James Albert Ebert

www.eas2.Org

E-Mail: james@eas2.com

California Office of Real Estate Appraisers

Certification # AR 011888

Curriculum Vitae

- Over 18 Years appraising in Southern California, Over 4,000 Appraisals, 100,000 Comparables

- Accepted as Expert in over a dozen local, regional and state courts, over 100 legal clients

- Admitted Expert to Her Majesty’s Court Services, London, Great Britain

- Featured Speaker at over 15 realty offices, sharing the appraisal process to over 1,000 agents

- Recently assisted client with purchase of $25,000,000 residence

- Hand picked to value the estate of world famous architectural photographer, Julius Shulman

- Associate member of Appraisal Institute, in SRA designation study

- Clients include Attorneys, CPA’s, Realtors, Architects, Historic Homeowners, Banks, Trusts.

- Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Mono Counties

- Consultant to Clients Nationwide, including Chicago, Texas, Denver, Puerto Rico

EXPERT WITNESS – RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE

Admitted as expert witness, including Judge Pro Tem, out- of-court settlements, IRS & Probate Courts.

Accepted as Expert Appraiser before the following partial list:

Honorable Frederick C. Shaller

Honorable Norman P. Tarle

Commissioner Michael J. Convey

Judge Andrea Richey

Judge Elizabeth Ann White – Dept 48

Judge Candace Beason – Pasadena

Judge Pro Tem - Judge Jill S Robbins

LITIGATION AND VALUATION SUPPORT

Litigation, Expert Witness, Trial Preparation, Estate Valuation, Dissolutions, IRS Audits, Dispute Resolution, Property Tax, Divorce, Property Presentations

SAMPLE OF ATTORNEYS & LITIGATION CLIENTS

• Trope & Trope
• Silberberg & Ross
• Quinlivan Wexler, LLP
• Gumport, Reitman & Montgomery
• Tangalakis & Tangalakis
• Buter, Buzard, Dunaetz & Fishbein LLC
• California Family Law Institute
• J Michael Kelly & Assoc
• John C Torjesen & Assoc
• Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava .
• Hornberger & Brewer, LLP.
• Sampson & Associates
• Eugene J. Vierra
• M. Marciela Alvarez, Attorney At Law
• Mary E. Saltzburg, Attorney At Law
• Mr. Joseph Lechman, Esq.
• Joseph P. Wohrle, Attorney
• Shelley M. Mandell, APLC

HISTORIC & ARCHITECTURAL SPECIALIST

Sample Architectural Experience – Appraised or Inspected

1. John Lautner

a. Stevens Home, Malibu (2x)

b. Schaeffer Home, Glendale

c. Sheats-Goldstein home, Bel Air

d. Garcia House, Hollywood Hills

e. Wolf Home, Hollywood Hills

f. Gantvoort Home, La Canada

g. Walstrom Home, Hollywood

2. Gregory Ain

a. 5 Private Homes, Modernique, Mar Vista

b. 2 Private Homes, Park Planned Homes, Alta Dena

c. Avenel Condominiums

d. Buffalo Ave Home, Van Nuys

3. Richard Neutra

a. Sanders House, Palos Verdes

b. Strathmore Apts, Westwood

c. Lovell Health House, Los Feliz

4. Marmol Radziner, W Los Angeles

a. Marmol Modular, Venice

b. Edwards 4 Plex, Echo Park

5. Lee & Mundwiler, Santa Monica

a. Private Home, Culver City

b. Private Home, Silverlake

6. Steve Kent, Malibu

a. 4 custom Homes, Malibu

7. Lorcan O’Herlihy

a. JAI Home, Calabasas

b. Mulholland Home, Malibu

8. Griffin Enright

a. Cartier Home, Mammoth

9. Joseph Eichler

a. 6 Private Homes, Thousand Oaks

b. Private Home, Balboa Highlands

10. Harwell Hamilton Harris

a. Entenza House, Santa Monica Canyon

9. Rudolf Schindler

a. Private Home, Sherman Oaks

b. Van Dekker, Woodland Hills

c. Apartment, La Jolla

10. John Lloyd Wright, Son of FLW

a. Smith Home, San Diego

11. Lloyd Wright, Son of FLW

a. Private Home, Westwood

12. Greene & Greene

a. Private Home, Sierra Madre

13. Neil M Johnson, Los Feliz

14. Steven Kanner, Malibu

15. Cliff May, Pacific Palisades

16. A. Quincy Jones

a. 6 homes in Crestwood Hills, Brentwood

b. The Barn, Westwood

17. agps.architecture

a. Hubenette home,Topanga

18. Andrew Rebori

a.Fisher Apartments, Chicago

Steven Kanner, Moule & Polyzoides, Jonathan Segal, FAIA, Melinda Grey, Jerrold Lomax, FAIA, Joseph Eichler, Greene & Greene, , Jeffery Daniels, Steve Kent, A.Quincy Jones, Raymond Kappe, Cliff May, Wallace Neff, Paul R Williams, and dozens of others.

- Consultant to Chicago clients with 1930’s Moderne architectural /historical property

- Consultant to Denver clients and appraisers, for local architectural property purchase

SELECTED SAMPLE OF EDUCATION:

- Estate & Historic Appraisal Techniques

- Historical & High Value Estates

- Litigation & Courtroom Presentations

- Litigation & Expert Witness Testimony

- Courtroom Strategies And Defense

- FHA Appraisals & FHA 203K Properties

- Special Purpose Property Appraisals

- Right Of Way Seminars (Eminent Domain)

-Difficult & Unusual Properties

-Appraisal Institute Litigation Seminars