Jim Harper provides advice and counsel in general business and real estate law matters. Jim also helps successful business owners and families with their business succession and estate planning needs. He is a partner of Best Best & Krieger LLP and a member of the Business Services practice group in Riverside.

Prior to returning to Best Best & Krieger in 2010, Jim was a shareholder at the Redlands firm of McPeters McAlearney Shimoff & Hatt. He previously practiced law with BB&K and Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, where he represented clients in general business, real estate, land use, and employment law matters.

Jim has assisted clients in a variety of business, estate planning and real estate matters, including the purchase and sale of many closely-held businesses, tenant-occupied office buildings, shopping centers, operating golf course clubs and resort properties, and entitled vacant land. In these various matters, he has structured and negotiated the transactions, as well as documented and assisted with due diligence, third-party contracts and consents, environmental matters, governmental entitlements, title insurance and escrow closings. Jim also represents real estate lenders and borrowers in real property secured financing matters, and landlords and tenants in leasing transactions.

Jim is a member of Wealth Counsel, a nationwide community of estate planning and business law attorneys dedicated to developing and maintaining the very best estate planning and business law practices and technical expertise of its members. He is also a founding organizer, chair and presenter for the Riverside Investor’s Business Daily Meetup Group.

Jim is an active member of Citrus Valley Velo, a local competitive cycling team. His other interests include skiing and spending time with his wife, four children and Yamaha YZ450F.