Credentials
Education
J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1984
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1980
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of California
Publications & Events
Blogs
- GHG Selected for Law360 Award in Hospitality
- How hotels get Business Interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19
- Hotel Lawyer: Hotel and restaurant distress from COVID-19/Coronavirus demands prompt action to deal with loan defaults, layoffs, shutdowns, recapitalizations and stand down agreements
- How to finance new hotel development with EB-5: Investors Conference at the Wynn Encore Resort
- Condo hotels: Don't forget the secret sauce!
Publications
Media Mentions
- CoStar: Hotel Investors Increasingly Evaluate State Laws, Safety in US Markets
- Law360: Lessons for Neumann as He Tries to Reconquer WeWork
- Law 360: Hard Rock's $1B Vegas Hotel Buy Prompted By Inflation Fears
- GlobeSt.com: The Right Retail for Mixed-Use
- GlobeSt: Why Retail Owners Are Partnering With Hotels
Articles
- Views from the Frontlines - the Current State of Debt Financing
- Our Founding Fathers and your Mixed-Use Real Estate CC&Rs
- HotelExecutive: The Recipe for Hotel Food and Beverage Profitability
- COVID-19 UPDATE: Insurance Won't Cover Business Income Losses? Read the Fine Print.
- Proposed IRS Regulations Offer More Potential Uses of Opportunity Zone Funds for Real Estate Development
Press Releases
- JMBM Attorneys Recognized as Southern California Super Lawyers in 2025
- JMBM Attorneys Recognized as 2025 Best Lawyers in America
- JMBM Attorneys Recognized as Southern California Super Lawyers in 2024
- JMBM Attorneys Recognized as 2024 Best Lawyers in America
- JMBM Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers
Events
Speaking Engagements
- The Boutique Hotel Investment Confernce
- 2024 Boutique Hotel Investment Conference: How to Structure a Deal & Legal Considerations
- USC 2024 Real Estate Law and Business Forum: Hotels: Where is the Industry? Can Hotels Help Bridge the Housing Gap?
- Strafford: Structuring Equity Joint Ventures for Hotel Properties: Recapitalization and Other Purposes
- AHIA: Insights from the Trenches: Real-World Advice on Transactions and Litigation in the Hospitality Industry
Events
- Corbis: How fast (and how deep) will AI change the AEC industry? Between wild guesses and thought - leaders predictions
- Strafford CLE Webinar: Structuring Equity Joint Ventures for Hotel Properties
- Strafford CLE: Structuring Equity Joint Ventures for Hotel Properties
- Strafford: Negotiating Hotel Purchase and Sale Transactions 2020
- RARCON 2020 Hospitality Conference
Recognition
Awards & Recognition
- Selected, Law360 Editorial Advisory Board, 2024
- Listed, Los Angeles Business Journal Top 100 Lawyers 2022
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review, AV Rating
- Listed, Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California Super Lawyer, 2012-2024
- Listed, Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer
- Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America® 2013-2025
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
Blogs
Hotel Law Blog
- GHG Selected for Law360 Award in Hospitality 18 January 2022 See how JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® can help you. "Practice Group of the Year" awarded to JMBM's Global Hospitality Group by…
- How hotels get Business Interruption insurance coverage for COVID-19 30 April 2020 See how JMBM's Global Hospitality Group® can help you. Click here for the latest articles on the coronavirus. Note: If you are an…