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Arthur M. Greenbaum is Of Counsel to the firm in its Real Estate Department, where he concentrates his practice in all aspects of real estate law. He joined the firm in 1950 when he was admitted to practice in New Jersey. Mr. Greenbaum is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1947) and earned his law degree from Rutgers School of Law (1950). He served in World War II as a naval communications officer attached to Admiral Hewitt’s Staff in London. A noted authority on real estate brokerage and trade association law, Mr. Greenbaum has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court in many landmark cases which have had a significant impact on the conduct of the real estate industry in New Jersey. Throughout his legal career, he has concentrated his practice in real estate and has represented numerous prominent builders and developers of residential and commercial real estate, real estate brokers, and commercial landlords and tenants in New Jersey. For more than 30 years, Mr. Greenbaum also has represented the New Jersey Association of Realtors, the voice of organized real estate in New Jersey. In addition, he has broad experience in representing lending institutions and title companies, and he has been hands-on counsellor in the planning and development of residential projects consisting of many thousands of units. In October 1996, Mr. Greenbaum was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree bestowed by Monmouth University, and has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the University’s Real Estate Institute. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate category. Mr. Greenbaum has been a member of the Board of Directors of the developer, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., one of the 10 largest residential developers in the United States. He also served on the legal advisory board of the National Association of Realtors, a trade association with over 750,000 members. In 1994, he was honored by the Real Estate Institute of Monmouth University as the first recipient of its prestigious Leadership Excellence Award. Mr. Greenbaum has been a frequent lecturer before real estate and bar associations throughout the United States and has been a guest lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Law and Monmouth University. He is a member of the American and New Jersey State Bar Associations and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also has served as a trustee of the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County. Mr. Greenbaum is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Monmouth Medical Center and the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation. Mr. Greenbaum is married to Dorothy Greenbaum and has a daughter, Dr. Nancy of Tallahassee, Florida, and a son, David of High Springs, Florida, and four grandchildren. | 