BRANDILYN DUMAS, ESQ., Co-Chairperson

Brandilyn is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and resides in Harlem, where she started her career as a Teach for America middle school social studies teacher.  She is currently a Real Estate Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where she focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, financing, joint ventures, and development with respect to a variety of assets, including shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and resorts, multi-use developments, industrial properties, and multi-family developments.

She received her B.A. from Duke University in 2003, where she was a Reginal Howard Scholar (full-tuition scholarship recipient); her M.S.T. from Fordham University in 2005; and her J.D. from New York University Law School in 2008, where she was an AnBryce Scholar ( full-tuition scholarship recipient).  In 2022, she was listed within The Best Lawyers in America, “Ones to Watch”. In addition, from 2017-2022 she was listed in Super Lawyers magazine and New York Metro Super Lawyers” as a “Rising Star.” Finally, in 2020 she was listed in City & State New York, as part of The Responsible 100 and selected by the New York Law Journal as a rising star.