STACEY A. SULLIVAN practices as a partner of the firm in the areas of real estate law, general business and corporate law, taxation and estate planning.  

Ms. Sullivan’s primary practice involves the representation of property owners, borrowers, lenders and tenants in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including real estate acquisitions, dispositions, finance, leasing, land use, construction and development.  She has extensive experience negotiating and documenting corporate transactions of all types, including acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers, as well as in the formation and dissolution of all types of legal entities, including limited liability companies, corporations, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships and general partnerships.  Ms. Sullivan regularly counsels clients on a variety of tax issues, including property, corporate, partnership, income and estate taxes, as well as represented clients in connection with their estate planning needs.  

Ms. Sullivan graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Business. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  She received her Juris Doctor degree in 1996, graduating magna cum laude from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. At Hastings, Ms. Sullivan was an editor of the Hastings Law Journal. She is a member of the Order of the Coif and is a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Writing and Research, Criminal Law and Constitutional Law.   

Prior to the practice of law, Ms. Sullivan practiced as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young.