Richard J. Sobelsohn

Experience

Senior Vice President, Legal, Cohen Brothers Realty

Corporation, 2017 - present

Product Manager, Lexis Practice Advisor, LexisNexis, 2016

Group Director, Real Estate and Financial Practice Area Modules, Lexis Practice Advisor, LexisNexis, 2012-2015

Associate, Moses & Singer LLP, 2008 - 2012

Associate, Kaye Scholer LLP, 2007 – 2007

Associate, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan LLP, 2004 – 2006

General Counsel, Oxford Capital, LLC 2001 – 2004

Owner, Law Office of Richard J. Sobelsohn, 1998 – 2001

Director, The Sobelsohn School, 1982 - 2000  

Teaching

The Sobelsohn School, 1982 - 2000

Sustainable Building Law, Brooklyn Law School, 2009 – present

Sustainable Building Law, New York Law School, 2010 – 2019

Lawline.com, 2009 – 2010

Practicing Law Institute, 2010 - 2011

Commercial Leasing, Brooklyn Law School, 2011 - present

Real Estate Transactions, Fordham University School of Law, 2016 - present

Real Estate Practice, Brooklyn Law School, 2016 - present  

Commercial Leasing, New York Law School, 2017 - present

Real Estate Transactions, Columbia Law School, 2020 - present  

Presentations

"Are You Ready for Local Law 97?: Carbon Reduction in New York’s Built Environment", New York City Bar Association – New York, New York – June 2023

"Going Green without Hulking Out: Green Energy Commercial Leases Benefits and Practical Tips", American Bar Association - 36th Annual Real Property Trusts & Estates National CLE Conference – Washington, DC, May 2023

“Introduction to Sustainability and Future Cities Boot Camp,” Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, June 2022

“Keeping Your Eye on The CSR Sustainable Development Ball,” 8th Annual Global Corporate Governance Institute Conference, Entrepreneurial Corporate Governance: Sustainability and Equity”, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 2022

“Legal Issues Relating to Sustainable Development,” NYS Green Building Conference, April 2022

“Climate Change Impacts In Real Estate,” Brooklyn Law School Environmental Law & Real Estate Society Roundtable, November 2021

“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Ethical Challenges for Real Estate Attorneys,” Judicial Title Insurance Agency LLC 1-hour CLE, August 2020

“Alumni Offer Career Advice to Recent Grads,”, Brooklyn Law School Virtual Real Estate Roundtable, July 2020

Innovative Delivery and Finance: The Big Picture,” Town+Gown, New York City Department of Design & Construction, May 2019

Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias,” Judicial Title Insurance Agency LLC 1-hour CLE, September 2017

Revolutionizing Transactional Practice Methods: How to Overcome Transactional Attorney Pain Points with Evolving Practice Tools", American Bar Association Webinar, Real Property Trust & Estates Section, February 2017

Sustainable Development, LEED Buildings and Green Legal Jobs: They Are Not Only Where You Would Expect Them To Be,” New York Law School Center for Real Estate Studies Master Class Presentation and Discussion, September 2016

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Ethical Challenges for Real Estate Attorneys,” Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, March 2014, June 2016

Evolving Teaching Tools – What Resources Are Available To Help Us Teach Our Students Practical Skills,” Emory University School of Law Fifth Biennial Conference on Teaching Transactional Law and Skills, June 2016

Using AIA Tools to Manage Legal Issues on Sustainable Projects,”BuildingsNY Conference – Javits Center – AIA CE Program, March 2014, April 2015, May 2016

Education

Brooklyn Law School, JD 1998
Colgate University, AB, 1982 (cum laude, honors in History)

"The Ultimate Green Playbook for Condos and Coops,” American Bar Association, Probate & Property, March/April 2023

“Coops, Condos and COVID-19", New York State Bar Association Journal, November 2020

“What Works For Me (Part II),” American College of Real Estate Lawyers, News & Notes, June 2020

“What Works For Me,” American College of Real Estate Lawyers, News & Notes, September 2019

"Green Lease Provisions" chapter in the two-volume treatise "Negotiating and Drafting Office Leases", Law Journal Press, April 2019

"Trends in Green Leasing,” American Bar Association, Probate & Property, March/April 2016

“Law Firms Adopt Sustainability to Stay Sustainable,” New York Law Journal, December 28, 2015

“Real Estate Documents Turn Green,” American Bar Association, Probate & Property, November/December 2014

“Technology in Law Practice and in the Classroom,” Transactions – The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, Volume 15, Number 3, Summer 2014

“The Green Shopping Center—A Landlord or Tenant Endeavor,” Shopping Center Legal Update, April 2013

“Technology in Law Practice and in the Classroom,” Transactions – The Tennessee Journal of Business Law, Volume 15, Number 3, Summer 2014

“The Green Shopping Center—A Landlord or Tenant Endeavor,” Shopping Center Legal Update, April 2013

U.S. Supreme Court (2003)

District of Columbia (2000)

Connecticut (1999)

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1998)

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (1998)

New Jersey (1998)

New York (1998)

LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council

Green Globes Professional, Green Building Initiative

Member, American Bar Association

Adjunct Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

Member, National Legal Working Group, U.S. Green Building Council

Member, Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association

Member, Strategic Advisory Committee, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council

Member, Colgate University Alumni Association

Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers