For over 30 years, Dennis Ellman has counseled real estate developers, brokers, investors and users in the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing and construction of commercial and residential properties.

Mr. Ellman's practical approach enables the Firm's clients to achieve their goals in a timely and efficient manner.

• Represented the developer of MacDonald Ranch, a master planned community of approximately 2,200 acres in Henderson, Nevada including sales to Del Webb Communities, Toll Brothers and Christopher Homes
• Represented the owner of Buena Park Mall, a regional Shopping Mall and Buena Park Place, a neighboring “power center,” in the negotiation of leases to Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc., PetsMart, Union Bank, Michaels, Foot Locker, K-B Toys, Payless ShoeSource, Portillo’s, Panda Express, Chili’s, Cold Stone Creamery and similar national tenants; also represented this developer in the negotiation of construction contracts for the remodeling of the shopping center
• Represented the developer of the Universal Music Group Building, a Class-A office building in Santa Monica, California, including the negotiation of the construction contract, the leasing of the building to Universal Music Group and the ultimate sale of the building to an institutional investor
• Represented the developer of a 224-unit high-rise condominium project in Marina del Rey, California in connection with the sale of the partially built project and negotiation of a “turnkey” building agreement for the completion of the project
• Designed and implemented the auction process for the owner of an approximately 30-acre warehouse facility in San Fernando, California; as a result of this auction, the client was able to achieve a sale price which was 23 percent in excess of the original listing price
• Represented the developer of an approximately 120-acre site outside of Las Vegas in negotiating a joint venture for the development of a regional shopping mall including the negotiation of project management, leasing, asset management and property management agreements; also represented the developer in the consummation of a buy/sell agreement with its joint venture partner
• Represented the owner of an approximately 900,000 square foot regional shopping mall in West Los Angeles in connection with the leasing of in excess of 200,000 square feet to in-line national tenants including The Gap, California Pizza Kitchen, Boulmiche, Lady Footlocker, P.J. Clark, Ultimode, Express, Ltd., Paris, Bruno Magli, Banana Republic, Kenneth J. Lane
• Represented the developer of a 588-unit apartment complex in West Los Angeles in connection with the sale of the project to a large pension fund
• Represented a real estate developer in connection with the acquisition of a deeply discounted note and the subsequent deed in lieu of foreclosure for a 217-unit residential commercial project in downtown Los Angeles
• Represented two corporations owned by feuding members of a family in connection with the disposition of real properties having a value in excess of $80,000,000 in and around the metropolitan Los Angeles area including a property with significant environmental contamination

Mr. Ellman is a frequent panelist and lecturer on commercial leasing and other areas of real estate law.  Most recently, he was a panelist at the Real Estate 2008 Conference in Los Angeles.

• Member, Board of Directors, Los Angeles Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2001-2007
• Past President, Los Angeles Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2005-2007
• Chairman, Major Gifts, Los Angeles Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2007-present
• Member, Advisory Board, Los Angeles Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2007-present
• Board of Directors AYSO Region 33, 2004-present
• Referee Administrator AYSO Region 33, 2006-2007

• Awarded, 2009 Caregiver Award, from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, May 2009