Randy Sullivan
Partner at Patton Sullivan Brodehl, LLP
Randy Sullivan is a partner at Patton Sullivan & Brodehl LLP in Pleasanton, where he focuses on major real estate and complex business litigation. He is an experienced trial lawyer in complex litigation in both state and federal courts, and litigates on behalf of a wide variety of individual and corporate businesses and real property owners, investors, developers, financial institutions, mortgage brokers, real estate brokers, directors and officers, and technology companies. Mr. Sullivan received his BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Editor for the California Attorney’s Guide to Damages, Chapter 5, Injury to Property (2011 - Present) • Editor for California Real Estate Brokers: Law and Litigation, Chapter 3, Agency: Broker Fiduciary and Statutory Duties (2023 - Present) • Editor for California Real Estate Brokers: Law and Litigation, Chapter 12, Trial Tactics and Strategies (2023 - Present) • Editor for the Real Property Litigation CEB Guide (2021) • Editor for CEB’s Action Guide, Handling a Real Property Foreclosure (2020 - Present) • Editor for the California Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Foreclosure Litigation, Chapter 12 on Lender Liability (2013) • Editor for the California Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Foreclosure Litigation, Chapter 13 on Special Issues in Consumer Residential Mortgage Loans (2013 - 2017) • Featured article in the CEB Real Estate Update titled: The 3-Year Aftermath of Black Hills Invs. v. Albertson’s: Recent Developments and Suggestions for Resolving an Asserted Black Hills Defense (May 2010)
Kevin R. Brodehl
Partner
Kevin Brodehl is a trial and appellate attorney at Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP in San Ramon, California. His practice focuses on high-stakes real estate and business disputes throughout the Bay Area and California. While leading a robust and growing litigation practice, Mr. Brodehl also works as the lead author of two blogs – “The LLC Jungle,” focusing on LLC disputes, and “Money and Dirt,” focusing on real estate and secured lending disputes. He is a frequent speaker on those topics, and also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at U.C. Berkeley Law (Real Estate Transactions & Litigation). Achievements & Other Notable Experience • Frequent webinar speaker on "LLC Jungle" issues • Adjunct Professor at U.C. Berkeley School of Law (Real Estate Transactions & Litigation, Fall 2016) • Annual Update Author for CEB's seminal treatise "Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Foreclosure Litigation • Earned the “Super Lawyer” honor every year from 2012 through 2023
