David
H.
Fishman
David Fishman is Chairman of the Real Estate Group. He became associated with Gordon Feinblatt in 1964. He has served as Chairman of the Real Property Section, Maryland State Bar Association, is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and has been named in all editions of The Best Lawyers in America. David has been named by Best Lawyers in America as Baltimore's Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2010. He has been listed in the "International Who's Who of Business Lawyers" since 2002 in the area of Real Estate, and in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business from its inception in 2003. David was awarded the "Distinguished Maryland Real Property Practitioner Award" for 2003-2004 by the Maryland State Bar Association and a Maryland Leadership in Law award in 2005.
For a number of years, David served as Chairman of the Real Property Code Revision Committee for the Maryland State Bar Association's Real Property Section. He has recently been appointed to the Code Revision Committee that is writing the new Land Use Article of the Maryland Code. Representative major transactions include acquisition of the CSX Camden Yards for Baltimore's new stadium, structuring of the Maryland Bar Center at the University of Maryland School of Law, the Harborview condominium project and the Power Plant tourist attraction in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. David has written numerous articles on commercial real estate topics in both local and national publications. He has lectured to continuing legal education seminars in Maryland and nationally on topics relating to legal ethics, real estate financing, shopping centers, foreclosures and condominiums.
Honors
- AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
- Named to the Best Lawyers in America 2012 list in Real Estate Law and has been on the list for over 20 years
- Named by Best Lawyers In America as Baltimore's Real Estate Lawyer of the Year for 2010
- Named to Maryland Super Lawyers for Real Estate since 2007
- Named to Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2003
Professional and Civic Involvement
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1984-
- American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Member, Editorial Board of The Practical Real Estate Lawyer:, 2009-
- Harvard Law School Association of Maryland, President, 2003-
- Baltimore Bibliophiles, President, 2008-2010
- Baltimore Opera Company, Member, Board of Trustees, 1997-
- Sail Baltimore, Ltd., Member, Board of Directors, l975-2005; Treasurer, l976-1986
- Baltimore Center for the Performing Arts, Member, Board of Directors, l979-1998
- Citizens Planning & Housing Association - Counsel, l977-1994; Board of Governors, l968-1974; Executive Committee, l970-1974; Nominating Committee, l980; Chairman, Zoning Committee, l980
- Baltimore Corporation for Housing Partnerships, Director, l985-1998
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
Publications and Lectures
- Co-author, "Late Charges in Maryland Leases -- Good or Bad for Tenant, Landlord?", The Daily Record, March 17, 2000
- Lecturer, "The Ethics of Lying in Negotiations," ICSC Shopping Center Law Conference, 1999-2003
- Lecturer, "Maryland Foreclosures", MICPEL, 1999
- Lecturer, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Spring 2003, Las Vegas; Spring 1998, Washington, D.C.
- "The History of a Maryland Title", 42 Md. L. Rev. 496 (1983)
- "Title Insurance in the Residential Real Estate Transaction", Residential Real Estate Transactions, MICPEL, 1982
- "Exercise of the Mortgagee's Right to Rents after Default", The Daily Record, March 19, 1984
- "What Counsel Must Know About Continuous Use Covenants", The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1987
- "Is It Time to Throw Out Your Sealing Wax?", Maryland Bar Journal, Vol. XXI, No. 6, November/December 1988
- "Landlords Must Account for CAM Charges", ICSC Shopping Center Legal Update, Spring 1989
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Education
LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1963
A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1959
Phi Beta Kappa
M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1971
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