Richard R. Cipra

Richard R. Cipra is a partner for ECJ’s Real Estate and Business and Corporate Law Departments. Mr. Cipra focuses on a broad range of commercial real estate and business matters including real property purchase and sale transactions, commercial leasing and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Cipra received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Southern California in 1998, where he was the Managing Articles Editor of the Southern California Law Review and a member of Order of the Coif. Mr. Cipra received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from USC in 1994, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Cipra is a member of the State Bar of California. He was honored as a Southern California Rising Star in both 2004 and 2005 by Southern California Super Lawyers. Mr. Cipra is the author of the article “There Is No Substitute For Due Diligence,” published in the November 8, 2004 edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Real Estate and Business Matters
• Real Property Purchase and Sale Transaction
• Commercial Leasing
• Mergers and Acquisitions

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California, 1998
  Juris Doctorate
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: Southern California Law Review, Managing Articles Editor
• University of Southern California, 1994
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Major: Political Science

Published Works

• “There Is No Substitute For Due Diligence”, ECJ’s Real Estate Reporter, November/December 2004
• “There Is No Substitute For Due Diligence”, Los Angeles Business Journal, November 8, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of California
  Member
• ICSC
  Member