Gary M. Wingens - Lawyer in Roseland, NJ

Gary Wingens has served as Chairman and Managing Partner ofLowenstein Sandler since 2008, leading its continued expansion as a nationalfirm with over 300 lawyers working from offices in New York, New Jersey,Washington DC and California. Gary believes that what makes Lowenstein Sandlerdifferent from other leading law firms is the intensity of the firmscommitment to its people, its clients and its communities. Under Garysleadership, and following his example, Lowenstein Sandlers lawyers regularlyinvest their skills and passion to support their colleagues, advance theirclients businesses and strengthen their communities. Gary successfullyinspires this dedication among his firms lawyers because he lives each ofthese values.

As a highly experienced and widely respected structuredfinance lawyer, Gary built Lowenstein Sandlers mortgage finance practice, heis recognized by his peers as a highly effective dealmaker and negotiator.Focused primarily on a client base of participants in the mortgage financemarket (many of which are owned or controlled by hedge funds and private equityfunds), Garys transactional practice spans the areas of structured finance,mortgage finance and commercial real estate, overseeing acquisitions,dispositions and financings of properties, mortgage loans, and servicing rightsvalued in the billions of dollars. Early on in his practice Gary made thecommitment to immerse himself in the mortgage finance industry and understandevery step of the mortgage operations and investor reporting process, in orderto provide his clients with service and advice distinguished by pinpointaccuracy and complete relevance to their business needs. Today, he teachesLowenstein Sandlers lawyers to make the same personal commitment tounderstanding their clients industries and business processes, in order toensure they can deliver better and more relevant solutions.

Gary is also passionate about the firm's commitment to public interest and pro bono work. It was his vision that inspired the 2008 creation of the Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest to strategically channel all the firm's public interest efforts. Gary ensures that Lowenstein Sandler makes the same kind of volunteer commitments in each community in which it expands, most recently in Palo Alto and Washington, DC.

Gary personally serves the community by providing leadershipto several local and national organizations. He is a member of the board of theVictoria Foundation, a leading foundation that funds programs to break thecycle of poverty, reform education, and revitalize families and neighborhoods.Gary also serves as member of the board of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), anon-profit organization that provides pro bono legal services to children whoenter the US immigration system alone. He chairs the strategic planningcommittee and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Federationof Greater MetroWest. Most recently, he was named to the New Jersey Institutefor Social Justices Board of Directors. He has previously served as a memberof the Board of Public Media NJ (an affiliate of WNET New York), and theBrandeis University Alumni Association, and has served as Board President ofSolomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union, where he and his wife werehonored for their volunteer activities.