August 17, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO – Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, a leading California real estate law firm, announces the addition of Jonathan S. Kitchen as a litigation partner in its San Francisco office. Kitchen’s long and distinguished career spans over 25 years and includes prior partnerships in two of the country’s largest international firms.
“Over the past few years, we have sought to add exceptionally talented lawyers in the San Francisco market and Jonathan certainly fits within our paradigm,” said Mario Camara, senior member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. “Not only does he add to the numbers of highly skilled professionals resident in our San Francisco office, his wealth of experience brings additional depth to the firm’s growing litigation practice.”
“Growth in the San Francisco office, both organically and through lateral hires, is a priority for Cox Castle. We are pleased to be joined by one of the Bay Area’s leading trial lawyers,” added San Francisco Executive Committee Member Robert Infelise.
Kitchen’s commercial litigation experience includes the representation of domestic and international public and private companies in a variety of business dispute situations, including real estate, construction defects, securities class actions, employment, antitrust laws, business torts, and bankruptcy. He has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases to verdict, handled nationwide class actions, appeals in both state and federal courts and has appeared before the United States Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation.
“Cox Castle has a stellar reputation in the business community and I am excited to be joining such a wonderful group of accomplished professionals. I look forward to working alongside the firm’s pool of legal talent to further its success in Northern California and beyond,” said Kitchen.
Recent representative cases handled by Kitchen include dissolutions of real estate partnerships, lease and lease termination disputes, disputes over real estate financing transactions, complex computer software cases, a class action case involving video entertainment software, and cases involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). He has handled land use cases, including cases under CEQA and tried a ground water contamination case to verdict.
Kitchen holds law degrees from the Universities of Durham, London and Cambridge in England, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge, England where he also taught law for a number of years. He is admitted as a Barrister in England and Wales. In 1975, he was a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University and taught at Stanford Law School. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1978. He is admitted to all Federal courts in California and the District of Arizona, to the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and to the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Association, and the Bar Association of San Francisco.
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, a California law firm, has one of the largest concentrations of attorneys specializing in representing the real estate, construction, and financial services industries. For more than 50 years, the firm has represented public and privately held businesses, major financial institutions, pension funds, industry entrepreneurs, and public agencies in acquiring, developing, redeveloping, financing, leasing, managing and disposing of real estate assets. Cox Castle is located on the web at www.coxcastle.com.