Experience

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  Mack-Cali Realty Corporation

  • Jersey City, New Jersey

  • Senior Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel

    • Feb 1998 - Jan 2018
    • Jersey City, New Jersey

    Positions:Senior Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2015-2018First Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2011-2015Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, 2000-2011Senior Associate General Counsel, 1998-2000 Provided legal and business advice to all corporate departments, including investment, finance, human resources, property management, construction, accounting, marketing/investor relations, and information systems. Worked with chief financial officer, general counsel, and executive vice president of investments to negotiate, document, and close corporate mergers and acquisitions and real estate portfolio transactions. Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed purchase and sale agreements and closing documents. Conducted and supervised legal due diligence, including title and survey review as well as environmental, zoning, and code compliance.Reviewed and negotiated mortgage loan documents for permanent loans, construction loans, loan modifications, workouts, and deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions. Drafted employee handbooks and company policies. Provided legal advice in connection with reductions in force and employee discipline and terminations. Prepared separation and release agreements. Negotiated outsourcing contracts and agreements with unions. Reviewed and negotiated construction contracts. Supervised outside legal counsel and negotiated fee reductions.Negotiated and closed more than $5,000,000,000 of acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real property throughout the United States. Ensured employment law compliance for a publicly traded (NYSE) company with approximately 600 employees.Provided legal and business advice in connection with electricity and natural gas procurement for a portfolio of more than 30,000,000 square feet of commercial space, including review of and revisions to bid packages and negotiation of supply contracts.

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  Herrick, Feinstein LLP

  • New York, New York and Princeton, New Jersey

  • Counsel, Commercial Real Estate Department

    • Aug 1994 - Jan 1998
    • New York, New York and Princeton, New Jersey

    Negotiated and closed acquisitions and dispositions of commercial real property. Drafted and negotiated retail, office, and warehouse leases for landlords and tenants. Drafted, negotiated, and closed commercial mortgage loan transactions for lenders and borrowers, including construction mortgages, loan modifications, and deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions.

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  Clapp & Eisenberg, P.C.

  • Newark, New Jersey

  • Partner, Commercial Real Estate Department

    • Jan 1991 - Jul 1994
    • Newark, New Jersey

    Additional Position Held:Associate, Commercial Real Estate Department, September 1983-December 1990Drafted, negotiated, and closed commercial mortgage loan transactions for lenders and borrowers, including construction, shared appreciation, wraparound and secondary mortgages, loan modifications, and deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions. Negotiated and closed acquisitions and sales of real property. Drafted and negotiated retail, office, and warehouse leases for landlords and tenants. Drafted and registered condominium and cooperative public offering statements. Negotiated construction contracts and architectural services agreements.

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  Honorable Gary S. Stein, Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court

  • Newark, New Jersey

  • Judicial Law Clerk

    • Jan 1985 - Aug 1985
    • Newark, New Jersey

    Conducted legal research, drafted memoranda, and edited opinions.