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John T. Blanchard
Business Address:
John T. Blanchard, Esq.
Law Offices of John T. Blanchard, P.C.
4519 Admiralty Way, Suite A
Marina del Rey, California 90292
310/557-3000 [Telephone]
310/557-3549 [Fax]

Professional Experience:

John T. Blanchard, A Professional Corporation
1975 to present

Primary areas of practice:
Federal and state court litigation (including appellate and trial work) and counseling of individuals and companies regarding real estate, intellectual property, and other commercial disputes seeking legal (e.g., money damages) and equitable (e.g., injunctions) remedies, including: [1] real estate (specific performance, breach of contract, broker's commissions, contract rescission and reformation, easements, instrument cancellation, judicial and non- judicial lien and mortgage foreclosure, and other contract and tort related real property disputes); and [2] general business (including partnership and corporate dissolutions and related remedies), contracts, frauds, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and other business related torts.

Adjunct Faculty, Loyola (L.A.) Law School

Remedies
1988-1997

Core Curriculum [emphasis on equitable remedies: specific performance, declaratory relief, injunctions, involuntary trusts and liens, reformation, rescission and restitution]

Real Property Litigation
1982-1994

Course Description: "Substantive, procedural and tactical aspects of real property litigation relating to: breach of purchase contracts (damages and specific performance); lis pendens and other pendente lite clouds on title (creation and removal); broker rights, duties and liabilities; rescission; damages for fraud; contract reformation and instrument cancellation."

Independent Study [Various Real Property Subjects]
1983-1997

Albert & Oliker
Associate Attorney,
1974 to 1975

Albert & Oliker was a twelve-attorney real estate firm located in Los Angeles (Century City), California.

Duties and Areas of Specialization: Litigation of major real estate matters and administration of the firm's litigation department including supervisory duties regarding staff attorneys and law clerks.

Keatinge, Libbott, Bates & Loo
Associate Attorney,
1973 to 1974

Keatinge, Libbott, Bates & Loo was a seventeen attorney securities and general business firm located in downtown Los Angeles, California that dissolved in 1974. Its former members are now partners in: Fulbright & Jaworski (West Coast Branch of Texas firm) and Bryan Cave (West Coast Branch of Missouri firm, formerly Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts).

Beverly Hills Municipal Court
Judge Pro Tem [Civil Law & Motion and Unlawful Detainer]
1992-1995

Education:

Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois.
Degree: J.D., 1973

Honors and Activities:
Chairman, Julius H. Miner Moot Court Board (1972-1973)
Best Speaker, Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition (1971-1972)
Semi-finalist, Julius H. Miner Moot Court Competition (1971-1972)

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan.
Degree: B.A. 1970 (cum laude)
Majors: Economics and English

Legal Publications:

Law School Textbooks:

Author and Editor,
"California Remedies: Commentary, Materials and Problems"
(3d ed. © 1997)

Author and Editor,
"California Remedies: Commentary, Materials and Problems"
(2d ed. © 1996)

Author and Editor,
"California Remedies: Commentary, Materials and Problems"
(© 1994)

Author and Editor,
"Real Property Litigation: Materials, Cases and Problems"
(2d ed. © 1994)

Author and Editor,
"Real Property Litigation: Materials, Cases and Problems"
(© 1992)

Editor,
"Real Property Litigation: Cases and Materials"
(1982-1991)

Editor,
"Remedies: Supplemental Cases and Materials"
(1988)

Other Legal Publications:

Author,
"Equitable Remedies Redux",
L.A. County Bar Association, Real Property Section Review
[May/June 1995]

Author,
"Uncertain Finish: Court Casts Doubt on 'Race-Notice' Recording System"
L.A. Daily Journal
March 2, 1995

Author,
"Involuntary Trusts, Equitable Liens and the Proper Scope of the Lis Pendens"
L.A. County Bar Association, Real Property Section Review
[November/December 1994]

Author,
Program Materials, "Real Estate Fundamentals"
State Bar of California, Section Education Institute
November 14, 1993

Author,
"Recent Judicial Reform in Securities Litigation",
Associate-At-Your-Side Legal Lecture Series,
Condyne-Transmedia Publications, Dobbs Ferry, New York
(1977)

Author,
"An Overview and Critique of the Federal Rules of Evidence" (1974)
[See below re "Law related Speaking Engagements"].

Contributor,
"Primer on Securities Law",
U.S.C. Corporate Law and Finance Institute
(1974)

Law-Related Speaking Engagements:

State Bar of California
Lecturer, "Real Estate Fundamentals"
Section Education Institute
November 14, 1993

Los Angeles County Bar Association
Real Estate Litigation Subsection
Lecturer, "Recent Developments in Lis Pendens Practice"
March 11, 1990

United States Senate (93rd Cong. 2nd Sess.)
Presented "An Overview and Critique of the Federal Rules of Evidence"
and additional testimony before the Judiciary Committee
June 4, 1974

Personal Data:

Born: May 27, 1948
Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 220 pounds
Health: Excellent

Personal References Available Upon Request

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