MANAGING ATTORNEY - NATHAN A. PEREA, ESQ.
Practice Areas
- Business;
- Real Estate;
- Construction;
- Employment;
- Elder Abuse;
- Personal Injury;
- Estate Planning
BIOGRAPHY
Nathan Perea is rated "Excellent" by AVVO and received the Clients' Choice Award in 2013. Mr. Perea has over 25 years of experience in the law. His primary focus is in business and real estate.
Mr. Perea has experience handling a wide range of litigation matters for public entities, HOAs, insurance carriers, third party administrators, businesses, employers, employees, and individuals. Mr. Perea's case list includes matters involving Superfund Sites; the Clean Water Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); California Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA); Davis Sterling Act; Breach of Contract; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Premises Liability; Product Liability; Negligent Hiring; Negligent Supervision; Breach of Non-Disclosure Agreement; Magnussen-Moss Warranty Act; Song-Beverly Act; Unlawful Detainer; Breach of Commercial Lease; Interference with Business Contract; Interference with Prospective Economic Advantage; Elder Abuse; Invasion of Privacy; Defamation of Character; Medical Malpractice; Physical Therapy Malpractice; Dental Malpractice; Catastrophic Automobile Accidents; Catastrophic Brain Injuries; Bivens claims.
Mr. Perea was born in Maryland, in a small town along the Chesapeake Bay. His father, a native Californian, moved the family to Orange County, California, and then to Riverside County, in 1981.
Mr. Perea attended the University of California Santa Cruz, where he graduated with a degree in Politics and a minor in Sociology in 1997. As a student at UCSC Mr. Perea received a Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship, with University's housing department.
Mr. Perea attended law school at Lewis & Clark College, Northwestern School of Law in Portland, Oregon. He earned his Juris Doctorate in 2003, and had a curriculum emphasis in small business law. He received a scholarship from the Oregon State Bar Association and clerked for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon. Mr. Perea also clerked for the Hon. Judge Michael McShane, while he was a Multnomah County Judge.
In 2005 Mr. Perea returned to Southern California practicing public entity defense, and business law. In 2010 he joined a small public entity defense firm where he became a partner.
In 2017 Mr. Perea opened Perea Law, APC.
Mr. Perea is admitted to practice in every state Court in California, as well as the federal district courts of the Southern, Central, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California. He is licensed with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Mr. Perea is a former board member of the Riverside Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a former volunteer with the Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association in Riverside, and a former chairman of the board for the Unforgettables Foundation.
Mr. Perea's professional awards include 2023 Lawyers of Distinction, 2014 Foundations’ Heart Award; Certificates of Recognition for Community Leadership State Senator Richard D. Roth, 31st District.