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Real Estate Lawyers in San Diego County, California

Searching for a real estate attorney in San Diego County? Counsel for property: purchases, disputes, title, and land use. This page indexes the county's real estate coverage from the State Bar of California's official roll, with identity-verification markers where available.

California's second-most-populous county; its superior court hears matters at the downtown Central Courthouse and regional centers in Vista, El Cajon, and Chula Vista. The court of record is the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego · counsel who appear there regularly read the local calendar better than any brochure.

The law also keeps time: three years for trespass or injury to real property; four years on written contracts (§ 337) under Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b). Adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims require five years of qualifying use (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). Seller non-disclosure claims sound in fraud: three years from discovery (§ 338(d)). The plaque below carries the citation; the roster that follows carries the rest.

This page is the San Diego County chapter of the registry's statewide record · Real Estate Attorneys in California collects all 58 counties.

The clock & the court

Statute of limitations

Three years for trespass or injury to real property; four years on written contracts (§ 337).

Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b)

Adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims require five years of qualifying use (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 321–325). Seller non-disclosure claims sound in fraud: three years from discovery (§ 338(d)).

Court of record

Superior Court of California, County of San Diego.

County seat: San Diego

Main courthouse: Central Courthouse, 1100 Union Street, San Diego, CA 92101

Help with forms without a lawyer: the court's self-help center (source: The court's official website, read 2026-09-27).

Official court information, locations, and filing rules: www.sdcourt.ca.gov

Real Estate · San Diego County roster

1,753 attorneys on the official State Bar of California roll list real estate among their practice areas with an address of record in San Diego County.

1,679 of them hold an active licence; the remainder are recorded as inactive and are not currently eligible to practise.

The roster concentrates in San Diego (1,184), Carlsbad (129), La Jolla (85) and Rancho Santa Fe (44).

19 hold a State Bar Certified Legal Specialist designation, a certification issued by the State Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, and not a rating or a ranking.

For 67, the registry records a language other than English, almost always from a firm website published in that language; that describes the website, not an attorney's own ability.

Admission years on this roster run from 1956 to 2026.

The employers most represented here are Allen Matkins (14), Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (14) and Latham & Watkins LLP (12).

Nicholas J. Brooks

Real Estate · San Diego · San Diego County

Bar #349771 · Admitted 2023

Speaks Spanish, Portuguese · Taking new clients (attorney stated)

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The full San Diego County roster · 1,678 attorneys with an active license and a real estate practice area: is listed by surname in the 8 sections below.

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Real Estate matters in San Diego County

The matters this field covers, as Californians search for them. Each attorney's own profile states which of these they take.

  • purchase and sale disputes
  • seller nondisclosure claims
  • boundary and easement disputes
  • quiet title
  • partition actions
  • HOA disputes
  • commercial leases
  • escrow and title problems
  • eminent domain
  • foreclosure defense

From the answer files

What does a home seller have to disclose in California?Cal. Civ. Code § 1102How much does a real estate attorney cost in California?Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148How long does a partition action take in California?Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 872.710

Every real estate attorney in San Diego County, by surname

Abbene – Brown212 attorneysBrownlie – Dolin202 attorneysDonohoo – Hagarty208 attorneysHagerty – Kriger211 attorneysKripke – Minelli207 attorneysMinton – Reyzin213 attorneysRheinheimerross – Stine212 attorneysStirling – Zyman213 attorneys

Real Estate by city in San Diego County

Real Estate in San DiegoSan Diego CountyReal Estate in Chula VistaSan Diego County

Related counsel in San Diego County

Tenant Rights Lawyers in San Diego CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 1161Construction Attorneys in San Diego CountyCal. Civ. Code § 8412Business Lawyers in San Diego CountyCal. Code Civ. Proc. § 337All practice areas in San Diego CountyCounty record

Real Estate in nearby counties

Real Estate in Orange County2,322 attorneysReal Estate in Riverside County366 attorneysReal Estate in Imperial County8 attorneysReal Estate Attorneys in CaliforniaStatewide record

Source: Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 338(b) · State Bar of California licensee records · Checked: · Maintained by the California Attorney Registry from official State Bar of California records. Legal information, not legal advice.

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