Christine Tour-Sarkissian - San Francisco, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 1984
    J.D.
  • Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, California, 2004
    LL.M.
    Major: Taxation

• Non Legal Education

  • University of San Francisco, 1980
    B.A.
    Honors: With Honors
    Major: Psychology
  • Université Francaise de Lyon, 1974

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Golden Gate University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, 1995 - Present
• Baker, Wright, Dear & Deome, Associate, 1985 - 1988

Languages

• English

• French

• Arabic

• Armenian

• Turkish

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Co Author, California Real Estate Cases 2000, California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB)
  
• Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Litigation, Real Property, Real Estate Finance, Commercial Finance and General Civil Litigation Practice, Golden Gate University School of Law
  
• Lectures to brokers’ associations on different family law issues incident to and related to real estate purchase and sale transactions.

Pro Bono Activities

• Member, Candidate to the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute

Published Works

Articles

• Coauthor with Bernhardt’s California Real Estate Cases, Continuing Education of the Bar, 2000
  
• Article on Mediation, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, April, 2005
  
• Article on Shared Use and Ownership Community/Separate Property, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, January, 2006
  
• Article on Section 1031 Exchanges and Tenancy in Common Interests, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, July, 2006
  
• Article on Elder Abuse-Three Lessons for Lawyers (Elder Abuse), Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, November, 2008
  
• Article on Partition, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, May, 2010
• Article on Marriage of Fossum, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, March, 2011
• Article on Marriage of Valli, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, July, 2011
• When Is An Elder’s Property “Taken”–Bounds v Superior Court, Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar, November, 2014

Bar Admissions

• California, 1985
• District of Columbia, 2005

Specialties and Certifications

• Family Law, California State Bar
• Mediation, San Francisco Bar

Other Affiliations

• Super Lawyer in Real Estate, Family Law
• Real Property Law Reporter, California Continuing Education of the Bar (Family Law Editor)
• Association of Certified Family Law Specialists
• American Bar Association (Real Property and Family Law Sections)
• State Bar of California (Real Property, Litigation and Family Law Sections)
• Washington D.C. Bar Association
• International Bar Association (Real Property Section)
• San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo Bar Associations
• Queen’s Bench
• California Women Lawyers Association
• Armenian Bar Association
• California Association of Realtors
• National Association of Realtors
• San Francisco Board of Realtors
• San Francisco Apartment Association
• Real Estate Broker, 1997 - Present