Founded in 2011 by a father and son duo who envisioned delivering the highest quality legal counsel with the personal attention that only comes from a small boutique.

The partners bring to bear a combined fifty-plus years of legal knowledge and big firm training and experience, yet do so with the approachability and personal attention that only a small, client-centered firm can provide.

We not only spot the hurdles, we help you clear them.

Most importantly, when your deal is on the line, we make sure you are protected. Based on their actual experiences with us, our clients trust us to advise and represent them throughout their sophisticated real estate, financing and other business transactions. 

Commercial Real Estate Transactions

The Weiss Group specializes in assisting clients with the acquisition, financing, joint venture, development, management, commercial leasing, and disposition of residential, industrial, retail, and other real estate projects.

Private Lender Practice Group

The Weiss Group represents private lenders in all facets of their nationwide private lending programs, including, but not limited to, creating funds, deal structuring, loan documentation, borrower due diligence, title insurance review, coverage negotiation, escrow coordination, and loan closings.  With our state-of-the-art documentation and technology, we can close loans for our clients within 24-hours if needed.

General Business Law

The Weiss Group represents companies in many diverse industries in connection with ongoing legal matters including financing, mergers and acquisitions, contracts and litigation oversight. 

Outside General Counsel

The Weiss Group provides affordable outsourced general counsel services for privately held companies.

MARTIN A. WEISS, Esq.                        Co-Founder and Senior Partner                                                        

As General Counsel of The Garrett Group for almost 20 years, Martin has earned a reputation for legal knowledge, creativity, high ethical standards, responsiveness and genuine care for his clients.

Martin specializes in all aspects of real estate, business and contract law, including Purchase and Sale Agreements, Options, Leases, Joint Venture Agreements, Loan Documents, Employment Agreements, Land Entitlements, Business Formation Documents, Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, and General Contractor and Independent Contractor Agreements.

Martin has represented real estate and business clients in connection with over $1,000,000,000 in transactions, including serving as inside and outside general counsel for a number of for-profit and non-profit entities. Thanks to his LLM in tax law, Martin is able to incorporate tax strategies as part of his transactional planning.

Martin is currently the General Counsel to The Betterworld Trust, a 501(c)(3) private foundation. 

When not practicing law, Martin enjoys reading, going to the movies with his wife, Cristina, and biking with his daughter, Rachel. He has also been a foster father to two boys and sponsor of children at The City of Children in Ensenada, Mexico.

BENJAMIN M. WEISS, Esq.                        Co-Founder and Managing Partner                                                

“Simpler is better. Business people don’t have time to wade through pages and pages of legalese. I strive to accomplish my clients’ goals as simply and straightforwardly as possible.”

Ben specializes in negotiating, structuring, documenting, and closing complex real estate, financing, corporate securities, and other business transactions. In the real estate industry, he represents developers, investors, lenders, tenants, and landlords in all phases of acquisition, financing, investment, development, commercial leasing, and property management processes. Ben also leads The Weiss Group's private lending practice group that specializes in representing private lenders in real estate financing transactions.  In other industries, Ben assists clients in all of their commercial and corporate matters, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, and contracts.

Ben began his career with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the largest and most profitable law firm in the United States.  He later became the in-house General Counsel for a San Diego-based real estate developer.  Having a big firm background and being an experienced former in-house General Counsel makes Ben an invaluable resource to companies across many industries.

PHILIP A. DIMITROFF Paralegal

Philip Dimitroff was raised locally in North County San Diego after his family moved here in 1992. Following economics and political science studies at UC Riverside and University of Magdeburg, Germany, Philip is now working as a paralegal specializing in real estate transactions. His current goals are to go back to school to get a law degree, as well as continue to build experience and education in the real estate field.

Outside of work, Philip enjoys spending time reading and tabletop gaming.