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Kristin Adrian   General Counsel   AMERICAN REALTY ADVISORS   Kristin Adrian is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for American Realty Advisors. American is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, with in excess of $5 billion of assets under management as of December 31, ... [ Read More ]

Mary Alexander   Executive Vice President & General Counsel   DMB ASSOCIATES, INC.   Ms. Alexander’s background in real estate includes extensive planned community development and public homebuilder experience. Her responsibilities have included land acquisition and entitlement, infrastructure planning and finance, public lands transactions, community governance structuring and documentation, sales contracting and regulatory approvals, employment matters, construction contracting and warranty enforcement. In ... [ Read More ]

Todd B. Allen Esq.   General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer   BOLOUR ASSOCIATES   Todd B. Allen is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for Bolour Associates, having served as the company’s in-house counsel since 2006. Previously, Mr. Allen practiced law at Rutter, Hobbs & Davidoff, the former full-service business and real estate law firm, before working as in-house counsel for a privately held ... [ Read More ]

Pamela L. Andes   Partner   ALLEN MATKINS   Pamela L. Andes is a partner in Allen Matkins' Orange County office. She has worked on a wide range of complex environmental and real estate projects. Pam's broad-based real estate experience coupled with her specialized focus on environmental law makes her uniquely qualified to work on challenging, environmentally impacted projects ... [ Read More ]

David H. Blackwell   Partner   ALLEN MATKINS   David H. Blackwell is a partner in the firm's San Francisco office where he practices real estate law with an emphasis on land use entitlements and litigation. David's experience includes representing landowners, developers, businesses, and governmental entities before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. David's practice involves all areas of ... [ Read More ]

Jeffrey N. Brown   Litigation Partner   PIRCHER, NICHOLS & MEEKS   Jeffrey N. Brown is a litigation partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. His practice focuses on real estate and commercial counseling and litigation. He has handled and tried numerous matters in both state and federal court, including matters involving a multitude of real estate issues, such as foreclosures/receiverships, joint ... [ Read More ]

Dan Brozost   Partner   RAINES FELDMAN LLP   Dan Brozost is a partner at Raines Feldman LLP, and serves as the co-chair of the firm’s real estate practice group. His practice has an emphasis on transactional real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions of real property, leasing, financing and formation and structuring of joint ventures, partnerships and limited ... [ Read More ]

Steve Carey   Partner   PIRCHER, NICHOLS & MEEKS   Stevens A. Carey is one of the original partners of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks and is in the firm's real estate department. His practice focuses on a broad range of transactional real estate matters, including joint ventures, workouts, financings, acquisitions and dispositions. He has worked on real estate transactions across ... [ Read More ]

Dean Chang   General Counsel   KARLIN REAL ESTATE   Dean Chang serves as General Counsel of Karlin Real Estate, a real estate investment firm targeting opportunistic acquisitions across the United States and backed by a private investment firm managing over $1.4 billion of unleveraged capital. Prior to joining Karlin, Dean was Senior Director of Acquisitions and Legal Affairs ... [ Read More ]

Kenneth Corhan   Vice President/General Counsel   LEWIS OPERATING CORP   Kenneth P. Corhan is Vice President/General Counsel/Secretary of Lewis Operating Corp., a privately-owned, Upland, California based developer of master planned communities, shopping centers, and apartment buildings. The Company is the managing agent for the Lewis Group of Companies. The Group was formed primarily as a homebuilding firm. ... [ Read More ]

David B. Currie   Partner   CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP   David Currie is a partner in the Real Estate Department at Choate, Hall & Stewart, one of the countrys leading law firms for over a century. He focuses his practice on the representation of real estate investors and developers in all aspects of leasing, acquisition, disposition, financing and development of ... [ Read More ]

John Day   Vice President & General Counsel   L&R GROUP OF COMPANIES   Mr. John Day serves as the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for The L&R Group of Companies. Mr. Day oversees all legal matters related to all company functions, including parking operations, contract negotiation and compliance, employee matters, real estate acquisition and development, and litigation. Mr. Day is involved ... [ Read More ]

