Real Estate Law and Business Forum 2018 | USC Gould School of Law | 12 April 2018 | Jonathan Club, 545 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

The Wild New World:
Real Estate Responds to Sea Changes in Technology, Global Warming, Lifestyles and Demographics

This is the can't-miss conference for those involved in real estate law and business in California. For over ten years, the USC Gould School of Law Real Estate Law and Business Forum has been the most highly attended law and business conference in the area. Programming is designed to appeal to both professionals and business people across the real estate field. Speakers include nationally-known business and legal leaders. The focus is on opportunities - for you and for your clients - and how to maximize potential in the current real estate market.

2018 Speakers

Assemblyman Richard Bloom
California State Assembly, District 50; Chair, Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Resources and Transportation

Andy Cohen
Co-Ceo, Gensler

Steve Dumas
Senior Vice President of Design, Wesfield Corporation

Emile Haddad
Chairman and Ceo, FivePoint Holdings, Llc

Robin Hughes
President and Ceo, Abode Communities

Seth Katz
Corporate Counsel, Costco Wholesale

Neal Rackleff
Assistant Secretary of Office of Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Thomas Safran
Founder and Chairman, Thomas Safran & Associates

Ruth Schwartz
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Shelter Partneship

David Abel
Chairman, VerdeXchange; President, Abl Inc.; Editor-in-Chief, The Planning Report

Matthew Ahrens
Evp, Acquisitions and Capital Markets Rising Realty

Phil Ansell
Director, L.A. County Homelessness Initiative

Meg Barclay
Homelessness Coordinator, City of Los Angeles

Ada W. Chan
Svp and Sr. Credit Products Officer, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Casey Dalton
Ceo and Co-Owner, Ocean Grown Extracts

Jim Dillavou
Co-Founder and Principal, Paragon Commercial Group

Tetlo Emmen
Corporate Counsel, Big 5 Sporting Goods

John Enright, Faia
Vice Director and Chief Academic Officer, Sci-Arc; Principal, Griffin Enright Architects

James Frost
Co-Founder, Frost/Chaddock Developers, Llc

Assemblyman Mike Gatto, Ret.
Legislator in Residence, Usc Unruh Institute of Politics

Matthew Glesne
City Planner, Los Angeles Department of City Planning

Alexandra S. Glickman
Area Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Laurie Holcomb
President, BlackStar Financial, Inc.

Ashima Jain
Managing Director, PwC (San Jose)

Kacy Keys
Svp, Development West Coast Region Seritage Growth Properties

Chris Ko
Director, Homeless Initiatives United Way Los Angeles

Diana M. Laing
Chief Financial Officer, American Homes 4 Rent

Professor George Lefcoe
Ervin and Florine Yoder Chair in Real Estate Law, USC Gould School of Law

Michael J. Lesser
Managing Director, Eastdil Secured

Joel K. Mayer
Managing Director, Rockwood Capital

Adam Murray
Executive Director, Inner City Law Center

Christian Murray
Co-Founder and Ceo, Compliance Financial Network (Cheyenne, WY)

Cynthia A. Nelson
Senior Managing Director, Fti Consulting

James Parks
Executive Director, Cbiz Mhm

Nicholas L. Pazich
Vp and Associate General Counsel, Silverstein Properties, Inc. (New York)

David Pettit
Senior Attorney, Southern California Air Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

Linda Pierce
Area Executive Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Quintin E. Primo III
Co-Founder, Chairman and Ceo, Capri Investment Group, Llc (Chicago)

Sara Priola
General Counsel, Figure Technology (San Francisco)

Kevin L. Ratner
President, Forest City Los Angeles and San Francisco

Ellen Riotto
Executive Director, South Park Business Improvement District

Dan Rosenfeld
Director, Land Use Solutions Community Partners

Chip Sellers
Evp, Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc

Glenn A. Sonnenberg
President, Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc.

