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2023 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards
Washington DC

Michael D. Goodwin
Practice encompasses development, public/private partnerships, debt and equity financing, ground leases and hospitality
Represents universities, private institutions and governmental authorities in transactions with private developers
Michael Goodwin is a partner with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. His practice encompasses commercial real estate, particularly development, public/private partnerships, debt and equity financing, ground leases and hospitality. He represents developers in the Washington region on all aspects of complex development projects. Goodwin also represents universities, private institutions and governmental authorities in transactions with private developers. They span projects as diverse as the District’s new convention center headquarters hotel and the redeployment of the District’s old convention site for upscale mixed uses.
He is a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a former District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce board member.
Goodwin has been recognized by the Best Lawyers U.S.A., the IFLR1000, Chambers U.S.A., the Legal 500 U.S. and Washington DC Super Lawyers. He’s listed in Who’s Who Legal and has been honored as one of the “Leading Lawyers in Real Estate” by the Legal Times.
Goodwin received his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
These are some of the reasons why we are honoring Michael Goodwin with Connect CRE’s 2023 Washington DC Lawyers in Real Estate Award. The award celebrates real estate attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their practice and the larger community.