Carl Ciochon is a partner in Wendel Rosen LLP’s litigation department, co-chair of the firm’s Real Estate Litigation Group, and chair of the firm’s Technology Committee. Carl has a diverse background as a trial lawyer, with a particular focus on real estate matters and representations involving investment funds.
As a real estate litigator, he regularly represents retail tenants, brokerage firms, developers, homebuilders, property managers, and purchasers and sellers of real property. Carl also has substantial experience in matters involving investment funds. He previously served as General Counsel to a $5 billion SEC Registered Investment Adviser and has represented fund managers and investors in all manner of proceedings, including litigation relating to fund investments, management, and performance. He speaks frequently on subjects relating to his practice, and has been selected for inclusion in Northern California Super Lawyers magazine 2015-2019.
Carl is an honors graduate of UCLA and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received various academic distinctions and was Senior Articles Editor of the Hastings Law Journal. He also holds a certificate from the UCLA Multidimensional Leaders’ Institute.
Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Richard M. Bilby, United States District Judge, District of Arizona. Carl is a competitive distance runner and completed seven consecutive Boston Marathons from 2009-2015.