About the Author

Branden E. Bickel is a principal and senior attorney in the firm of Bickel & Associates. Education: J.D. 1971, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law 1971; B.A, 1968, University of California, Davis. He is a Captain (Ret.) in United States Army Intelligence. Mr. Bickel specializes in community association law and his firm provides a wide range of legal services to homeowner associations throughout Northern California. Mr. Bickel is “AV” rated by the national publication Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Mr. Bickel has qualified as an expert witness on condominium law for the purposes of trial testimony in both California Superior Court and United States Federal District Court. He has also served as an arbitrator/mediator for the United States Federal District Court in San Francisco for over 10 years. He has acted as a private mediator to assist in the resolution of condominium disputes in more than a dozen cases. He has been retained to act as an expert consultant/witness in approximately 15 cases split equally between plaintiff and defense. Mr. Bickel has been personally responsible for handling an estimated $100,000,000 in condominium construction defect claims.

Branden Bickel is a highly respected condominium law attorney in California who advises homeowner associations throughout California and revises governing documents for associations using The Rewrite Program. For more information on the Rewrite Program, click here.