William S. Hunter, Counsel

Practice Areas/Industries
Real Estate

Based in our Sacramento Office
916-491-3037 Direct Phone
916-491-3067 Fax
whunter@hansonbridgett.com
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William S. Hunter has been representing real estate developers, investors, brokers, and lenders since 1970. He has extensive experience negotiating, documenting, and closing real estate sales and exchanges, commercial leases, financing transactions, joint ventures, and construction and management contracts, as well as counseling clients about subdivisions, land use regulations, foreclosures, specific performance, fraud and misrepresentation, and broker malpractice. William is experienced in planning the income tax consequences of real estate transactions and developments.

William is an experienced public speaker, regularly conducting continuing education seminars for real estate brokers and attorneys. He has created and taught seminars for real estate brokers, with Department of Real Estate accreditation, on such subjects as tax-deferred exchanges of real estate under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, the agency duties of real estate brokers, negotiating commercial real property leases, partnerships in real estate, and the drafting of deposit receipts and purchase and sale agreements. William was also an adjunct professor of law at Western State University College of Law teaching real property law, secured land transactions, and suretyship.

Instructor

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Western State University, College of Law: Real Property Law, Secured Land Transactions, Suretyship
• University of California, Davis, Extension: Partnerships in Real Estate
• Numerous courses approved by the California Department of Real Estate for continuing education credits for real estate brokers
• Courses for the California Continuing Education of the Bar, including commercial leasing law and practice, and dealing with contaminated properties

Professional Affiliations
State Bar of California
Sacramento County Bar Association
Editor and Writer, Hastings Law Journal

Honors
Order of the Coif, Hastings College of the Law, University of California
Thurston Society, Hastings College of the Law, University of California

Education
L.L.M., Harvard University College of Law
J.D., Hastings College of the Law, University of California
B.A., History, Chapman College

Admissions and Courts
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California District of California