Ropers Majeski

The Retail Industry practice group at RMKB meets the full range of legal needs of our clients in the highly competitive retail industry. As industry insiders, we pride ourselves on knowing just what keeps our clients up at night and finding a solution to the challenges with which they are confronted.

Retail is a vibrant segment of the economy in which corporate giants abut mom and pops and publicly traded companies compete with sole proprietorships. RMKB attorneys have the skill and expertise to assist our retail clients in navigating the highways and byways of commerce and successfully compete in their chosen industry. Our experienced team consists of corporate, real estate and tax lawyers as well as employment, labor, construction, products liability and premises liability litigators. We devise risk management strategies designed to minimize the frequency and severity of litigation and can assist with contractual risk transfer agreements to put the risk of loss where it rightly belongs. But when litigation does become necessary, we provide vigorous counsel, always aware that we need to align with our clients’ interests.

The Retail Industry practice group counsels clients in areas such as leases, subleases, assignments, sale lease-backs and lease-options, transfers, employment concerns, and privacy and consumer protection matters, among other areas. We advise retailers, manufacturers and distributors in all aspects of their business. We also assist clients in achieving success through the management of real estate portfolios, navigation of complex regulatory and political arenas, negotiation and drafting of leases and the protection of priceless intellectual property. We assist clients with the challenges they face in a highly competitive retail market.

Our clients range from major shopping centers and wholesale distributors to small boutiques and internet retailers. We represent major corporations in the retail industry as well as local businesses and family interests. We provide our clients with comprehensive solutions to meet the uniquely challenging needs of the retail industry, whether the client is a corporate giant or a sole proprietorship. Whether you are growing a small business or consolidating a large business, our team will deliver comprehensive advice on the most important issues you face in the ever-changing retail environment.

Our team’s in-depth experience ranges over several decades in the retail and consumer industry. Our attorneys routinely oversee acquisitions, lease disputes, complex financing, and a variety of business dilemmas that affect our clients on a day-to-day basis. We understand the challenges retailers face in today’s market and we have the experience to support your retail business at every level.

At RMKB, we provide business-oriented and results driven counsel based on substantial experience at the beginning, middle, and end of the investment or project cycle. We advise clients on cost-effective strategies and assist clients in obtaining coverage of their defense costs under an insurance policy. We are preferred defense counsel for numerous liability insurance carriers. RMKB is in an excellent position to represent the best interests of our retail clients and to provide our clients with sound legal and business advice. Our Retail Industry practice group can help you be more successful in the face of an assortment of competitive, legal and regulatory challenges in one of the world’s largest industries.

RMKB's Commitment to Diversity

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley promotes a diverse, inclusive work environment, understanding that diversity creates a productive workplace, is a social responsibility, and creates value for its clients who appreciate and expect their legal team to reflect the diversity of their own organizations and communities.  Well before many law firms in the Bay Area began instituting formal “diversity” programs, RMKB implemented internal employment practices demonstrating its commitment to diversity within the firm and within the legal profession.

Today, RMKB offers a wide range of support –both in volunteer time and financial resources – to help increase an awareness of diversity-related concerns and find ways of accomplishing its diversity-related goals. 

 Within The Community

• Through the firm's connection with the Los Angeles County Bar Association, several attorneys from our Los Angeles office are participating in an ongoing High School Outreach Program as volunteer mentors to Garfield High School students.
• RMKB was the catalyst for the formation of a formal diversity program in San Mateo County and continues to work closely with the San Mateo County Bar Association to foster and encourage diversity related programs.
• RMKB is proud to join PG&E, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo, and others as the first and only law firm sponsor of the Bay Area Gardeners Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing financial support to economically disadvantaged students attending college.
• RMKB is working with Sequoia High School in Redwood City in an effort to commit a team of diverse students to compete in the San Mateo County Mock Trial Program, offering to provide attorney coaches and financial assistance.
• RMKB has been honored to sponsor an annual holiday celebration for the students at St. Elizabeth Seton School in East Palo Alto for almost two decades.  The mission of St. Elizabeth Seton School, a Vincentian Catholic School, is to educate kindergarten through eighth grade students from the multi-cultural and economically diverse populations of East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and the surrounding communities.

 RMKB proudly supports other diversity related causes: 

• Bay Area Legal Aid
• Charles Houston Bar Association
• Food Bank Society of Los Angeles
• Bar Association of San Francisco Diversity Program
  

Our attorneys belong to the following organizations:

• Asian-American Bar Association of the Great Bay Area
• Iranian-American Bar
• Japanese-American Bar
• Korean-American Bar Association of Northern California
• Law Society of Hong Kong
  
   

Within RMKB:

RMKB maintains a formal mentorship program for its associates

RMKB provides funding for and supports attorney participation in local and national organizations seeking to promote and encourage diversity within the legal profession.

RMKB provides flex-time schedules and part time employment for attorneys at both the partner and associate level.

Diversity Committee: Richard Wilson, Enrique Marinez, Kristina Chung, Dennis Ward, John Koeppel, Darcy Diaz

Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley offers equal opportunity in employment and advancement for all qualified persons without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other factor prohibited by local, state, and federal law.