Brian L. DeWitt, Partner

Brian L. DeWitt is an experienced real estate and business lawyer who regularly advises clients in matters relating to the acquisition, financing, development, operation and disposition of real estate, the organization and financing of business entities, and wine law. During more than two decades practicing law in the Napa Valley, he has represented property investors and owners, vineyard and winery owners, business owners, and professional fiduciaries. Typical matters include title issues, boundary and easement disputes, vineyard leases and grape purchase agreements, purchases and sales of properties and businesses, custom crush agreements, use permit applications and modifications, lot line adjustments and trademark law.

Mr. DeWitt obtained his law degree from Stanford Law School. Before law school he obtained an M. Phil. Degree from Oxford University, which he attended on an Overseas Research Scholar award. He holds a B.A. with honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Before joining Coombs & Dunlap, Mr. DeWitt practiced law in the real estate group of a California-based corporate law firm and with a California firm specializing in real estate law.

Mr. DeWitt has lived in the Napa Valley since 2004. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Napa Valley Wine Library Association and the Napa County Law Library Board of Trustees. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, hiking and spending time with his wife Mila and daughter Anna-Claire.