Ken Cheitlin , Executive Vice President/Chief Operations Officer
kenc@hallequitiesgroup.com · (925) 933-4000 ext. 249

Mr. Cheitlin joined Hall Equities Group in February 2007 as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and General Counsel. Mr. Cheitlin graduated from Pitzer College with a BA with Honors in History in 1978, and received his JD degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1981.

Mr. Cheitlin began his law practice as a litigator, first with the Los Angeles and later the San Francisco offices of McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, where he represented primarily savings and loan institutions and a major franchisor. In 1985, Mr. Cheitlin joined the firm of McShane & Felson in Oakland, and later Walnut Creek, where his practice focused on real estate and general business transactions. Hall Equities Group was a longtime client of that firm.

In 2000, Mr. Cheitlin left the practice of law and joined Prospect Sierra School as Director of Development and a member of the senior administrative team. Prospect Sierra is an independent school serving 475 students in grades Kindergarten through eighth. During his time at the school, Mr. Cheitlin was instrumental in the formation and build-out of the school’s campus master facilities plan for its two campuses in El Cerrito.

Mr. Cheitlin is a member of the California State Bar and is admitted to practice in federal courts in the Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California.