Mr. Robert E. Duffy

ROBERT DUFFY
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ROBERT E. DUFFYrduffy@brownraysman.com

Robert E. Duffy concentrates on real estate development, financing and representing real estate service companies.He has represented a broad range of clients in the real estate, financing and service fields including mortgage lenders, real estate brokers, title insurance companies, escrow companies, real estate information companies, real estate developers, settlement service VANS and transaction coordinators.He also counsels many of these clients with respect to establishment of Internet and e-commerce related aspects of their businesses.

Mr. Duffy has published several dozen articles on various real estate and real estate finance topics, among other legal topics.In early 1999, Mr. Duffy authored "The 'New Frontier' of Marketing Residential Real Estate Settlement Services on the Web" which has been described as "a ground-breaking paper" by the industry publication Inside Mortgage Finance.

Mr. Duffy frequently lectures on real estate subjects and spoke recently at several American Conference Institute Online Mortgage Lending Seminars held in California and Florida.He is a member of the State Bar of California.

A partner at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, Mr. Duffy practices out of the Los Angeles office.

B.A., magna cum laude, University of St. Thomas 1967J.D., valedictorian, University of Houston Law School 1970

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ROBERT E. DUFFY JOINS AS PARTNER IN BROWN RAYSMAN MILLSTEIN FELDER & STEINER LLP'S LOS ANGELES OFFICEThelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, an International Law Firm
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ROBERT E. DUFFY JOINS AS PARTNER IN BROWN RAYSMAN MILLSTEIN FELDER & STEINER LLP'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE

Los Angeles, CA. - June 4, 2001 - Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, an international law firm widely recognized as a leader in business and technology law, announces that Robert E. Duffy, 54, has joined the Firm as head of its Los Angeles Real Estate Department.Mr. Duffy will focus on real estate development, financing and representing real estate service companies

Robert E. Duffy comes to Brown Raysman from Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey LLP, where he had been a Partner for 23 years and past Chair of its Real Estate Department.While there, Mr. Duffy practiced transactional real estate for developers and owner-users and represented a broad range of real estate service companies, such as brokerage, escrow and information reporting companies, settlement service VANS and transaction coordinators, in real estate finance, leasing, development, acquisitions, capital formation and development of competitive strategies and e-commerce.

"We are excited that in Bob Duffy the firm has found such an asset and a cultural match and he will enhance our mission and strategy," said Peter Brown, managing partner of Brown Raysman.
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"Bob Duffy is an important addition to our West Coast infrastructure and the ongoing development of our Los Angeles office," added Henry Silberberg, Managing Partner of the firm's Los Angeles office.
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Mr. Duffy has published several dozen articles on various real estate and real estate finance topics, as well as other legal topics.For example, he authored the first American legal treatise on the subject of Art Law, entitled Art Law: Representing Artists, Dealers and Collectors, published by the Practicing Law Institute in 1977.In early 1999, Mr. Duffy authored "The 'New Frontier' of Marketing Residential Real Estate Settlement Services on the Web" which appeared in five parts in Inman News Features' Real Estate News, published on the Internet.This analysis was the first to explore the implications of application of the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) to web site advertising, referral and "affiliated business arrangement" practices and was described as "a ground-breaking paper" by the industry publication Inside Mortgage Finance.Mr. Duffy also frequently lectures on real estate subjects and most recently spoke at American Conference Institute's Online Mortgage Lending Seminar held last year in Orlando, Florida.
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Mr. Duffy received his B.A. from University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas in 1967, where he graduated magna cum laude.He received his J.D. from University of Houston Law School in 1970, where he was Articles Editor of Law Review, a lecturer in Legal Research and Writing, and graduated first in his class.Mr. Duffy is a member of the State Bar of California.

"I am very excited to become associated with such a premier law firm.They are an acknowledged leader in areas which appear to perfectly complement my recent activities," said Robert Duffy.

Henry Silberberg, Robert Kovelman, Allan Gabriel and Robert Duffy were named Southern California Super Lawyers in a special section of Los Angeles Magazine.
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Robert Duffy concentrates on real estate development, financing, leasing and representing real estate service companies.He has represented a broad range of clients in the real estate field including real estate developers and syndicators, mortgage lenders, real estate brokers, title insurance companies, escrow companies and other real estate settlement service providers.

