Frederick Hertz is an attorney and mediator with an office in Oakland. He previously handled litigation involving the dissolution of real
property co-tenancies, including tenants-in-common, family
co-ownerships, and domestic partnership dissolutions, and the related
aspects of property and financial disputes between unmarried couples,
both same-sex and opposite-sex, as well as purchase & sale and ownership
of real property matters. Mr. Hertz’ legal practice is now limited to
drafting real property co-ownership agreements, cohabitation agreements,
and premarital agreements for couples, both gay and straight.
Mr. Hertz also works as a mediator and arbitrator, with a special
emphasis on the mediation of co-ownership and other disputes between
married and unmarried couples, business partners, tenants-in-common,
co-owners, family members, and domestic partners. He also mediates all
varieties of real estate disputes.
A
native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Frederick Hertz graduated from Boalt Hall
(University of California, Berkeley School of Law, 1981), clerked with
the Minnesota Supreme Court (1981-1982), and subsequently received a
Master's Degree in Urban Geography from the University of California,
Berkeley (1991). He has previously taught Real Property Law in the
Paralegal/Legal Studies Program of St. Mary's University, and Small Firm
and Solo Practice Management at Golden Gate Law School in San Francisco.