Real Estate Sales

Douglas E. Lahammer

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pircher, Nichols & Meeks

Los Angeles, California

January 2001-present (Partner, January 2002-present)

. Partner in Pircher, Nichols & Meeks' real estate department.

. Specialized in real estate finance and loan workouts.

. Senior West Coast counsel for several nationwide mortgage lending

programs.

. Closed and supervised the closing of well of 1,000 commercial mortgage

loans for lenders and borrowers, including conduit, permanent,

construction, bridge, mezzanine, A/B, pari passu, and leasehold loans.

. Participated in numerous bids, due diligence, and acquisitions of loan

portfolios from the FDIC and other lenders.

. Extensive experience in most aspects of real estate, real estate finance,

and loan workout transactions, including loan modifications, loan

assumptions, loan participations, loan purchases and sales, discounted

loan payoffs, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, real estate foreclosures,

real property acquisitions and dispositions, legal opinions, title

insurance, and real estate and loan due diligence.

Representative Clients: Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital, Nomura Credit &

Capital, JPMorgan Chase Bank, CharterMac Mortgage Capital, and Citigroup

Global Markets.

Honors: Southern California Super Lawyer (Real Estate) in 2008, 2009

and 2010

Southern California Rising Star (Real Estate) in 2004

Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 2005- present

Speeches and Publications: Several speeches and presentations on real

estate finance topics to the State Bar of California (Real Estate Section),

Los Angeles County Bar Association, and internal law firm training and

MCLE. Author of several articles on loan workouts and real estate finance

issues and topics.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker

Los Angeles, California

September 1990-January 2001 (Real Estate Associate; 1993-2001; Tax

Associate 1990-1993). Summer 1989 (Summer Associate).

. Real estate associate in the real estate department of large national law

firm.

. Practice areas included all types of transactions related to real estate,

real estate finance, and workouts.

. Developed the conduit lending program and served as program counsel for

one of the large conduit mortgage loan originators (Belgravia/Finova)

headquartered on the West Coast.

. Real estate finance experience included conduit, construction, bridge,

ground lease and mezzanine lending, mortgage loan securitization, loan

purchases and sales, loan modifications, deeds in lieu of foreclosure,

discounted loan pay-offs, forbearances, loan assumptions, foreclosures,

and loan due diligence (including numerous RTC bids).

. Real estate experience included real property purchases and sales, title

insurance, joint ventures, real estate development, leasing, and real

property taxation.

Chief Justice Peter S. Popovich, Minnesota Supreme Court, Judicial Clerk

St. Paul, Minnesota (August 1989-July 1990).

Brown & Wood, Summer Associate

New York, New York (Summer 1988).

Congressman Bill Frenzel, Congressional Intern

Washington, D.C. (Spring 1985).

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota Law School

. J.D., 1989, cum laude

. Honors: Associate Editor, Minnesota Law Review, Dean's List

. Law Review Note quoted by United States Supreme Court in 1989

University of Minnesota

. B.A., 1986, summa cum laude

. Major: Political Science

. Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Dean's List

. Activities: Search committee for new University of Minnesota men's

basketball head coach

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