About Us

Buckner, Robinson & Mirkovich is a boutique transactional law firm focused on commercial real estate and corporate work. We represent developers, owners, and operators behind shopping centers and mixed-use assets across the country. Our work spans acquisitions and dispositions, retail and outparcel leasing, development and redevelopment, real estate finance, and entity formation and joint ventures.

Partner-Level Access.
Deal Fluency.
Efficient Execution.
Versatile Capabilities.

Our History

The history of the firm dates back to the establishment in 1977 of the Law Offices of Hal A. Young, Jr., in Marina del Rey, California. In 1984, the firm relocated its offices to Costa Mesa, California, where it has remained ever since.


William D. Buckner joined the firm in 1984 where he remained until 1990 when he departed to form the law firm of Kendall & Buckner. In 1994, Mr. Young and Mr. Buckner merged their law firms to form Buckner & Young. After the retirement of Mr. Young, Mr. Buckner established the firm William D. Buckner and Associates, Inc., a California professional law corporation. Mr. Buckner has continued to grow his practice by expanding his practice areas and client base in all areas related to of the acquisition, disposition, leasing and financing of commercial real estate with a strong emphasis in retail and mixed used development and redevelopment. As a result, over the years the firm has undergone many name changes to reflect Mr. Buckner’s association with various other prominent and respected attorneys who have complimented his real estate practice. Today, the firm operates under the name Buckner, Robinson & Mirkovich. 


From its beginning as a small firm of real estate lawyers, our firm has expanded into providing a wide range of practice areas achieving exceptional results for our clients while gaining prominence and recognition among our peers. Like the ever-changing real estate and financial markets, the firm continues to grow and adapt to the new challenges of today’s legal landscape while always keeping true to its roots in providing quality legal services on a cost-effective basis.  

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Our values

Our Approach

Trust. Commitment. Character. We pride ourselves on having those qualities, and they are continually reflected in how we serve our clients. Our mission is to provide each of our clients with quality legal services and counsel that are personable, cost-effective and results oriented. In adhering to this philosophy, we abide by the following guidelines that are often de-prioritized by larger firms:

We are entrepreneurial in character. We are flexible in our billing practices and are committed to working with our clients to establish a reasonable fee structure, including, as the case may permit, fixed-fee and hybrid fee arrangements.

We are counselors at law in addition to being lawyers. Our clients frequently ask us to render advice on the business terms of particular deals, and we are able to use the vast number and variety of deals we have been involved in to assist our clients in formulating new business deals and in evaluating business terms. 

We make it a point to know the deal principals. We know most of the real estate representatives of most of the active commercial/retail tenants, title companies, and lenders, and maintain cordial working relationships with them so as to encourage the use of prior documentation to complete new transactions as quickly as possible. We are active in many local, regional and national real estate associations, including the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Association of Commercial Real Estate of Southern California, and the Institute of Real Estate Management. 


We make it a point to know our clients. Our clients often require last-minute attention and quick responses from attorneys, thus our attorneys are always available to respond and answer questions. 

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