Richard H. Goldman

Representative Client Work

• Represented several major Boston Banks in commercial lending transactions, including construction loan projects in several states
• Represented clients in the acquisition and leasing of office buildings, industrial and research and development facilities
• Represented a major pension fund in a significant shared appreciation mortgage loan secured by a major shopping center on the New Hampshire and Massachusetts line
• Represented a client in connection with a Joint Venture for development of a major suburban shopping center and numerous office leasing transactions
• Represented a landlord in two significant leases of medical office space to a major Boston healthcare institution
• Advised clients on real estate insurance and construction issues
• Represented several clients in the acquisition, operation and sale of several successful closely held businesses, including but not limited to a major travel company, a licensee of Caterpillar, and an operator of a premium business
• Represented several clients in the drafting and revision of Estate Plans and have acted as attorney, executor and trustee for several estates and trusts
• Former Special Counsel for Grove Bank, a publicly traded company and UST Capital Corp., an affiliate of Boston based United States Trust Company

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1961

Publications

• "The Ritual Dance Between Lessee and Lender-Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment," Real Property Probate and Trust Journal of the American Bar Association (1995) (co-author). Article was republished by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Michigan (1999-2000). Article has been cited in over 20 publications including The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Practicing Law Institute and The American Law Institute
• "Current Issues in Negotiating Commercial Leases from a Lender's Perspective and Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreements," The Practical Real Estate Lawyer (1999). Article was also published in November of 2000 in ALI-ABA’s Practice Checklist Manual for Drafting Leases III

Speaking Engagements

• "Current Issues in the Negotiation of Leases from a Lender's Perspective," American Bar Association Annual Meeting (1998)
• Has spoken and chaired several programs for the Boston Bar Association, Real Estate Section on Leasing, Financing, Construction Law and Insurance

Awards & Honors

• Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2005

Professional & Civic Activities

• Co-Chair, Real Estate Section, Boston Bar Association, 1999-2002
• Steering Committee, Boston Bar Association (Senior Lawyer Section); Co-Chair 2003-2005
• Former Chair, Boston Bar Association Leasing Committee
• American and Massachusetts Bar Associations
• Recipient, Community Service Award from the American Jewish Committee, with wife Patricia (June 2003)
• Belmont Country Club, Secretary, 2002-2004 and 2008; Board of Governors, 2005-2007
• Former Vice President & current Honorary Trustee, Temple Israel of Boston
• Vice President, American Jewish Committee, New England Chapter
• Elected to American Jewish Committee National Council (2005)
• Former Director and Clerk, Grove Bank
• Former Clerk, UST Capital Corp.
• Former Chairman, City of Newton Human Rights Commission
• Secretary and General Counsel for a highly successful non-profit corporation which operates a summer program for high school students and younger students at Yale University, Wellesley College and St. Marks School

Education

• J.D., New York University Law School
• B.A., Wesleyan University