Over a legal career of 42 years, Eric Stern counseled real estate investors, owners and end-users in the acquisition, financing, recapitalization, leasing and disposition of office and industrial buildings, retail centers, hotels, development parcels, residential subdivisions, student housing projects, and other mixed-use properties.  Eric represented the nation’s largest developer, owner, and manager of high-quality student housing in transactions throughout the United States from 2014-2022.  In 2014 and 2020, Eric was recognized in four transactions listed among Philadelphia Business Journal’s Deals of the Year.  Eric led or co-led the Morgan Lewis firmwide real estate practice from 2004 to 2021.

Eric has lectured on real estate issues to regional and national organizations, including the American Bar Association (ABA), the International Council of Shopping Centers, CLE International, Law Seminars International, Investment Management Network, the Philadelphia Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Eric has also lectured at The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Eric is 1978 graduate of Brandeis University and a 1981 graduate of Boston College Law School. Eric was elected a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) in 2000 and has held regional and national positions with various real estate organizations over his career.  Eric has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and by The Best Lawyers in America since 2003.  In 2014, The Philadelphia Business Journal honored Eric as one Philadelphia’s most influential real estate lawyers.  In 2016, Eric was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Philadelphia Real Estate Law by The Best Lawyers in America.  Eric was awarded Lexology’s Client Choice Award for Real Estate – USA for 2022, and Lexology’s Client Choice Award for Real Estate – Pennsylvania for 2024.

Eric is presently a Senior Advisor to a Philadelphia-based commercial tenant advisory firm and an advisor to a Philadelphia-based family office.