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Arthur Grebow | Principal
agrebow@bergerkahn.com
Los Angeles
Arthur Grebow has been involved in real estate, commercial, corporate and general tort litigation for more than 34 years. He has handled a variety of cases ranging from matters involving the interpretation of the Commercial Code to cases involving First Amendment free speech issues. Arthur has participated in several hundred trials and trial court proceedings, including over thirty jury trials. Athur has been selected by his peers as a Southern California Super Lawyer in the area of Real Estate, a distinction that fewer that 5% of California lawyers receive .
Since 1989, Arthur has been extensively involved in the defense of mobilehome parks in diverse litigation matters, such as charges of premises liability (or failure-to-maintain), rent attacks and housing discrimination. Arthur has been retained by various insurance carriers to represent the park owners in these lawsuits. Due to his broad experience in these multiparty cases, he is able to streamline and shorten the discovery process. A well-known expert in mobilehome law, Arthur is the 2004 recipient of the Advocacy Fighter Award sponsored by California Mobilehome Parkowners Alliance.
During his career, Arthur has participated in precedent-setting appellate matters. These include the California Supreme Court cases of Lindros v. Torrance School Board (1973) 5 Cal.3d 524, involving the free speech rights of public school teachers and Rubin V. Green (1993) 4 Cal.4th 1187, concerning unfair competition practices against attorneys. He represented the insurance company in an action brought by Union Carbide in Appalachian Insurance Company v. Superior Court (1984) 162 Cal.App. 3d 427 and participated in prosecuting and defending Federal and State securities actions. He has also been involved in many unfair competition cases, including Matull v. Cloutier (1987) 194 Cal.App. 3d 1049, where he successfully defended an attempt to enforce a covenant not to compete. He prevailed on behalf of the plaintiff in a leading Ninth Circuit case involving the right to attorneys' fees under ERISA, Hummel v. Rykoff (1980) 634 F.2d 446, and in Freeman v. Jacques Orthopedic (1983) 721 F.2d 654, involving ERISA jurisdiction.
Arthur is a member of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hill Bar Associations. He has served as Judge Pro-Tem for the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Municipal Courts and as an arbitrator for the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Arthur received his Bachelor's Degree from Columbia University and his law degree from Cornell University (JD, 1968). He is admitted to the California State Bar, Central and Southern Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
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