A graduate of UC Berkeley and Southwestern School of Law, Mr. Friedmann is a licensed real estate attorney, broker and General Contractor. Prior to founding Topanga, he worked for Castle & Cooke, Inc and entrepreneur David H. Murdock acquiring land, businesses and establish and branded an FBO chain on the west coast and Hawaii. Prior to that he worked in house for JP Morgan (Chase) as corporate counsel primarily on land use matters. Mr. Friedmann spends free time with family, traveling and golfing.