Author Samuel K. Freshman has been practicing real estate law since 1957, and is the Chairman of the Board and President of Standard Management Company. His company, based in Los Angeles, is an investment and management company that has an extensive portfolio that is worth over $500 million, which includes a mobile home park, 6,000 apartment units, and shopping centers, office buildings, and industrial properties with a total of 2.5 million square feet of space. As an attorney, Freshman has served as the counsel for over 100 real estate syndications during their formation. He is also a general partner in a number of syndicates that control properties whose value totals over $400 million. He is highly experienced and has worked in a variety of capacities, including: • Chairman of the Board, Water Techniques a California Corporation • Worked with insurance companies, banks, pension funds, and thrifts as a borrower and purchaser of distressed assets as a developer • As a loan broker and principal, he arranged over $500 million in loans secured by real property • Founded the Beverly Hills based Freshman, Marantz, Orlanski, Cooper & Klein law corporation. The company is now the Los Angeles office of K& L Gates • Former Principal for an ATM network, fast food chain, and theater chain • Former Secretary and Board Member of the Marina del Rey, California based Marina Mercy Hospital • Former Chairman of the Board of the Trans State Title Company in Los Angeles • Former Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Los Angles, and served as the Chairman of the bank’s Loan Committee and Executive Committee • Former advisory Director of the Imperial Bank of Los Angeles and Banco Ponce (which was formerly Banco Popular de Puerto Rico). Freshman has been an attorney since he was admitted to the California State Bar in 1957. In addition, he has been a licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of California since 1958. He has also belonged to the following organizations: • 1971-1972, Chairman of the Legal Committee of the California Real Estate Association, Syndication Division • Member of the California Real Estate Commissioner’s Advisory Committees • Helped draft State Syndication Regulations • 1974, Member of the Board of Governors Beverly Hills Bar Association • 1971-1972, Chairman of the Real Property Committee, Beverly Hills Bar Association • 1976-1977, Vice Chairman of the American Bar Association Real Property Section Finance committee in charge of the sub committees on Trade Associations and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), and the sub committee on Real Estate Options from 1986-1987. • Member of the Construction Industry Panel of the American Arbitration Association • Member of The American Right of Way Association • Member of The International council of Shopping Centers • Member of The Pension Real Estate Association • Lifetime membership in The Nature Conservancy • Member of the Los Angeles Realty Board • Founding Member and former secretary (1972) of the former Real Estate Syndicate Securities Institute of the National Association of Realtors • Qualified as an expert witness for several California Superior Court Cases on issues of real estate law and other trade practices Freshman is also a Member of the American College of Forensic Examiners. He has served as an expert witness in both state and federal cases on issues of malpractice (legal and real estate), development, construction, banking, syndication, finance, and more. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University (1954), a J.D. from Stanford Law School (1956), and was on the Law School Board of Visitors (1981-1983). He has served as an instructor in Real Estate Finance and Syndication for UCLA Extension, and was a University of Southern California Graduate School of Business Adjunct Professor of Real Estate from 1977 to 1979. He has been a guest lecturer at major universities such as USC, Stanford, UCLA, and Pepperdine. He has also lectured for the Graduate Realtor Institute, the California Association of Realtors, CPA Societies, Real Estate Boards, and Appraisal Societies. Some of his articles have been published in periodicals such as The Los Angeles Bar Journal, the Beverly Hills Bar Journal, the California Syndicator, Real Estate Syndication Digest, and more.