Professional Activities
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association, Real Property Section, Financing and Securitization of Real Estate Committee, Co-Chair
Former member of Drexel University, Krall Center for Corporate and Executive Education Advisory Council
Former member of The Reinvestment Fund, Inc. (a Philadelphia-based, nonprofit organization promoting socially responsible development), Housing/Commercial Real Estate Committee
Recognition & Accomplishments
The Best Lawyers in America, real estate law, 2015-2021
Chambers USA, real estate law (Pennsylvania), 2010-2020
Named to the Philadelphia Business Journal's Best of the Bar list, 2019
The Legal 500 US, real estate and construction – real estate, 2012, 2020
Fellow, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA)
Speaking Engagements
Faculty, "Capital Stack: Bending without Breaking," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Successful Real Estate Development Projects, Philadelphia, April 10, 2019
Moderator, "Capital Sourcing and Structuring," Marcum Commercial Real Estate Summit, Philadelphia, October 17, 2018
Moderator, "Capital Sourcing and Structuring," Marcum Commercial Real Estate Summit, Philadelphia, October 25, 2017
Faculty, "Capital Stack: Bending without Breaking," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Solving Legal Issues Across the Life Cycle of the Successful Real Estate Development Project, Philadelphia, April 11, 2015
Faculty, "Capital Stack: Bending without Breaking," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Solving Legal Issues Across the Life Cycle of the Successful Real Estate Development Project, Philadelphia, April 28, 2014
Faculty, "Asset Acquisition & Disposition," International Council of Shopping Centers, Debt Workouts, Institutional Funds, and Repositioning of Challenged Assets, New York, February 11, 2013
Moderator, Bisnow's 2nd Annual Philadelphia Multifamily Summit, Philadelphia, October 10, 2012
"Underwriting is Becoming ... Deal Structuring, Loan Origination & Financing, Regulatory & Business Developments," Information Management Network, 2nd Annual Real Estate General Counsel Forum, New York, September 10, 2012
"CMBS 2.0 and the Current State of Commercial Real Estate Financing," The Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., 2011 Advanced Real Property Institute, Columbia, Md., October 4, 2011
"Deal Structuring, Loan Orientation and Financing Regulatory, and Business Developments," Information Management Network, The Real Estate General Counsel's Forum, New York, October 3, 2011
"Real Estate Capital Markets," Delaware Valley Chapter of The Counselors of Real Estate, in conjunction with Temple University's Real Estate Institute, Villanova, Pennsylvania, April 12, 2011
"Asset Disposition and Acquisition: Selling and Buying Distressed Assets and Notes," International Council of Shopping Centers, University of Shopping Centers, Philadelphia, March 8, 2011
"Loan Recovery 201: Advanced Strategies," Trigild Lender Conference, San Diego, October 20, 2010
"Finding Distressed Deals: Comparing Buying Properties/Loans out of Bankruptcy vs. from a Bank, Receiver or Servicer," 2nd Annual Distressed Commercial Real Estate Forum, Information Management Network, New York, September 24, 2010
"Lender/Borrower Workout Issues," The Bankers Forum on Distressed Properties & Real Estate Loan Workouts, Information Management Network, New York, April 20, 2010
Panelist, "Real Estate 2010," Delaware Valley Chapter of The Counselors of Real Estate, in conjunction with Temple University's Real Estate Institute, Villanova, Pennsylvania, April 19, 2010
"Asset Disposition & Acquisition/Selling & Buying Distressed Notes," Debt Workout, Transactions & Repositioning of Distressed Assets, ICSC, New York, March 24, 2010
"Opportunities in Distressed Assets and Debt," ALM, 8th Annual RealShare Philadelphia, March 10, 2010
"Distressed Lending Environment: Current Perspectives from the Legal Community, CMBS, and Balance Sheet Lenders," Lambda Alpha International – Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia, December 8, 2009
"Financing Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The New Rules of the Game," 13th Annual Real Estate Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Philadelphia, December 4, 2009
"Where's the Money?" 2009 Fall Meeting, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, Philadelphia, October 15, 2009
"The Special Servicer's Perspective Panel," Forum on Distressed Commercial Real Estate, Information Management Network, New York, October 5, 2009
"Loan Workouts/Restructuring," ICSC and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, New York, September 24, 2009