Mr. Goldsmith's practice focuses on commercial leasing and commercial real property purchase and sale transactions, as well as condominium law.

He is responsible for negotiating, drafting and reviewing various real estate contracts for retail, office and industrial uses, including leases, purchase/sale agreements, easements, licenses, deeds of trust, subordination agreements, and amendments. Among other local and national clients, he has negotiated real estate and corporate contracts on behalf of Verizon Wireless, Aaron Brothers, BNI Enterprises, Qlogic, American Honda, Associa and Hot Topics. Representative adverse parties with whom he has negotiated agreements include Forest City, General Growth, Kitchell, Macerich, Majestic, Regency, Simon, Steadfast, Vestar, Westcor, Westfield, the Irvine Company and the Newhall Land and Farming Company.

On behalf of national retailers, he has negotiated and closed many retail lease transactions for stores of all sizes. He has handled hundreds of leases, licenses and easements for telecommunications sites throughout the western United States.

Mr. Goldsmith also serves as general corporate counsel to numerous nonprofit homeowners associations, business and mixed-use condominium associations, timeshare associations, and for profit entities. His condominium association experience includes all facets of creating and amending organizational documents, organizing entities, enforcement matters, controversies involving architectural modifications and other use restrictions, disputes involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, assessment collection, questions of interpretation, insurance matters, and general issues relating to fiduciary obligations.

Mr. Goldsmith is a frequent lecturer for the National Business Institute and Lorman, in programs concerning commercial real estate law and condominium law.

He also served as an adjunct professor for Southwestern Law School in 1991. He has been a frequent contributor to the Community Association Institute publication Focus since 1995 on numerous matters, including amending community association documents, controversies involving architectural modifications and other use restrictions, compliance issues raised by disasters, board member fiduciary duties, association disclosure requirements, and the negotiation of construction agreements.

He served as president of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Community Association Institute in 1997. He was elected to the Hall of Merit for this chapter in 1998. He was also awarded the Outstanding Service Award for this chapter in 1994 and 1997, and was a member of the chapter’s board of directors from 1993-1997.