Ira D. Lebovic is an attorney who represents real estate developers, apartment and hospitality property owners, homebuilders, their financial partners and related entities. He serves his clients in the areas of risk transfer, insurance placement, insurance coverage, construction and warranty risk management and litigation management. Mr. Lebovic brings to these practice areas twelve years of experience in real estate litigation, including construction defect defense, and seven years serving as general counsel for Capital Pacific Holdings, Inc., formerly known as J.M. Peters Company, Inc. This work history, coupled with his training as a mediator, has enabled him to resolve for his clients over 400 construction defect and insurance coverage matters, including many high profile, media-intensive cases in California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Texas. He has also assisted his clients and their brokers in placing insurance coverage for the protection of their entities and for high-end attached and detached residential, hotel, apartment, commercial and office properties. With an integrated approach to risk management, he ensures that insurance policies appropriately cover the risks faced by the insured, then drafts operational contracts and indemnity and insurance provisions to reflect that coverage and transfer risk to the responsible party. In the event of a claim, he ensures that carriers and retained counsel resolve matters in the best interest of the insured through enforcement of coverage, contractual rights and other applicable legal principles. Mr. Lebovic has written and lectured on such topics as risk transfer, insurance coverage, mold claims, mechanics liens, home purchase contracts, new home warranty practices, sales disclosures, indemnity agreements and right-to-repair statutes. He is a graduate of Duke University and the Duke University School of Law, and can be reached at 949-271-2800 or ilebovic@plantelebovic.com