Jonathan C. Curtis
Managing Partner
Cedar Street Partners, LLC
Mr. Curtis is an owner and principal of Cedar Street Partners, LLC. He has over 25 years of
professional experience in the real estate investment, transactional and development business.
Mr. Curtis has held various positions with other companies, including serving as Executive Vice
President and General Counsel for a large private holding Partnership, with a focus on
investment, real estate and aviation. As part of the senior management team, he provided
strategic business and legal advice, including: corporate and regulatory compliance; corporate
governance; corporate finance; governmental relations; policies and procedures to ensure
compliance with state and federal statutory and regulatory compliance; and structuring and
negotiating complex commercial transactions, including partnerships with publicly traded
companies and banks, as well as acquisitions and dispositions.
Mr. Curtis was also a Partner and Practice Group Leader at the international law firm of
Sheppard, Mullin Richter and Hampton, LLP. In addition to his leadership responsibilities, his
practice included representation of owners, managers, investors, pension fund advisors, banks
and other lenders, businesses and developers in all aspects of corporate, transactional and
administrative matters.
Mr. Curtis was Mayor and currently serves on the City Council of the city of La Canada
Flintridge. In addition, he was elected to represent the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena and La
Canada Flintridge on the Regional Council for the Southern California Association of
Governments, which is the largest Master Planning Organization in the United States (covers
over 19 million citizens).
Mr. Curtis is a National Member of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Executive
Committee of UL! Los Angeles District Council, and was past Co-Chair of the Healthy
Communities Initiative and past Chair of Technical Advisory Panel Services.
Mr. Curtis received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School (Cum Laude) and graduated
from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He has received an AV rating by Martindale
Hubbell, the highest rating an attorney can receive for quality and ethics. Mr. Curtis has been a
lecturer and guest speaker on corporate investment and real estate at many seminars and
conferences.