Steven Mehlman

Steven Mehlman, a principal and founding partner of Mehlman TerBeek LLP, has been practicing law in California for more than 24 years, and currently focuses on real estate and business matters, handling both transactions and civil lawsuits.

Mr. Mehlman earned an undergraduate degree with a double major in communications/public policy and political science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976; he graduated with highest honors in political science, great distinction in general scholarship and Phi Beta Kappa. He received a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan in 1980, and a juris doctor from the University of Michigan in 1980, graduating cum laude. Mr. Mehlman was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1980.

Mr. Mehlman began his law practice in San Francisco and performed complex litigation involving some of the largest cases in the country, including antitrust cases and securities fraud matters. He worked at Furth, Fahrner, Bluemle & Mason in San Francisco (1980-1983); Matthew B. Weinberg Professional Corporation in San Francisco (1983-1990); and Grant & Sternberg in Walnut Creek (1990-1995).

As a managing partner at Turner & Mehlman in Walnut Creek (1995-2002), Mr. Mehlman represented clients in transactions that involved commercial and residential leases, property purchases, construction contracts, option contracts, employment contracts, business purchases and sales, as well as entity formations for partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, LLCs and LLPs. Litigation cases have included neighbor disputes, real estate non-disclosure, construction defects, soil movement, land use, breach of contracts, lease disputes and evictions, boundary disputes, business torts and collections. Mr. Mehlman has also handled appellate work, and represented creditors in the bankruptcy courts.

Mr. Mehlman believes strongly in community service; he currently serves on the Contra Costa Planning Commission, and is an active member of the Board of Directors of the Land Committee for Save Mount Diablo, a non-profit land trust. Mr. Mehlman has served on the City of Walnut Creek Planning Commission (1989-1996), Walnut Creek Transportation Commission (1984-1989) and Contra Costa Transit Authority Citizens Advisory Committee (1985-1989). With his experience in city and county planning and the law, Mr. Mehlman has developed substantial expertise in land use, from both legal and practical perspectives.

steven@mehlman-terbeek.com