Christopher J.Palmese

Christopher has been a member of the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council’s Sustainability Initiative, which focuses on the intersection of climate risk and commercial real estate finance, since its inception in 2021. He is also a member of the firm’s Impact & ESG advisory group. In 2023, Christopher served as a curator on the Content Committee for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s BuildingEnergy NYC conference—a conference dedicated to sustainability in real estate and decarbonizing the built environment.

Christopher was recognized as a "Ones to Watch" lawyer by Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law (Woodward/White Inc.) (2024). He was also selected to the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 New York Metro Rising Stars list published by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters). Each year, no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor (Thomson Reuters).

Christopher received the Cornerstone Award from Lawyers Alliance for New York in 2019 in recognition of his pro bono contributions throughout his career. He was one of 11 winners in 2019, selected from Lawyers Alliance’s network of over 2,000 volunteers.

Christopher was named an Empire State Counsel Honoree by the New York State Bar Association for his 2017 and 2018 pro bono contributions.

While in law school, Christopher was an intern for the Honorable P. Kevin Castel, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York.