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Pamela Westhoff

Overview

Pamela Westhoff is an experienced transactional real estate lawyer valued by her clients for her creative business acumen and ability to get deals done regardless of the challenge.

Pam handles a wide variety of transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, commercial leases, financing and complex development. She has developed special expertise in corporate real estate, ground leasing and real estate deals involving telecommunications and broadcasting.

Clients look to Pam as a steady and strategic advocate who builds relationships and brings a business mindset and a creative, flexible negotiating style to every deal. She is a trusted counselor to a broad variety of successful real estate industry leaders, including institutional and portfolio investors, family offices, REITs, lenders and developers.

In her free time, Pam enjoys spending time outdoors. She has summited Mount Kilimanjaro and has run a marathon on every continent.

Credentials
Education

J.D., University of Southern California, 1986, Order of the Coif

M.B.A., University of Southern California, 1986, with highest honors

B.B.A., Loyola Marymount University, 1982, summa cum laude

Admissions

California

Honors

Pam has been recognized as a North America Global Elite Thought Leader in Commercial Real Estate by Who’s Who Legal, has been named to the top 500 Leading Real Estate Lawyers by Lawdragon, and is rated by Chambers USA as a Leading Real Estate Lawyer.

Chambers USA 2025_ Pam Westhoff
Pam Westhoff - Chambers USA 2023
Pamela Westhoff - Chambers 2024
Memberships

Pam currently serves on the Board of Governors of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and is a former Chair of the ACREL Leasing Committee. Pam is also deeply committed to pro bono work and is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) and an Advisory Board Member of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy.

Thought Leadership

Frequent speaker on finance, real estate and telecommunication issues for BisNow, CLE International, Practising Law Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers, the State Bar of California, the Real Estate Conference Group, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Speaker, “Just an Old Fashioned Love Song? Rethinking Common and Highly Negotiated Lease Provisions,” American College of Real Estate Lawyer’s Annual Meeting, October 22, 2022