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Peter M. Rehon Peter M. Rehon received his law degree in 1981 from Hastings College of the Law where he was the Senior Articles Editor for the Constitutional Law Quarterly. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Mr. Rehon previously practiced bank and finance litigation as a partner with the Palo Alto office of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, where he co-chaired the firm's state-wide litigation department, and as a partner with the San Jose office of Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger. Mr. Rehon has authored three Action Guides for the California Continuing Education of the Bar program, Obtaining a Writ of Attachment (6th ed. 2006), Obtaining an Injunction (4th ed. 2000), Obtaining a Writ of Possession (4th ed. 2004), was a consultant on the CEB Action Guide, Obtaining the Appointment of a Receiver (1993). Mr. Rehon also authored "The Law of Equitable Subordination," 108 The Banking Law Journal 536 (1991) as well as "The Pension Expectation as Constitutional Property," 8 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 15 (1980). Mr. Rehon has been an instructor for the University of California Extension Program and a panelist in programs put on by the California Bankers Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the National Business Institute and various private organizations. He is a member of the State Bar of California, the San Joaquin County Bar Association and the Santa Clara County Bar Association. Email: A representative list of trial and appellate decisions in which Mr. Rehon has been involved includes: Published Decisions:Bank of America v. Salinas Nissan, Inc. (1989) 207 Cal.App.3d 260 [254 Cal.Rptr.748] (Representing Plaintiff and Respondent Bank of America). Billmeyer v. Plaza Bank of Commerce (1995) 42 Cal.App.4th 1086 [50 Cal.Rptr.2d 119] (Representing Defendants and Respondents Plaza Bank of Commerce and Pamela G. Bogle). Bily v. Arthur Young & Company (1992) 3 Cal.4th 370 [11 Cal.Rptr.2d 51] (Representing Amicus Curiae California Bankers Association). Great American First Savings Bank v. Bayside Developers (1991) 232 Cal.App.3d 1546 [284 Cal.Rptr. 194], ordered decertified (March 12, 1992) (Representing party seeking decertification, California Bankers Association). In re Albert Hakim (Bk. N.D. Cal. 1997) 212 B.R. 632 (Representing Debtor Albert Hakim). Marchbrook Building Company v. Souchek (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th 315 [4 Cal.Rptr.3d 874], review denied and ordered depublished (Representing Plaintiff and Appellant Marchbrook Building Company). Title Insurance Company of Minnesota v. Comerica Bank-California (1994) 27 Cal.App. 4th 800 [32 Cal.Rptr.2d 735] (Representing Defendant and Respondent Comerica Bank-California). Transamerica Title Insurance Company v. Superior Court (1987) 188 Cal.App.3d 1047 [233 Cal Rptr. 825] (Representing Plaintiff and Real Party in Interest Bank of the West). Variable-Parameter Fixture Development Corporation v. Comerica Bank - California (In re Morpheus Lights, Inc.) (Bk.N.D. Cal. 1998) 228 B.R. 449 (Representing Defendant Comerica Bank-California). Unpublished Decisions:Frog Creek Partners, LLC v. Vance Brown, Inc. (2006) First DCA No. A111059 (Representing Plaintiff and Respondent Frog Creek Partners, LLC in breach of contract and fraud action involving general contractor’s attempt to enforce arbitration clause and avoid a trial by jury; Order denying motion to compel arbitration in favor of Frog Creek affirmed). Kaffer v. Herpick (1998) Sixth DCA No. H016525 (Representing Defendants and Respondents Comerica Bank California and Pacific Western Bank in fraud and conspiracy class action arising out of the Century Loan Corporation fraud; judgment in favor of the Banks affirmed). Reedy v. Sasser (1998) Third DCA No. C026950 (Representing Defendant and Respondent Grupe Development Associates in breach of contract action; judgment in favor of Grupe Development Associates affirmed). Scott v. Taylor (1994) Sixth DCA No. H009720, review denied (Representing Defendant and Respondent CityTeam Ministries in appeal challenging the right of the City of San Jose to provide redevelopment funds to a faith-based homeless shelter under the Establishment Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution; judgment in favor of CityTeam Ministries affirmed). |
