Deborah Churton Aikins
Partner

Deborah Churton Aikins joined GCA Law Partners LLP in January 1995, specializing in transactional real estate and California land use law. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Aikins was real estate of counsel with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and senior associate with Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, both in Palo Alto, California. She previously practiced as an associate with Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon (San Francisco) and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison (Pleasanton, CA). Ms. Aikins also has been Associate General Counsel to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Jose. Her broad-based transactional practice includes representation of start-up, mid-size and large public, private and non-profit companies in all aspects of commercial leasing, subleasing and purchase and sales.

Ms. Aikins holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. She received her J.D. from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, graduating cum laude as a member of the Order of Coif and the Thurston Honor Society. Ms. Aikins has served as an articles editor for the California Real Property Journal and team instructor in real estate development at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

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