W. McLin "Mac" Lines
TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS
- STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Past Co-Chair of Litigation Subsection, Real Property Law Section
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, Past Member of Executive Committee of Litigation Subsection, Real Estate Section
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS PRACTICE AREAS
- REAL ESTATE LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION (1979 to present) retail, office, industrial, and residential lease administration; inverse condemnation; insurance coverage and Cumis counsel representation; construction contract and defects; premises liability, purchase and sale; and lender foreclosure and liability, and public access for free speech
- GENERAL COMMERCIAL LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION (1979 to present) lender foreclosure and collection; lender liability; purchase and sale; and product defects
- INSURANCE DEFENSE LITIGATION (1972 to 1979) medical, podiatric and dental malpractice; product liability; and insurance bad faith
- ARBITRATION PANELS: Los Angeles County Superior Court Judicial Arbitration
- JUDGE PRO TEM: Los Angeles County Superior Court
PRIOR ASSOCIATIONS
- COX, CASTLE & NICHOLSON (1986 to 1995) Of Counsel, and Partner
- KIM, STEARNS, LINES & MOORE (1979 to 1986) Partner
- BARRETT, STEARNS, COLLINS, GLEASON & KINNEY (1979) Associate
- BOOTH, MITCHEL & STRANGE (1975 to 1979) Associate
- SPRAY, GOULD & BOWERS (1972 to 1975) Associate
CLIENTS REPRESENTED
Kawasaki USA, U-Haul, Ernest W. Hahn, Westfield, Macerich, Simon Properties, Alexander Haagen Properties, CenterTrust Retail Properties, Pan Pacific Retail Properties, CompUSA, The Good Guys!, The Discovery Channel Store, Calvin Klein/Phillips-Van Heusen, DJM Realty/Gordon Brothers, General Growth Properties
SPEAKING AND PUBLICATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS: Moderator and speaker, landlord-tenant litigation, insurance coverage, lease workouts, regulating expressive activities, and alternative dispute resolution clauses in retail leases programs, non-bankruptcy liquidations
- BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION: Speaker, landlord-tenant litigation programs
- INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT: Speaker, landlord-tenant litigation and premises liability programs. Author, landlord-tenant litigation article in Journal of Property Management
- CONTINUING EDUCATION TO THE BAR: Speaker, litigation and bankruptcy topics in commercial leasing programs. Chapter author, CEB Commercial Leasing Series — Office Leasing, Drafting and Negotiating the Lease on defaults and remedies, dispute resolution and attorney’s fees, compliance with laws, late payment, and landlord’s right to cure defaults
- LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION: Moderator, evictions, landlord liability for renovations, and regulating expressive activities on shopping centers programs
- STATE BAR, REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION: Moderator, Lis Pendens legislation program
- AMERICAN CONFERENCE INSTITUTE: Speaker, litigation and insurance coverage topics in commercial leasing programs
- CLE INTERNATIONAL: Speaker, litigation topics in commercial leasing programs
- LORMAN EDUCATION: Speaker, litigation topics in commercial leasing programs
EDUCATION
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: B.A., 1967
- LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL: J.D., 1972