Martin H. Orlick

I am an accomplished ADA Compliance & Defense attorney. With a practice encompassing over 30 years, I am dedicated to providing exceptional service and legal representation. I am a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and on the Advisory Board of Directors of the Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center. I also serve as Chair of JMBM's ADA Compliance & Defense Group and am the author of the ADA Compliance & Defense Blog.

My transactional practice includes leasing, lease administration for developers and tenants, acquisition and sales, portfolio management, regulation of real property use and development, eminent domain litigation and counseling, and abstracting lease portfolios, land use regulation and permitting, code compliance, lease termination negotiations, and public relations issues. I advise companies in a full range of ADA compliance.

My litigation experience includes trials and arbitration and covers a wide range of real estate matters including construction disputes, design professional liability cases and ADA defense.

My clients are financial institutions, developers, shopping center owners and retailers, hotels, restaurants, performing arts theaters, wineries and other business property owners.

With vast experience and a deep understanding of real estate transactions and litigation, I have both the knowledge and skill needed to get results. I am committed to achieving my clients' goals and objectives.

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

• ADA Compliance & Defense
• Commercial Real Estate

California

Since 1978

Partner

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Current

University of San Francisco School of Law

J.D.

1978

Honors: with distinction

San Francisco State University

M.A.

1975

Temple University

B.A.

1970

Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, 2019

Best Lawyers in America

2022

Recognized 2019-2022

Northern California Super Lawyer

San Francisco Magazine

2021

From 2004-2021

Leading Lawyer Awards - Real Estate, Banking and Finance – North America

Lawyers World

2012

AV Rating

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review

American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Member

Current

State Bar of California

Member

Current

Advisory Board of Directors, Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center

Member

Current

Real Property and Insurance Law Sections, State Bar of California

Member

Current

Litigation, Real Estate and Insurance Sections, American Bar Association

Member

Current

Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center

Member, Board of Directors

Current

International Council of Shopping Centers

Member and Lecturer

Current

International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate

Member

Current

American Bar Association

Member

Current

ADA Compliance & Defense Blog

JMBM

Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce: The ADA and the Recent Wave of Lawsuits Filed Against Business Owners.

August 2, 2021

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce: Lawsuits Against Retailers and Restaurant Owners in China Town

July 27, 2021

Georgetown Law’s Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute: Tempus Fugit – Coordinating Construction Timing

April 30, 2021

American Bar Association: ADA Compliance and the Continuing Challenge of Internet and Website Accessibility

April 21, 2021

Meet the Money® 2019

May 6, 2019

Georgetown Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute

April 11, 2018

ICSC Law Conference

October 25, 2017

ICSC Law Conference

October 25, 2017

California Bankers Association 39th Annual Regulatory Compliance Conference

October 3, 2017

California Bankers Association Directors Conference & 50th Annual Bank Counsel Seminar: Hot Topics in Bank Litigation

June 14, 2017

The Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance and Litigation: Website

May 7, 2017

19th Annual Georgetown Law Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute

April 19, 2017

California Bankers Association’s Board of Directors

January 12, 2017

2016 U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference: Changing Landscape of ADA Compliance and Litigation

October 27, 2016

State Bar Financial Institutions Committee: State Bar’s Financial Institutions Committee on the topic “What Every Financial Institutions Executive Needs to Know About the ADA- From Architectural Barriers to CyberAccessibility, the Landscape Is Changing

July 12, 2016

Palm Springs Hospitality Association SHOPS Board Meeting and the General Managers Breakfast Meeting

June 14, 2016

28th Annual Spring Symposia: The Facts and Urban Legends: What Every Real Property Lawyer Needs to Know

May 12, 2016

Chuck Finney "Your Legal Rights" Radio Show: ADA Compliance

April 13, 2016

Bar Association of San Francisco: Americans with Disabilities Act

September 29, 2015

Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute

April 15, 2015

Strafford Webinar: ADA Accessibility Compliance

November 25, 2014

International Association of Shopping Centers’ Law Conference: Landlord/Tenant Disputes: Hit the Road Jack

October 22, 2014

KALW Your Legal Rights: Americans with Disabilities Act

October 8, 2014

KALW 91.7 FM: Your Legal Rights

June 11, 2014

Meet the Money® 2014, JMBM's 24th Annual National Hotel Finance & Investment Conference

May 6, 2014

16th Annual Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute: And Justice for All? Accessibility in the U.S. and Canada

April 9, 2014

Wells Fargo Northern California/Oregon Corporate Properties Group Meeting: ADA Title III

March 3, 2014

And Justice for All? Accessibility in the U.S. and Canada, 16th Annual Advanced Commercial Leasing Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, in Washington, D.C.

April 9, 2014

April 9-11, 2014

Americans with Disabilities Act, Your Legal Rights

June 11, 2014

KALW

Participated on live radio program

Americans with Disabilities Act, Your Legal Rights

October 8, 2014

KALW

Participated on live radio program

Landlord/Tenant Disputes: Hit the Road Jack, International Association of Shopping Centers’ Law Conference

October 22, 2014

International Association of Shopping Centers

October 22-25. 2014

ADA Accessibility Compliance, Strafford Webinar

November 25, 2014