Rand S. April

Director at Public Counsel

Rand S. April

Rand S. April

Director at Public Counsel

Biography

Mr. April is one of our Class III directors and currently serves as a member of the compensation committee and the nominating and governance committee. Mr. April was a Partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, an international law firm, for three decades until 2013 and Mr. April served as the leader of Skadden's Los Angeles office from 1994 until 2012. Subsequent to Mr. April's retirement as a Partner in 2013, he was Of Counsel to Skadden until April 2016. During his time at Skadden, Mr. April had an extensive real estate and finance practice, regularly advising both U.S. and international clients in transactions involving a wide variety of real estate asset classes. He has considerable experience with the public and private offering of various types of real estate securities, including REIT and securitized debt offerings. Mr. April serves as a consultant to various real estate related companies, from time to time. In addition, Mr. April is a longtime board member and former Chairman of Public Counsel Law Center, the nation's largest pro bono law firm serving the indigent, where he was interim President and Chief Executive Officer in 2015. Mr. April is also a board member of Town Hall Los Angeles, where he served as Chairman from 2010 to 2011, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission. Since July 2016, Mr. April has served as general counsel to the Karsh Family Social Service Center, Inc., an organization that provides comprehensive support services for indigent clients and other individuals in the surrounding community. Mr. April holds a B.A., phi beta kappa, from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Overview

RelSci Relationships

1537

Number of Boards

3

Birthday

1951

Age

70

Relationships

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Daniel Grunfeld

Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

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Mark E. Haddad

Co-Chair, Global Appellate Practice at Sidley Austin LLP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Thomas J. Nolan

Chair of the West Coast Litigation Practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Michael Arougheti

Co-Founder at Ares Management Corp.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Stephen E. Pickett

Former Vice President, General Counsel & Company Secretary at Southern California Edison Co.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Martin R. Melone

Former Partner at Ernst & Young LLP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Barry A. Porter

Co-Founder at Clarity Partners

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Barbara E. Mathews

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Governance Officer & Corporate Secretary at Southern California Edison Co.

Relationship likelihood: Strong

C. N. Franklin Reddick, III

Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

Daniel Clivner

Managing Partner, Greater Los Angeles Offices at Sidley Austin LLP

Relationship likelihood: Strong

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SNL Financial

April 27, 2016

Ares Commercial Real Estate increases board size, names 2 independent directors

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April 26, 2016

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation Announces Appointments of Two New Independent Directors

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Rand S. April

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Education

Columbia University - Law School

Columbia Law School is a professional graduate school of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. Columbia is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the nation and has always been ranked in the top five by U.S. News and World Report.Founded in 1858, Columbia has produced a large number of distinguished alumni including two Presidents of the United States (Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt); nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States;numerous U.S. Cabinet members and Presidential advisers; U.S. Senators, Representatives, and Governors; and more members of the Forbes 400 than any other law school.

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. In 1853 the founders purchased a 379-acre tract of land on the shore of Lake Michigan 12 miles north of Chicago. They established a campus and developed the land near it, naming the surrounding town Evanston in honor of one of the University's founders, John Evans. After completing its first building, its first building in 1855, Northwestern began classes that fall with two faculty members and 10 students. Northwestern has three campuses and a total of 12 Schools and Colleges (one of which is located in South Florida. Two campuses are located on Lake Michigan, a 240-acre campus in Evanston, the first suburb north of Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. One campus is located in Doha, Qatar. Northwestern University combines innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative environment that transcends traditional academic boundaries. It provides students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal and professional growth in a setting enhanced by the richness of Chicago.

Career History

Director

Current

Public Counsel

Founded in 1970, Public Counsel is the public interest law firm of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations as well as the Southern California affiliate of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Public Counsel's activities are far-ranging and impact a wide spectrum of people who live at or below the poverty level. Volunteer attorneys have the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects-large and small, litigation and transactional matters.

Partner

Prior

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. The company's practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. Its customers include corporate, industrial, and financial sectors. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate and Les Arps in April 1948 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Boards & Committees

Member, Board of Directors

2016 - Current

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. engages in originating and investing in commercial real estate loans and related investments. The Company’s investments include senior mortgage loans, subordinated debt, preferred equity, mezzanine loans and other commercial real estate investments, including commercial mortgage backed securities, which are secured, directly or indirectly, by office, multifamily, retail, industrial, lodging, senior-living, self storage, student housing and other commercial real estate properties, or by ownership interests. Ares Commercial Real Estate was founded in September 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Member, Board of Directors

Current

Public Counsel

Founded in 1970, Public Counsel is the public interest law firm of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations as well as the Southern California affiliate of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Public Counsel's activities are far-ranging and impact a wide spectrum of people who live at or below the poverty level. Volunteer attorneys have the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects-large and small, litigation and transactional matters.

Director

Current

Town Hall Los Angeles

Town Hall Los Angeles operates as a non-profit, nonpartisan speaker’s forum, providing a platform for discussing and debating today’s most pressing issues. The company was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Political Donations

$1,000

2013

Henry Arnold Waxman

Chairman at Waxman Strategies

$1,000

2013

Harry Reid

Former Senator from Nevada

$1,000

2012

Gavin Newsom

Governor at California Office of the Governor, Gavin Newsom

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Rand S. April is affiliated with Public Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp., Public Counsel, Town Hall Los Angeles

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