Mr. Newfield's practice focuses on real estate, business, and general corporate transactional matters and litigation. Mr. Newfield's experience as both a transactional and litigation attorney enables him to handle transactions skillfully so as to avoid litigation, and handle litigation successfully due to his thorough understanding of the transactions that give rise to the dispute.Mr. Newfield's broad range of experience in transactional matters includes drafting and negotiating commercial leases on behalf of landlords and tenants,acquisitions of commercial and residential properties,and construction-related agreements.Mr. Newfield represents and advises public and private companies,major developers,national tenants,contractors,and property managers in matters including mixed-use developments,retail and office centers,industrial properties,and other real estate projects.Mr. Newfield also has extensive experience prosecuting and defending litigation arising from real estate and commercial transactions,including enforcement of purchase and sale agreements, failed development projects, partnership disputes, fraud, land use, title and easement disputes, construction litigation, construction liens and accompanying litigation, and commercial lease disputes. Mr. Newfield routinely serves as outside general and strategic counsel to clients in various industries including real estate, construction, and hospitality.Before law school,Mr. Newfield worked in the film industry,focusing on development and financing for several notable production companies,including Oscar winning (Best Picture) Kopelson Entertainment.After graduating from law school, he worked in entertainment transactional law consulting entertainment companies.Before founding Newfield Puritsky LLP,Mr. Newfield was a senior member of the real estate and corporate practice groups at Ravid Law Group and Enenstein Ribakoff LaViña & Pham, and a partner in Koletsky Mancini Feldman & Morrow’s Los Angeles office.