problems for
our clients
since 1950
Attorney Information
Location
152 North Third Street, Suite 700
San Jose, CA 95112-5560
T: 408.286.0880
F: 408.286.0337
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Practice Groups
Business Transactions – Co-Chair
Construction
Insurance Coverage
Professional Liability
Real Estate
Admitted to Practice
– All courts in the State of California
– U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of California
Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1982
B.A., San Jose State University, 1978
Presentations and Articles
– Seminars regarding appraiser liability to the Appraisal Institute
STEVE W. DOLLAR, Managing Partner
Steve joined the firm in 1982 and is currently a Director of the firm and the Managing Partner of the San Jose office. In addition, he is the Chair of the Business Transactions practice group. He is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Steve has substantial trial and appellate experience in the fields of real estate, business litigation, professional errors and omissions, insurance coverage, and bad faith. His experience in representing professionals is extensive and includes the representation of real estate agents and brokers, attorneys, real estate appraisers, home inspectors, title companies, mortgage brokers, foreclosure trustees, broker-dealers, financial planners, and insurance agents/brokers.
He handles a variety of construction and real estate matters including construction defect claims, trespass, nuisance, and quiet title actions. He has worked on a wide range of business cases involving real estate developers, manufacturing companies and high tech fabrication facilities. Steve also provides advice and handles a array of transactional matters in real estate and general business matters. He has prosecuted and defended substantial subrogation claims.
Steve has served for several years as an arbitrator and Discovery Commissioner for the Santa Clara Superior Court and has successfully mediated hundreds of cases over the past two decades. He is a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Northern California Association of Defense Counsel and the Defense Research Institute (DRI).
In his personal life, Steve enjoys traveling with his wife and family. He has a lifelong passion for old cars and historic races and attends as many auto-related events as his wife will tolerate. He also enjoys film noir, horrible "B" movies from the 40s and 50s and historical and mystery novels.
CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.