John M. Collette
Of Counsel
235 Pine Street, Suite 1300
San Francisco, CA 94104
T: 415.788.4646
F: 415.788.6929

Practice Areas:
Corporate, Business & Securities
Litigation
Real Estate

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Practice Experience
John Collette offers the experience and insight gained over 40 years of active law practice. In 1973, after several years as a partner in a large San Francisco law firm, he became one of the founding partners of Collette Erickson Farmer & O'Neill LLP. His practice includes a wide range of work in the fields of business law, intellectual property, corporations, financing, real estate, commercial transactions and complex litigation. He has served as counsel in the representation of many emerging and established technology companies, as well as large and highly complex real estate projects (including several of San Francisco's high-rise office buildings and mixed-use developments), resort hotels, residential and commercial condominiums and subdivisions. He has extensive experience with purchase and sale transactions, partnerships, joint ventures, and debt and equity financings.

Admitted
1963, California

Education
Stanford University (A.B., 1959)
Harvard University (LL.B., 1962)

Member
State Bar of California
American Bar Association

Reported cases
Sylvester v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 884 F.2d 394 (9th Cir.1989); 882 F2d. 407 (9th Cir.1989)