Larry S. Zeman

Larry S. Zeman is a founding partner of Barnes, Crosby, FitzGerald & Zeman. Mr. Zeman has extensive experience in representing real estate and construction clients as to their litigation and transactional needs. His background in representing developers, contractors and property managers has enabled him to serve clients with a high degree of success as to issues including construction and development disputes, insurance coverage “bad faith” litigation, real estate litigation, commercial and shopping center development, commercial and construction transactions, commercial and residential leasing disputes, title issues, and general business litigation. Some of the projects that Mr. Zeman has represented include California Mart, ABC Entertainment Center, the Bonaventure Hotel and Mira Mesa MarketCenter, and has litigated on behalf of key parties for projects such as Bay Street Emeryville, Belmont Learning Center, Bay Ridge Condominiums, and La Mirada Townhomes.

Mr. Zeman was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1976, having previously been admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1975. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association (Construction Law Section and Real Estate Law Section) and the Illinois State Bar Association. His teaching experience includes lecturing on Real Estate and Law in the Department of Finance at California State University, Long Beach, from 1978 through 1985, and lecturing for Lorman Education Services on California Construction Law from 1999 through 2000. He is also the author of “Mechanic’s Lien Abuse vs. The Lis Pendens Solution: a Property Owner’s Case for Mechanic’s Lien Reform and Practical Suggestions Until that Occurs” in the California Real Property Law Report, Vol. 16 No. 10 (Nov. 1993).

Mr. Zeman received his B.A., cum laude, from Miami University in Ohio in 1972, and earned his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in 1975, where he also served as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology from 1974 through 1975.
Robert S. Barnes
(1922-2001)
William M. Crosby
Michael J. FitzGerald
lLarry S. Zeman
Eric P. Francisconi