Staci M. Tomita utilizes exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail to provide quality service to her clients.

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Practice

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Ms. Tomita is a real estate litigator who represents private equity funds, financial institutions, developers/owners, corporations and high net worth individuals in a wide range of matters involving real property – e.g., contract, fraud, and other disputes related to leases, loans secured by real property, purchase and sale agreements, partnerships, purchase options, rights of first refusal, property management, adverse possession, land use, waste, forfeiture, commercial unlawful detainer, receivers, and liens.

 

Before joining Shumener, Odson & Oh LLP, Ms. Tomita litigated commercial disputes at DLA Piper LLP (US).  She also has experience advocating for the educational rights of underprivileged youth and assisting individuals in poverty obtain governmental benefits.

 

Ms. Tomita earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, with High Distinction (magna cum laude) and membership in Phi Betta Kappa.

 

Ms. Tomita is Immediate Past President of the Japanese American Bar Association (“JABA”), Co-Chair of JABA’s Community Concerns Committee, and a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. 

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Honors

 

Southern California Rising Star 2018

Southern California Rising Star 2019

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Articles

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"Boilerplate Breakdown,” Los Angeles Lawyer (January 2015)

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