Attorneys
Nathan Scheg
Nathan represents clients in a broad spectrum of areas, including real estate and construction law, business litigation, and risk management planning.
Nathan represents clients in a broad spectrum of areas, including real estate and construction law, business litigation, and risk management planning. In the construction arena, Nathan has represented some of California’s largest developers and general contractors in all facets of litigation, including claims of defective construction, mechanic’s liens and contract disputes from project initiation and preparation of contract documents through dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration and trial. Nathan also brings an innovative problem-solving ability to those matters arising during the course of ongoing projects and transactions.
Nathan graduated from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton (Binghamton University) in 1995, and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. In 1998, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Nathan has been a member of the State Bar of California since 1998, and is also admitted to practice before all California federal courts. In addition, he has been a member of the State Bar of Florida since 2005.
Christopher Waud
Chris' expertise lies in real estate development, representing builder clients of all sizes who construct standard and common interest subdivisions of varying structures (whether commercial, residential, or mixed-use) and drafting the governing and corporate documents necessary to establish the homeowners’ associations that govern such subdivisions.
Christopher leverages the depth of his real estate development knowledge and his strong working relationships with California Bureau of Real Estate (BRE) personnel in order to successfully assist his builder clients in obtaining public reports from the BRE. Christopher also has extensive experience in easement and boundary issues, landlord-tenant law, title and escrow issues, and Fannie Mae/FHA/VA financing.
Christopher received dual B.A. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994, where he double-majored in Spanish Language and Literature and Latin American Studies. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1999 from the University of California at Davis School of Law. Christopher has been a member of the State Bar of California since 2002, and is also admitted to practice before the United States Federal Court, Northern District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Associates
Dylan Fukai
Dylan handles all aspects of civil litigation, from drafting initial pleadings to trial, and is a keen courtroom advocate who thrives in the adversarial nature of litigation. He has a broad legal background as an attorney, ranging from positions with the Santa Cruz County Counsel’s Office to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. Dylan is a proud alumnus of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly), as well as the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he received his Juris Doctor degree in 2019 and has been a member of the California state bar ever since. He was born and raised in Santa Cruz, and in his spare time he enjoys taking advantage of all the Westside has to offer, including running on Westcliff and practicing Jiu Jitsu at Sandro Batata BJJ.
Jacob Hirsch
Jacob is an associate at Ironhorse Law Group, where he maintains active real estate litigation and transactional practices. He has experience litigating on behalf of both buyers and sellers of real property and represents commercial property entities in the purchase and sale of real property. He also counsels commercial property entities in borrower-side financing transactions. Prior to joining Ironhorse, Jacob practiced law at a global law firm and boutique firms in the Bay Area.
Jacob graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2018 (now University of California College of the Law, San Francisco), where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the executive articles editor of Volume 69 of the Hastings Law Journal. While in law school, Jacob also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in international business transactions. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in history from Vanderbilt University in 2011.