Jason Donkersley   VP - General Counsel   EVERGREEN REAL ESTATE   Mr. Donkersley is Vice President – General Counsel for Evergreen Real Estate, a privately held real estate development company which develops and operates shopping centers, single-tenant retail sites (Walgreens, Chase Bank, et al.) and apartment communities in California, Arizona and Colorado. Mr. Donkersley manages all legal aspects of the ... [ Read More ]

Keith D. Elkins   Partner   ELKINS KALT WEINTRAUB REUBEN GARTSIDE LLP   Keith Elkins is a co-founder and partner of Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP. Prior to forming Elkins Kalt, Keith co-chaired the real estate department of another well established firm in Los Angeles. Keith regularly represents many of the most successful and sophisticated real estate companies in the United ... [ Read More ]

Bruce Fischer   Shareholder   GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP   Bruce Fischer heads the real estate group in Orange County, and his practice focuses on working with real estate funds and REITS and their advisors in connection with the origination and purchase of, and participation in, senior and subordinate "mezzanine" loans and the purchase and sale and financing of commercial ... [ Read More ]

Mark Foster   General Counsel   SABAL FINANCIAL GROUP, LP   Mark E. Foster is General Counsel for Sabal Financial Group. He is responsible for all legal and regulatory aspects of Sabal's business operation. He focuses on strategic corporate issues and legal issues surrounding real estate transactions, including acquisition, management and disposition of assets, and work-out alternatives for distressed loans. As ... [ Read More ]

Daniel H. Fried   V. P. and General Counsel   R.W. SELBY & CO., INC.   Daniel H. Fried, Esq., General Counsel and Vice President, and a Principal, joined R.W. Selby & Co., Inc. in 1997. Prior to his association with Selby, Mr. Fried was Director of Acquisitions for National Golf Properties, Inc., a REIT with properties nationwide, as well as a former civil litigator. ... [ Read More ]

Michael A. Geibelson   Partner, Member of the Executive Board   ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI LLP   Michael Geibelson is a Partner and Member of the Executive Board at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Michael solves complex business disputes involving retailers and shopping centers. He regularly represents plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving unfair competition, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets, and defends consumer class actions. Michael ... [ Read More ]

David B. Golubchik   Partner   LEVENE, NEALE, BENDER, YOO & BRILL LLP   David B. Golubchik, joined Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill L.L.P. in 1999 and became a partner in 2003. David centers his legal skills on business reorganization, bankruptcy and related litigation, as well as appellate work. His representative industries include, without limitation, construction and real estate, aerospace, video, magazine and ... [ Read More ]

Derrick B. Grüner   Counsel   ANCHOR LOANS   Derrick B. Grüner, Esq. is Legal Counsel at Anchor Loans, a valued member of the business development team, and a 21 year veteran of the real estate finance industry. Prior to joining Anchor Loans, he was partner at a large east coast firm where he focused on banking, finance, ... [ Read More ]

Daniel Hemmer   General Counsel and SVP   CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES TRUST   Daniel J. Hemmer became General Counsel & Secretary of CenterPoint Properties Trust in November 2004. Mr. Hemmer plans and directs all aspects of the Company's legal affairs. He provides advice and guidance to the Board of Trustees and management on a wide range of legal issues, oversees the engagement of ... [ Read More ]

Sandra I. Herrera   Attorney   POLSINELLI LLP   Sandra Herrera practices transactional real estate law. She represents developers, investors, owners, and government entities in connection with the acquisition, financing, development, leasing and disposition of commercial, residential, and industrial property and undeveloped land. Her experience includes drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, complex deeds and easements, ... [ Read More ]

Roseanne Hope   President and Principal   COMPENDIUM CAPITAL GROUP   Roseanne Hope is the President of Compendium Capital Group, a 100% women owned, commercial real estate and banking advisory firm assisting financial institutions in asset repositioning, recapitalization strategies and Bank M&A to improve their overall financial health. Compendium works with strategic and joint venture partners to acquire, restructure and ... [ Read More ]

Wendy Huang   Executive Vice President and General Counsel   CROWN REALTY AND DEVELOPMENT, INC   Wendy W. Huang is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Crown Realty and Development, Inc., a leading privately held real estate investment and development firm based in Southern California. Ms. Huang is responsible for overseeing all of the company's legal functions involving its development, redevelopment, acquisition, disposition, and ... [ Read More ]

