 | Paul S. Rutter
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Paul S. Rutter joined us as an Executive Vice President and General Counsel in September 2008. Mr. Rutter cofounded Gilchrist & Rutter Professional Corporation, a real estate law firm in Los Angeles in 1983 and served as Managing Shareholder until 2006. His practice included negotiating, structuring and documenting transactions in commercial real estate development, financing, leasing, acquisition and disposition. In 2006, he became Executive Vice President, Major Transactions, at Maguire Properties, where he served until June, 2008. Mr. Rutter received his J.D. (Order of the Coif) from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where he served as Topic and Comment Editor for the Law Review. He earned his A.B. magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, received Dean's List honors, and was Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to the bar of the State of California, the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Federal Appeals. He is a member of the Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica Bar Associations and is active in the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Rutter is widely published and is a frequent speaker at legal and real estate meetings.
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