PARTNER
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Seth Kaplowitz
Seth M. Kaplowitz is an attorney and former real estate executive with an extensive background in real estate development and construction. Mr. Kaplowitz began teaching at San Diego State University shortly after his return from living in Asia where he was developing real estate in Hong Kong SAR, Shanghai, PR China and Phuket, Thailand.
Executive MBA Program 2012 - Present
Lecturer on Negotiation
College of Business Administration 2011 - Present
Lecturer on Negotiation College of Business Administration
Lecturer on Business Law, International Business Law,
Real Property Law & Negotiation Member, Strategic Planning Workgroup
on Student Success Member, Real Estate Scholarship and Internship Grant
(RESIG) Scholarship Committee Faculty Advisor for Undergraduate and
Graduate Independent Study Consulting Teams:
• Gen S 495: The Sage Project, Client: National City Marina District Development Plan
• FIN 495: The Sage Project, Client: National City Property Management Plan
• BA 795: Client: MaxHOA
• BA 795: Client: Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, University of San Diego
• BA 795: Client: City of San Diego Regional Enterprise Zone (SDREZ)
• BA 795: Client: World Trade Center/San Diego (WTC)
San Diego State University Affiliations
SDSU Faculty Led Study Abroad, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Faculty Advisor, Scholars Without Borders Honor Society
Chair, Scholars Without Borders Scholarship Committee
Member, SDSU Honor’s Council
Mentor, Zahn Center for Technological Innovation, College of Engineering
Co-Faculty Advisor, SDSU NAIOP Competition Team
Economics and Management School of 2014 - Present
Wuhan University Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
Visiting Lecturer on International Business Law, and Compensation and Performance Management
LLM International Law, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA, Anticipate Completion 2016 Juris Doctor, California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA, 1980 Bachelor of Arts, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ, 1976 International Conflict Resolution Project, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1975-1976
Blumberg Law Group, LLP Partner 2010 - Present
Business, Real Estate, Construction and Dispute Resolution Matters
Ecotech Design Build Asia, Ltd. 2006 - 2010
Founder and Managing Director
Real Estate Development and Consulting specializing in High Performance Sustainable
Properties in Hong Kong SAR, Shanghai, PR China and Phuket, Thailand.
Classic Homes Construction, LLC 1998 - 2005
Founder and Managing Member
Development and Construction of Custom-Designed Homes, Historical Restorations
and Luxury Penthouses
Westminster Communities 1994 - 1998
Principal and Executive Vice President of Construction
Assisted in raising venture capital for the Development, Construction and
Management of Residential and Commercial Properties
Mesa Development Corporation 1983 - 1994
Founder and Partner
Real Estate Development and Construction of Residential Communities, Historical
Restorations and Waterfront Development Projects
Private Law Practice/Creating Business Plan for Mesa Development 1981 - 1983
New York, New York
Judicial Law Clerk 1980 - 1981
Honorable William V. DiBuono, Jr., Assignment Judge
Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County, Elizabeth, NJ
Class B California General Contractor License (inactive)
Board Member, Center for Leadership and Learning (CLAL), New York, NY.
Registered Yoga Teacher RYT-200, Yoga Alliance
Founder- Leo and Irene Kaplowitz Memorial Philanthropic Fund
Participates with the community on integrating venture capital into the nonprofit
arena as an alternative fund-raising avenue to support charitable initiatives. The fund
also sponsors the construction of libraries and innovative educational programming in
schools that lack adequate funding.
Established- Leo Kaplowitz Criminal Law Award, Rutgers Law School-Newark, Rutgers University