Harvey Lichterman has joined GERSON LAW FIRM APC. Mr. Lichterman, who is licensed in Illinois, established an extensive real estate practice with the Chicago law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook. He was the Managing Partner and head of the Real Estate Department of that firm, which also has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta and London.

Mr. Lichterman has a national real estate transactional practice and has been engaged in the acquisition, development and sale of numerous properties and developments throughout the United States. He has extensive experience representing residential, commercial and industrial developers, and he has personally handled the syndications of numerous medical office buildings. He also has represented banks, life insurance companies and other financial institutions in loan participations, mortgage backed securitizations and all types of acquisition, construction, mezzanine and permanent loan financings. Since his practice has extended over numerous business cycles, Mr. Lichterman has also handled workouts, default and rescue transactions, as well as foreclosures, for both lender and developer clients.

Mr. Lichterman is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude, and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

GERSON LAW FIRM APC represents national lenders on loan closings, special servicing, and enforcement proceedings throughout the United States, and closing loans throughout the United States. The Firm's practice includes representing lenders closing loans under Fannie Mae's DUS lending program and Freddie Mac's program plus for multifamily investments, and the Firm also represents major national banks, conduit lenders and life insurance companies and commercial loan closings for hotels, office buildings, shopping centers, multifamily and construction.