Lewis G. Feldman
Areas of Practice
Lewis G. Feldman, a partner in Goodwin Procter’s Business Law Department and a member of the Real Estate Practice, is also a member of the firm’s National Executive Committee. He serves as the Chair of Goodwin Procter LLP’s Los Angeles offices and heads the firm’s Public/Private Development practice. Mr. Feldman is considered to be among the nation’s leading real estate and public finance attorneys, specializing in structuring, entitling and executing large-scale financings for real estate industry participants and the public sector.
Work for Clients
Mr. Feldman has advised clients on more than $70 billion in debt and equity financings for market-rate and affordable apartments, master-planned residential communities, industrial and manufacturing facilities, urban entertainment centers, primary, secondary and university educational facilities, retail malls, hospitals, mixed-use projects, destination resorts and hotels, brownfield remediation, green building, mitigation banks, transportation projects and all forms of public infrastructure.
Professional Activities
Mr. Feldman is a founding member of and serves on the Board of Directors of the University of California, Los Angeles, Ziman Center for Real Estate; the University of Southern California, Lusk Center for Real Estate; the City of Hope Cancer Center Real Estate Industry Council; and the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, California's Coalition for Adequate School Housing and the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Feldman also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Carlthorp School.
Publications/Presentations
As a frequent lecturer on finance matters, Mr. Feldman has been a featured speaker for several associations and groups including the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Building Industry Association, the California Association for Local Economic Development, the California Redevelopment Association, the Council of Development Finance Agencies, the National Federation of Municipal Finance Analysts, The League of California Cities, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Benjamin Crocker Los Angeles County Bar Real Estate Symposium, the Milken Institute, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Pacific Coast Builders’ Conference, the University of Southern California Economic Forecast, the University of California Los Angeles Real Estate Forecast and the Urban Land Institute. In addition, he has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and serves as an expert witness in high-stakes real estate and public finance litigation matters. Articles and comments by Mr. Feldman have appeared in numerous publications such as: American Lawyer, The Bond Buyer, The California Real Estate Journal, Commercial Property News, The Daily Deal, Fixed Income Daily, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, The Los Angeles Business Journal, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, The Los Angeles Times, the NAREIT Report, The New York Times, Real Estate Forum (including the July 2005 cover story),...more » As a frequent lecturer on finance matters, Mr. Feldman has been a featured speaker for several associations and groups including the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the Building Industry Association, the California Association for Local Economic Development, the California Redevelopment Association, the Council of Development Finance Agencies, the National Federation of Municipal Finance Analysts, The League of California Cities, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Benjamin Crocker Los Angeles County Bar Real Estate Symposium, the Milken Institute, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Pacific Coast Builders’ Conference, the University of Southern California Economic Forecast, the University of California Los Angeles Real Estate Forecast and the Urban Land Institute. In addition, he has served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and serves as an expert witness in high-stakes real estate and public finance litigation matters. Articles and comments by Mr. Feldman have appeared in numerous publications such as: American Lawyer, The Bond Buyer, The California Real Estate Journal, Commercial Property News, The Daily Deal, Fixed Income Daily, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, The Los Angeles Business Journal, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, The Los Angeles Times, the NAREIT Report, The New York Times, Real Estate Forum (including the July 2005 cover story), Real Estate Southern California, Retail Traffic Magazine, The Sacramento Bee, The San Diego Tribune, The San Jose Mercury News, The San Francisco Recorder, The San Francisco Chronicle, Urban Land Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Western Cities Magazine. less »
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Feldman was the managing partner of the Century City office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he headed that firm’s National Public Finance Practice and its Los Angeles Real Estate practice.
Bar and Court Admissions
Mr. Feldman is admitted to practice in California.
Honors and Awards
Mr. Feldman is listed in Chambers USA’s “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” “The Best Lawyers in America” (2000-2008), “Lawdragon Top 500” (out of 11 million attorneys), “Leading Dealmakers in America” (2007), and is individually rated “AV” (highest) by Martindale-Hubbell. Other notable honors include recognition in The Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Best of Bar” and “Who’s Who in Law” (2007); the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s “Leading Rainmakers in California” and “Top 100 Lawyers in California” (2006 and 2007); Real Estate Southern California‘s “Top 10 Southern California Real Estate Lawyers;” and American Lawyer Media’s “Top 100 Attorneys” in Los Angeles County (2004-2006). He has also been recognized by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the “California Super Lawyers” (1st Edition through 2007). Mr. Feldman served as lead counsel to the California State Treasurer on the State of California's $11 billion Economic Recovery Bonds - the largest public sector bond transaction in American history – and was awarded “Far West Deal of the Year” (2005) by The Bond Buyer newspaper.
Education
J.D., University of California at Davis, 1982 (Executive Editor, Law Review)
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1978 (with highest honors)
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