Pat Riggs Email and Phone Number

Patrick (Pat) Riggs is both trial lawyer and licensed real estate broker, offering valuable advice with professional results in legal and real estate arenas. He earned his BA Magna Cum Laude from San Francisco State University in 1981, and his JD from the University of San Francisco in in 1990. Prior to law school he was a certified welder and the vice president of an industrial gas supplier marketing to refineries, hospitals and the wine industry.A native of Oakland California. He is eligible to practice in any courthouse in California, most frequently in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a member of the State Bar of California; the United States Federal Court-Northern District, and the United States Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.Regarding his background and experience in the area of real estate (broker since 2005), Pat has a book of satisfied property owners (corporations and individuals) who rely on him for advice as well as litigation. Pat is passionate about Landlord tenant / property management / leasing/ IRS 1031 exchanges, and commercial real estate investment issues.The core of Pat’s practice is implemented with a mindset that seeks to obtain client oriented goals and resolutions. Of course not every case or matter will go to trial, but the value to clients is that he has the trial experience to leverage against the opposition, protecting client interest at all times. The foundation for this approach is no bluff, but rather his trial experience as attorney for San Diego and Solano Counties where he proudly worked as a deputy public defender over 12 of his 35 years of practice. In addition, his skills at negotiation are developed from successfully handling thousands of cases.