New York - January 24, 2006 - Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP is pleased to announce that Henry Silberberg, Robert Kovelman, Allan Gabriel and Robert Duffy were named Southern California's Super Lawyers for 2006 in a special section in Los Angeles Magazine.
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Robert Duffy concentrates on real estate development, financing, leasing and representing real estate service companies.He has represented a broad range of clients in the real estate field including real estate developers and syndicators, mortgage lenders, real estate brokers, title insurance companies, escrow companies and other real estate settlement service providers.

ROBERT E. DUFFY JOINS AS PARTNER IN BROWN RAYSMAN MILLSTEIN FELDER & STEINER LLP'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE

by Robert E. Duffy © 2000Partner, Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey, LLP2029 Century Park East, 24th FloorLos Angeles, CA 90067(310) 728-3206

In a few short years the Internet has not only proven itself to be an effective marketing medium for residential mortgage brokers and lenders, but also an effective product distribution channel.Unlike television, radio or other marketing media, the Internet has evolved into an interactive medium through which not only traditional marketing activities can be conducted, but direct communications made (in lieu, for example, of personal or telephone communications), specific leads created and referred, and transactions actually opened and processed.This aspect of the Internet, and the business-to-business relationships developing thereon, invite (if not compel) scrutiny as to compliance with Section 8 of RESPA (the acronym for the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act).The potential for compliance scrutiny is enhanced by the fact that, unlike other media, many Internet sites through which marketing is conducted may be owned and operated by other settlement service providers in a unique position to refer business.In that context, economic relationships between mortgage lenders, mortgage brokers, and sites which may be characterized as business referrers may be scrutinized for financial dealings reflective of a referral fee arrangement violative of Section 8.

Robert E. DuffyPartnerTel : 310.728.3206Fax : 310.728.2206E-mail : reduffy@trooplaw.comCapital FormationDevelopmentLeasingReal EstateReal Estate Finance

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ROBERT E. DUFFY

ROBERT E. DUFFYPartner

Direct Phone : (310) 728-3206Fax : (310) 728-2206E-Mail : reduffy@trooplaw.com

Areas of Practice :Transactional real estate, including real estate finance, leasing, development and capital formation

Expertise/Matters Profiles :Bob represents a broad range of clients in the mortgage banking and real estate field including mortgage lenders, real estate brokers, title insurance companies, escrow companies, real estate information companies, real estate developers, settlement service VANS and transaction coordinators.He works with these clients with respect to the internet/e-commerce related aspects of their business to determine the legal issues associated with business over the Internet.

Clients and projects include The Coca-Cola Company (World of Coca-Cola Las Vegas), Sony Development (San Francisco's Sony Entertainment Center), Sony Pictures (Studio Plaza office building, Burbank), Heitman Financial and affiliates (various commercial and retail projects), 20th Century Fox (Fox Plaza and various studio matters), News Corporation of America (acquisition of New World headquarters building), Rupert Murdoch (personal real estate acquisitions), Chicago Title Company, Stewart Title and Progressive Title (various business and regulatory matters), Douglas Emmett Realty Advisors (office and retail acquisitions), Fred Sands Realtors (various real estate and business matters), Mission Viejo Company (Lake Mission Viejo), Woodfin Suites (acquisition and financing of all-suite hotels), Pacifica Corporation (acquisition of real estate development company) ; Stein-Brief Group (acquisition of Laguna Nigel assets from Avco), R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. (retail leasing and property dispositions), Buffums (retail leasing), Lazar/Ducot Associates (medical office development), and numerous banks and thrifts in commercial lending activities.

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Bob has lectured extensively, has published several dozen articles on various real estate, real estate finance and other legal topics.He authored the first modern legal treatise on the subject of Art Law, published by the Practicing Law Institute, New York.In early 1999, Bob authored The New Frontier' of Marketing Residential Real Estate Settlement Services on the Web (or How to Avoid the RESPA Sheriff) which appeared in Inman News Features Real Estate News, published on the Internet.This analysis was the first to explore the implications of application of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to web site advertising, referral and affiliated business arrangement practices and has been characterized as a ground-breaking paper by the publication Inside Mortgage Finance.He also authored in 1999 an article entitled Marketing Residential Real Estate Settlement Services in the Web : The Impact of RESPA Section 8, which appeared in the October 1999 issue of Cyberspace Lawyer.Bob has recently authored Online Mortgage Marketing : A Guide to Structuring RESPA-Compliant Relationships which appeared in Inman News Features Real Estate News in a three part series in January, 2000.

Professional Affiliations :Bob is an approved Federal National Mortgage Association Counsel, and is past Chair of the ABA Environmental Issues Relating to Foreclosure Subcommittee.

Admitted to Practice :State of California

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