Round Table Discussion: Starting or Reinvigorating a Real Estate Legal Career in 2020 and Beyond

The real estate industry is facing a time of unprecedented challenge. Professionals across all areas of the industry are reevaluating how they do business to remain competitive and to address the changing needs of their employers, their clients, the community and the industry overall.
 
At this program, geared towards students and recent graduates who are interested in pursuing a career in real estate, graduates in leading positions in their firms and agencies will describe trends they are seeing in their own practices, discuss where they expect the practice of real estate law to go over the next few years and provide tips for career advancement.
 
The session will be an hour-long Zoom discussion with ample opportunity for audience questions.  


Welcome


Michael Cahill - President, Joseph Crea Dean and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
 
Introduction


Debra Bechtel - Associate Professor of Clinical Law, Brooklyn Law School
 
Moderator

Tim Oberweger '05 - Vice-President, Stewart Title Company, member of the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association Board and its Professional Development Committee
 
Panelists

Robert Alleman '10 - Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Lisa Bova-Hiatt '94 - Executive Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, New York City Housing Authority

Karl Dowden '13 - Solo Practitioner, KarlDowdenLaw, PLLC

Craig L. Price '99 - Partner, Belkin, Burden, Goldman, LLP

Richard J. Sobelsohn '98 - Vice President, Legal, Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation

Niki Tsismenakis '11 - Partner, Goldstein Hall, PLLC
 
Co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Law School Real Estate Society, the Office of Development and Alumni Relations and the Career Development Center.