Steve M. Jaffe   Executive Vice President and General Counsel   BH PROPERTIES   Steve Jaffe currently serves as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for B.H. Properties. Mr. Jaffe’s extensive expertise and knowledge, as a real estate attorney with 25 years of law firm and in-house counsel experience, has guided B.H. Properties to its current leadership position in the competitive, value-added ... [ Read More ]

Aliza Johnson   Vice President & Senior Counsel   MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.   Aliza Johnson is Vice President & Senior Counsel in the Global Lodging Services & U.S. & Canada Lodging group at Marriott International, Inc., a global hospitality company with nearly 4,000 hotels worldwide. Ms. Johnson works with the global asset management and owner/franchise services business teams in preparing and negotiating ... [ Read More ]

Scott Kalt   Partner   ELKINS KALT WEINTRAUB REUBEN GARTSIDE LLP   Scott M. Kalt is a partner and co-founder of Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP. Before founding Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside LLP, he was co chair of the Real Estate Department at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell. Scott's practice includes retail, industrial and commercial leasing work, handling ... [ Read More ]

Adam Knowlton   Senior Vice President & General Counsel   YOUNAN PROPERTIES   Adam I. Knowlton has been the senior vice president and general counsel at Younan Properties for over 5 years. Younan Properties is a Los Angeles based commercial real estate management company serving a portfolio of 30 office buildings across the United States. Mr. Knowlton's responsibilities include managing all ... [ Read More ]

David Levene   Founder Member   LEVENE, NEALE, BENDER, YOO & BRILL LLP   David W. Levene is a founder of the law firm of Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill L.L.P. and recognized expert in workouts, business restructuring and bankruptcy reorganization in most every industry from service, retail, manufacturing, distribution, technology, media, and real estate. His reputation has been built by being lead ... [ Read More ]

William Mark Levinson   Partner   FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP   A partner in the Los Angeles office of Fox Rothschild, Mark Levinson is Co-chair of the firm’s Financial Institution Practice. With over 30 years of experience, Mark routinely guides clients in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing transactions across a range of asset classes including office buildings, retail and shopping centers, ... [ Read More ]

Jon MacDonald   General Counsel   FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL   Jon is responsible for managing the legal affairs of Fairfield Residential, including transactional, operational and litigation matters. From 2005 through 2009, Jon served in a variety of capacities for Downey Financial Corp., including executive vice president, general counsel, chief operating officer and corporate secretary. Jon also served as president ... [ Read More ]

Jason P. Maxwell   Corporate Counsel   HINES REIT   Jason Maxwell is the Corporate Counsel for Hines in Houston, Texas. As the sole in-house attorney at the firm, he primarily serves the legal needs of Hines' largest private and its public funds: the US Core Office Fund, Hines REIT and Hines Global REIT. Since his arrival in ... [ Read More ]

Joseph E. McKeever   General Counsel   GRANITE INVESTMENT GROUP   Joe McKeever has been General Counsel for Granite Investment Group, a real estate syndicator based in Irvine, CA for 7 years. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1977 and was an associate and then partner for 12 years with the firm of Allen Matkins ... [ Read More ]

Craig Missakian   Vice President & General Counsel   WESTLAND INDUSTRIES, INC.   During his almost 15 years as a state and federal criminal prosecutor, Craig Missakian earned national and international attention for prosecutions ranging from terrorism and environmental crimes to intellectual property, organized crime, and public corruption matters. His cases have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ... [ Read More ]

Arash Mostafavipour   Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary   CARRINGTON MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, LLC   Arash is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Carrington Mortgage Holdings, LLC. In his role, Arash manages the company's Legal & Compliance Team, and has oversight of all M&A, business transactions, litigation, regulatory compliance, licensing, regulatory exams and audits, and employment-related legal matters. Arash and his team provide legal ... [ Read More ]

Lisa Quateman   Managing Partner, Los Angeles   POLSINELLI   Lisa Greer Quateman is the Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office of Polsinelli. She serves as outside counsel for numerous large and middle market companies, financial institutions and governmental entities such as the State of California and the City of Los Angeles. Her expertise lies in real ... [ Read More ]

