This expert has more than 30 years of experience in real estate law, landlord-tenant matters, commercial litigation, and property management-related legal issues, this real estate law and property management expert witness specializes in real estate law, landlord-tenant disputes, condominium and commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, collections, fair housing matters, and legal issues affecting residential and commercial property ownership and management. Additional expertise includes real estate brokerage, lease interpretation, tenant defaults, property management operations, condominium governance, fair housing compliance, internet accessibility issues, and evolving regulatory considerations affecting landlords, tenants, and property managers. The expert has more than 5 years of experience providing consultations, depositions, courtroom testimony, expert reports, and standard-of-care opinions involving real estate disputes, landlord-tenant litigation, commercial property conflicts, fair housing claims, collections matters, condominium-related legal proceedings, and property management disputes. Professional leadership experience includes decades of legal practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, formation and management of law practices concentrating in real estate and commercial litigation matters, and service as general counsel to a major homeowners association organization. The expert also holds licensure as a real estate broker in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, with additional experience involving ownership, development, and management of residential and commercial real estate properties. Academic credentials include a Juris Doctor degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Extensive professional and legislative involvement includes leadership roles relating to landlord-tenant law reform, condominium governance, affordable housing issues, fair housing compliance, and property management practices affecting residential and commercial real estate operations. The expert served as Chair of the Landlord/Tenant Subcommittee for the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee, helping codify and rewrite the Pennsylvania Landlord & Tenant Act, and also served as an advisor to the Uniform Law Commission regarding the Uniform Residential Landlord & Tenant Act. Additional activities have included appearances and testimony before Senate and House Committees on Housing and Urban Affairs, extensive educational presentations for legal, apartment, and property management organizations, and frequent lectures involving fair housing, disparate impact, landlord rights, condominium collection law, leases, bankruptcy, internet accessibility, and legislative issues affecting property owners and housing providers. The expert is also co-author of the Landlord/Tenant Lease and Law Handbook, Legal Guide for Philadelphia Landlords, and Legal Guide for Condominium Associations, and has published numerous articles involving Pennsylvania and New Jersey real estate law. Professional organization involvement includes the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE), Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Community Associations Institute (CAI), National Apartment Association, Pennsylvania Apartment Association, New Jersey Apartment Association, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), and multiple legislative and housing-related committees and advisory boards.