Partner Rod Baydaline has represented community association clients throughout California in general corporate matters, CC&R enforcement litigation and construction defect claims since 1993. Mr. Baydaline oversees Baydaline & Jacobsen's litigation department. His litigation background includes representing homeowner and condominium associations in CC&R enforcement and construction defect litigation, property foreclosures, enforcing judgments, assessment collections, and Association-representation in bankruptcy matters (Chapters 7, 11 and 13). Mr. Baydaline also advises boards of directors in the day-to-day operational aspects of community association law, including the interpretation and enforcement of governing documents, real estate disclosure and reserve fund requirements, assessment collections, and contract negotiation and administration. He has extensive experience in drafting major revisions of governing documents for post-developer community associations. Mr. Baydaline received his Juris Doctor in 1992 from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. While in law school, Mr. Baydaline was a staff writer with the Transnational Lawyer and author of Bridging Free Trade Agreements to Avoid Restrictive Costs Associated with Direct Trade. He is also the author of Settling Basic Disputes, an article centered around helping community associations settle conflicts with vendors, Assessment Collections: Questions and Answers, and Court Rebuffs Member's Challenge to a Special Assessment. Mr. Baydaline is a member of the State Bar of California and the State Bar's Litigation Section. He has been admitted to practice before the California state courts and the U.S. Federal District Court, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. Mr. Baydaline is a past Board Member for the California North Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. E-mail address is the first initial of first name followed by last name @bayjaclaw.com |
