Mr. Smiley is a founding partner and is Chairman of our Real Estate Department. Mr. Smiley's practice encompasses all aspects of transactional real estate law. His primary focus has been in the areas of commercial and industrial leasing, commercial acquisition and sales, finance, retail shopping center matters, environmental matters, workouts, eminent domain, and construction disputes. Mr. Smiley serves as an expert witness in real estate litigation matters. He has extensive experience in structuring shopping center transactions, handling environmentally complicated properties, and in the sale and liquidation of multiple parcels of property located throughout the United States. Mr. Smiley is regularly retained by large East Coast and Midwestern multi-national corporations and retailers to handle their company's most challenging transactional matters in the Western United States.

Mr. Smiley has been and continues for 2010 to be named a "Southern California Super Lawyer," a designation bestowed on only the top 5% of lawyers in this region by Law & Politics and Los Angeles magazines.

EDUCATION

University of California Los Angeles (B.A. 1971)
Southwestern University (J.D. 1974)
Associate Staff Member, Southwestern University Law Review, 1972-1973

ADMISSIONS/QUALIFICATIONS

State Bar of California, 1974
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1974
U.S. District Courts, Central and Southern Districts of California, 1974

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Georgetown University Law School, Commercial Leasing Advisory Board
American College of Real Estate Lawyers
American Industrial Real Estate Association, Board of Directors
International Council of Shopping Centers
El Caballero Country Club, previous Member, Board of Directors and First Vice President
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Real Property Section)
State Bar of California

PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVORS

President and Member, Board of Directors of Stop Cancer
Trustee, Freeman, Freeman & Smiley Foundation for Philanthropy

ARTICLES, SPEECHES AND SEMINARS

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "The Most Bullet Proof Lease and Loan Agreements Aren't -- Bankruptcy: The Lurking Factor," sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, CLE, April 2009

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "'Deal or No Deal" -- The Art and Science of Successful Negotiations," sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, CLE, March 2008

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "Out the Door: Ins and Outs of Assignments and Sublettings," sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, CLE, March 2007

Panel Chairman, American College of Real Estate Lawyers ("ACREL"), October 2006 Annual Meeting

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "That Couldn't Have Been What You Meant; Betwixt the Office Lease Proposal and the Final Lease," sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, CLE ("GULC"), March 2006

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "Blueprint for Avoiding Unfit Upfit: Construction Contracts," sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, CLE ("GULC"), March 2005

Materials Editor, Law Conference Sponsored by ACREL, October, 2004

Chair and Speaker, Georgetown University Law Center, CLE, April 2004

Speaker and Author of Materials, "Current Issues of Real Estate Transactions," sponsored by University of California, Anderson School of Business, May 2003

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "Mold Under the Microscope: Emerging Indoor Air Quality Issues," sponsored by GULC, April 2003

Co-Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "Use, Exclusives and Radius Clauses," sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers (the "ICSC"), October 2002

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "Negotiating Land Use and Environmental Issues in the Lease" sponsored by GULC, March 2001

Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "The Broad Spectrum of Exclusives: How Far Can We Go?" sponsored by GULC, March 2000
Chair, Speaker and Author of Materials, "Insurance and Indemnity," sponsored by GULC, March 1999

Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "Anatomy of a Lease: Part IV," sponsored by the ICSC, October 1998

Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "Ethics of Lease Negotiations," sponsored by GULC, November 1997

Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "Anatomy of a Lease: Part IV," sponsored by the ICSC, October 1997

Speaker, "Commercial and Industrial Transactions," sponsored by the Los Angeles Escrow Association, August 1997

Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "How to Maximize Commissions and Expedite Payment - 'Show Me the Money!'" sponsored by Grubb & Ellis, April 1997

Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "Current Issues in Shopping Center Leases for Lessors and Tenants," sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles, Extension ("UCLA"), November 1996

Chair, Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "Negotiating Fundamental Leasing Issues - Part II," sponsored by the ICSC, October 1995

Speaker and Co-Author of Materials, "Operating Expense and Audit Rights," sponsored by GULC, April 1995

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS/CLIENTS

Unilever United States, Inc.

Target Corporation

Weingarten Realty Investors

Regents of the University of California

HSBC

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Callaway Golf Company