Charles Tourtellotte
President and Ceo, LaTerra Development, Llc

Amy Wan
Founder and Ceo, Bootstrap Legal

Aron E. Youngerwood
General Counsel, Americas, Cbre Global Investors

Alfred Fraijo Jr.
Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Llp

Misty M. Sanford
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson Llp

Jasmin Varjavand
Lawyer / Attorney, Goodwin

Claire Hervey Collins
Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Llp

Phillip G. Nichols
Co-Chair, Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Richard J. Bruckner
Legal Professional / Consultant, Senior Land Use Specialist, Mayer Brown Llp

George J. Mihlsten
Partner, Latham & Watkins Llp

George C. Fatheree, III
Counsel, Real Estate, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Llp

Peter J. Breckheimer II
Partner - Real Estate Department, Glaser Weil Llp

Loryn D. Arkow
‎Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Llp

Elisa L. Paster
Partner, Glaser Weil Llp

David A. Goldberg
‎Partner, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac Llp

Oren Bitan
‎Attorney, Buchalter

J. David Hitchcock
Shareholder, Buchalter

Bridget S. Johnsen
Partner, Sidley Austin Llp

Eric V. Rowen
‎Principal Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Llp

Todd E. Whitman
Partner, Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Llp

Robert J. Odson
Partner, Shumener, Odson & Oh Llp

Paul J. Beard II
Partner, Alston & Bird Llp (Sacramento)

Jennifer L. Hernandez
Partner, Holland & Knight Llp (San Francisco)

Dave Rand
Partner, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac Llp

Michael H. Zischke
Partner, Cox, Castle & Nicholson Llp (San Francisco)

William S. Small
Shareholder, Enenstein Pham & Glass

Lewis G. Feldman
Managing Partner, Feldman Law Group LLP

Herman Enayati
Partner, Akerman Llp

Jerold B. Neuman
Partner, Dla Piper Llp (US)

Allan H. Ickowitz
Partner, Nossaman Llp

Danielle Katzir
Attorney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Llp

Eric Requenez
Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Llp (New York)

William M. Smith
Managing Director, Cbiz Mhm (Bethesda, Md)

Pamela L. Westhoff
Partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Llp

2018 Sponsors

• Akerman Llp
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Llp
• Alexandra Glickman, Arthur J. Gallagher Real Estate & Hospitality Services
• Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis Llp
• Ara | American Realty Advisors
• Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac Llp
• Ballard Spahr Llp
• Buchalter
• Cbiz Mhm
• Lynn Williams and Jeff Welch of Cbre
• City National Bank
• Commerce Escrow, a Division of Opus Bank
• Cox, Castle & Nicholson Llp
• Dla Piper Llp (US)
• Emile Haddad
• Enenstein Pham & Glass
• Feldman Law Group Llp
• Frost/Chaddock Developers, Llc
• Garrett & Tully, P.C.
• Gensler
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Llp
• Glaser Weil Llp
• Goodwin
• Greenberg Traurig, Llp
• Hill, Farrer & Burrill Llp
• Holland & Knight Llp
• Laterra Development, Llc
• Latham & Watkins Llp
• Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, Inc.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith Llp
• Lincoln Property Company
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Llp
• Mayer Brown Llp
• Nkf Capital Markets
• Nossaman Llp
• O’Melveny & Myers Llp
• Paragon Commercial Group
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Llp
• Pircher, Nichols & Meeks
• Proskauer
• R.W. Selby & Company, Inc.
• Safarian Choi & Bolstad Llp
• Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Llp
• Shumener, Odson & Oh Llp
• Sidley Austin Llp
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Llp
• Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Llp
• Thomas Safran & Associates
• Watt Communities
• Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin, Llp

CO-SPONSORS:
• Beverly Hills Bar Association
• Building Owners and Managers Association Greater Los Angeles
• Central City Association of Los Angeles
• Connect Media
• Los Angeles County Bar Association Real Property Section
• Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
• Los Angeles Headquarters Association (Lahq)
• Spire – Stanford Professionals in Real Estate
• Urban Land Institute Los Angeles
• Usc Lusk Center for Real Estate