Beth Bergman is The Law Firm for Non-Profits' exempt organization real estate, exempt bond and financing expert. Of Counsel to the firm, Beth's practice includes representation of many affordable housing developers and lenders in non-profit corporate, real estate and tax-exempt financing matters.
Early in her career, Beth worked for both the private sector and in the administrations of Los Angeles mayors Tom Bradley and Richard Riordan. She served as Executive Staff to The Hon. Tom Bradley as Assistant Housing Coordinator and later as Consultant to the Los Angeles Housing Department where she facilitated real estate loans utilizing tax credits, bonds and City subsidies between Los Angeles and non-profit corporations after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
Beth is a member of the California, D.C. and New York State Bar Associations and is a member of the American Bar Association Sections on Affordable Housing and Non-profit Law. She sits on the boards of several non-profits, is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and has served as associate editor for the ABA Affordable Housing and Community Redevelopment Journal.
She is a frequent writer and speaker on these and related topics. Beth has taught Constitutional Law at Loyola Law School and Environmental Law at Glendale School of Law.
Beth attended Brown University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude in 1981 and holds her law degree from Harvard Law School, 1987. In addition, Beth was in the Fellowship program at Stanford University Medical School in 1986 and 1987, was an Associate Editor of the Stanford Law Review, and clerked to the Hon. Consuelo B. Marshall, U.S. District Court, Central District of California. She is admitted to the bar in California, Washington, D.C. and New York.
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