Jodi Schwimmer is a New York City-based lawyer and a partner at law firm Dechert LLP. She joined the firm in 2011. Schwimmer specializes in commercial mortgage-backed securitization, real estate finance, and structured finance. She represents buyers and sellers of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans, mezzanine debt, subordinate debt, and structured real estate debt instruments. From 2001 to 2011, Schwimmer worked as an associate at rival law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. She received a JD from New York Law School in 2001, graduating cum laude and receiving the Albert Kalter Award for Excellence in Tax. Schwimmer received a BA from University of Massachusetts Amherst, also known as UMass, in 1998. –MK