issues: Rental Housing (June 2000); Speaker at the 1997 Low- to Moderate- Income Housing Workshop of the California Redevelopment Association on "Housing 101: Introduction to Redevelopment Housing Requirements."; Moderator at California Redevelopment Association Symposium on Legal Issues (August 1996) on "Triggering Prevailing Wage Requirements"; Panelist at CEB 13th Annual Real Property Institute on "Minimizing Real Property Liabilities: Purchase and Sale" (1996); Moderator and Panelist at 25th Annual Benjamin S. Crocker Symposium on "Transferring Contaminated Properties - The State of the Art" (1996). Speaker at California Redevelopment Association Seminar on Low and Moderate Income Housing (1995); "Legal Issues Workshop - Affordable Housing Loan Documents" (1993); "Recent Developments in Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Issues" (1993); Presentation to Senior Management of Public Transit Agency on Turnkey Project Elements (1993); Los Angeles County Bar Association Residential Development and Condominiums subsection.

Consultant California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB )- Ground Lease Practice (2009),Forming California Common Interest Developments (2004), Organizing California Corporations (2nd Ed.),Drafting Provisions for Business Agreements, and Advising California Partnerships (2nd Ed.); Speaker at Business and Real Estate Finance Workshops and Seminars.

Current Member, CEB Real Property Advisory Committee

ARBITRATION QUALIFICATIONS:

Member of American Arbitration Association – National Roster of Neutrals (Commercial and Construction Disputes Panels)

Certified Member of State of California Public Works Contract Arbitration Panel