David Ramsay   Partner and General Counsel   ALLIANCE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS, LLC   Mr. Ramsay is general counsel at Alliance Commercial Partners, and provides particular focus to transactional management and compliance matters. Starting his career in 1980 with The Galbreath Company, one of the country's major urban developers at that time, Mr. Ramsay learned the business as development counsel. By the early 1990's, ... [ Read More ]

Justin Regus   Director   ROTHSTEIN KASS   Justin Regus, CFA, is a director in the Litigation & Forensic Accounting Services practice at Rothstein Kass. For more than 12 years he has supported clients involved in complex disputes, including both civil and criminal litigation. Over the course of his career Justin has developed in-depth expertise in ... [ Read More ]

Sarah Rosen   Partner   PROCOPIO   Professional SummarySarah Kikla Rosen has expertise in a broad range of real estate development, construction, energy, and finance transactions. Her practice is primarily focused on representing developers and lenders in connection with the construction, financing and sale of commercial office, residential and mixed-use development projects, hotels and casinos, and energy ... [ Read More ]

Eric Rubenfeld   CIM Group General Counsel   CIM GROUP    Eric P. Rubenfeld has served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of CIM Group since 2010. Mr. Rubenfeld also serves as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Orchard Capital Corp., a firm that provides investment capital and advice to companies, including CIM Group, and Orchard First ... [ Read More ]

Michael E. Scheinberg   Partner   PIRCHER, NICHOLS & MEEKS   Michael E. Scheinberg joined the firm in 1989 and is a partner in the firm's real estate department. Mr. Scheinberg's practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions, including private equity, restructurings, development, loan origination and workouts, joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions as well as leasing. Mr. Scheinberg has been a ... [ Read More ]

Romy Selati Loseke   General Counsel   WESTCORE PROPERTIES, LLC   Romy Selati Loseke serves as General Counsel and Secretary of Westcore Properties, LLC, a private, entrepreneurial commercial real estate investment firm with a specialized focus in the western United States and key European markets. Since its founding in 2000, Westcore Properties and its affiliates have acquired and managed more than ... [ Read More ]

Joseph Soleiman   Director of Acquisitions and General Counsel   ICO DEVELOPMENT, LLC   H. Joseph Soleiman serves as ICO’s Director of Acquisitions and General Counsel. In this capacity, Mr. Soleiman identifies, researches and underwrites ICO real estate investment and development opportunities and advises the firm and its principals as to business and legal matters. Once an investment or development is targeted, Mr. ... [ Read More ]

Gabriel Steffens   Associate General Counsel   TIAA - CREF   Gabe Steffens is Associate General Counsel for TIAA-CREF in Newport Beach, CA. He joined TIAA-CREF in 2006 and since then has led the legal efforts on numerous joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and financings of over 50 investments with a value in excess of $4 billion. In the joint ... [ Read More ]

Marc Swerdlow   President   WATERTON ASSOCIATES    Marc Swerdlow has been involved in commercial real estate investment since 1986. Marc is President and General Counsel at Waterton Associates L.L.C. Waterton is a vertically integrated private equity real estate investment firm launched to sponsor multifamily real estate investment funds. Through the Company's branded multifamily property management company, Waterton ... [ Read More ]

Kay Tidwell   Executive Vice President, General Counsel   HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC   Kay Tidwell joined Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. in November of 2010. Prior to joining Hudson, Ms. Tidwell was an attorney with the global law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP, where she began her legal career in 2002, and where she advised on a wide variety of corporate and securities ... [ Read More ]

Benjamin M Weiss   General Counsel   LANSING COMPANIES   As General Counsel of Lansing Companies, Benjamin negotiates, facilitates and oversees all aspects of its land acquisitions, dispositions, financing, traditional and renewable energy development, as well as its land use, environmental, permitting and zoning work. His responsibilities also include the oversight of all litigation matters, human resources, and brainstorming ... [ Read More ]

Joshua Widoff   Executive Vice President and General Counsel   DIVIDEND CAPITAL   Joshua J. Widoff has been a Managing Director of the Black Creek Group since 2007, where he plays a lead role in structuring and launching new real estate products. He is a senior member of management, overseeing various aspects of the operation of Black Creek's private equity funds and public ... [ Read More ]

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