David Reiss

David Reiss joined the Cornell Law School and Cornell Tech faculty in July 2024 as a Clinical Professor of Law and the Research Director of the Blassberg-Rice Center on Entrepreneurship Law. Professor Reiss was most recently a Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School where he was also the Research Director of the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (CUBE). He was the founding Director of the school’s Community Development Clinic.

His scholarship primarily focuses on real estate finance and housing policy. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Paying for the American Dream: How to Reform the Market for Mortgages (Oxford University Press). Professor Reiss is a frequently quoted expert on legal developments in the real estate sector. His comments have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other news outlets.

He serves on the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Emerging Digital Finance and Currency because of his work on the intersection of real estate and blockchain technology. Until recently, Professor Reiss served as the Chair of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board. He is also a member of the American Law Institute, a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.