Vickie Naidorf is best known as the Vice President and Brokerage Counsel for Coldwell Banker NRT Northern California where she helped protect approximately 5000 Sales Associates in 65 Northern California branch offices from Tahoe to Carmel. However, after 31 years of being an employee Vickie recently decided to become an entrepreneur; she joined forces with her long-time friend and colleague, Bill Jansen. Bill and Vickie have formed a new partnership called Broker Risk Management, LLP where they will provide legal services for Brokers throughout California to help avoid claims, lawsuits and BRE investigations. Their current clients include Alain Pinel Realtors, Lyon, Pacific Union and some Better Homes, Keller Williams and REMAX offices.
Bill and Vickie have long worked together to create local Advisories and Contract documents for several Associations of Realtors including Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin. Vickie is the author of most of the in-house transaction forms and procedures that continue to be used by Coldwell Banker many of which have been adopted by CAR such as the Market Conditions Advisory.
Vickie has had the unique distinction of being the only person who is currently on the 3 Major Purchase Contract Forms Committees for CAR, the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® and PRDs. Vickie was the person who originated much of the language that is used every day in California residential transaction forms and she works with Santa Clara County Attorney David Hamerslough on many forms projects.
Bill, Dave and Vickie are frequent guest speakers at various Associations of REALTORS® and California State Bar presentations because of their vast real estate law expertise, their extensive knowledge of relevant real estate forms and the practical transaction advice that they can provide.
Vickie graduated from the prestigious University of Southern California Law School where she was on the team that won the USC Moot Court Championship and the California State Moot Court Championship in 1977. She began her career in Century City as an insurance defense counsel representing various licensed professionals including REALTORS®, architects and doctors. After moving to Northern California in 1983 she worked for Ticor Title Insurance Company until she was hired by Coldwell Banker to handle claims, litigation and help manage risk.
Vickie was a cited contributor to a law review article on California Real Estate Disclosure Laws and is a cited authority in House Selling for Dummies. She is proud to have successfully launched 2 adult children. In her spare time, Vickie writes mystery novels so that she can delight in killing off people who irritate her without fear of incarceration or reprisal but (so far) her fictional stories have yet to be published. Her first novel is entitled Death Takes a Listing and a REALTOR® is the heroine!
