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TERRY JOHN MOLLICA
Partner
Chiarelli
& Mollica LLP
2121 N.
California Blvd Ste 290
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
T (925)
974-3325
F (925)
974-3506
tjm@cmlawoffices.com
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Terry Mollica is an equity
partner in Chiarelli & Mollica LLP and was formerly with
such prestigious law firms as Jeffer, Mangels, Butler &
Marmaro LLP, Arter & Hadden LLP, and Tobin & Tobin. Mr.
Mollica has more than eighteen years of experience in
trying, litigating and arbitrating civil cases involving
real estate and commercial transactions and insurance
coverage and defense cases. Mr. Mollica specializes in
general business litigation, contract disputes, insurance
coverage and defense, business torts, corporate,
partnership and joint venture disputes, governance and
dissolution matters, and real estate-related matters,
including cases involving construction finance, defect and
contract litigation, commercial lease disputes, and land
use and entitlement issues. He has prosecuted or defended
cases concerning business and escrow negligence, insurance
breach of contract, bad faith, a wide variety of
commercial transactions as well as consumer class actions,
trademark, unfair competition and business practices,
defamation, fraud, forgery and related consumer cases. He
has arbitrated, mediated and litigated virtually every
type of transaction, and has resolved numerous disputes
through creative and cost-effective solutions. He has
substantial experience in both state and federal courts,
at both the trial and appellate levels.
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Successfully defended insured lenders and homeowners in
First District Court of Appeal proceeding entitled
Spear v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al.,
First District Court of
Appeal Case No. Case A112070
(California Supreme
Court Case No. S148233)
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Represented insureds under title insurance policies in
various civil litigations involving negligence, fraud,
forgery, and unfair business practices litigation
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Prosecuted and successfully settled breach of contract
and specific performance action on behalf of national
banking institution against finance lease originator
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Successfully represented national mortgage banking
institution in bad faith and breach of contract actions
against the primary and “pool” insurance coverage
dispute
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Successfully represented Bank of America N.A. & S.A., at
trial and on appeal in dispute over acquisition and
construction financing relating to a San Diego real
estate development
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Successful appellate representation of insurer in
coverage dispute in appellate proceeding entitled
Lick
Mill Apartments v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.,
(1991) 231 Cal.App.3d 1654
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Successful representation of appellants and respondents
in appellate proceedings in the following cases:
Crocker
& Co. v. Transamerica Title Insurance Co.,
(1994) 27 Cal.App.4th 1722;
Stephen
W. Boney, Inc. v. Boney Services, Ltd.,
(1997) 127 F.3d 82
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Tried
commercial landlord/tenant dispute to conclusion in
bankruptcy proceeding, recovering damages, attorney's
fees and costs
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Successfully defended at trial action for adverse
possession and prescriptive easement upon landowners
ADMITTED
TO PRACTICE
EDUCATION
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J.D.,
Hastings College of the Law
University of California, 1988
Best Brief Award Recipient
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University of California,
Berkeley
Batchelor of Arts, with Honors 1982
LEGAL
AFFILIATIONS
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Member, American Bar
Association
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Member, Bar Association of
San Francisco
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California Real Estate
Broker's License No. 1703172
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Former Member,
International Council of Shopping Centers (1999 to 2003)
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Former Executive Committee
Member, Real Estate Section of the Bar Association of
San Francisco (1997)
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Managing Member, Central
Coast Custom Homes LLC
PUBLICATIONS
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Co-author,
The
Class Action Conundrum: Privacy Rights and Public Notice
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Co-author,
Dances
with Toxics: The Secured Real Property Lender Dealing
With Environmental Hazards
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