BIO

Benjamin C. Graves represents clients in complex real estate transactions, real estate disclosure actions, commercial litigation, title law, escrow, land use, mortgage lending and compliance, and secured creditors’ rights cases. A special focus on fraud related to real estate nondisclosure, and mortgage/ title transactions sets his firm apart from other firms.

Benjamin is a former United States Army officer and Attack Helicopter Instructor Pilot; and served in Europe, Africa, and Central America. He authored “Richards v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.: The Pyrrhic Victory of Proposition 51 and the Death of Fault Immunity for Tobacco,” 33 U.S.F.L. Rev 459; which is cited in the Witkin Summary of California Law and the Commentary of Cal. Civil Code §1714.45.

Benjamin received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law where he served as a member of The USF Law Review, and is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Benjamin C. Graves is an appointed member of  the Marin County Bar Association Ethics Committee, and is a member of the Real Estate Section of the California Bar Association, the National Military Intelligence Association, Commonwealth Club, and the Marin Builders Association.

Benjamin holds two Learjet World Speed Records: San Francisco-New York and (553.7 mph) and San Francisco-Denver (612.11 mph) both set in a Learjet 55A.