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Nina B. Matis has served as General Counsel of iStar Financial (and its predecessor) since 1996 and Executive Vice President since November 1999. Ms. Matis is responsible for legal, tax, structuring and regulatory aspects of iStar Financial's operations and investment and financing transactions. From 1984 through 1987, Ms. Matis was an adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law where she taught real estate transactions. Ms. Matis is a director for Burnham Pacific, Inc. and New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc. She is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Ely Chapter of Lambda Alpha International, the Chicago Finance Exchange, the Urban Land Institute, REFF, the Chicago Real Estate Executive Women, The Chicago Network and The Economic Club of Chicago. She was recently named by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers as the World's Leading Real Estate Attorney. Additionally, in 2005 she was selected as a LawDragon 500 Leading Lawyer in America as well as being listed for the third consecutive year in Chambers USA as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Ms. Matis received a B.A. degree, with honors, from Smith College and a J.D. degree from New York University School of Law.
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