David B. Sholem joined Meyer Capel in 1978 and was named as a shareholder of the firm in 1982. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Sholem attended the University of Illinois College of Law and Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1978. He was admitted to the Illinois State Bar Association in 1978. Mr. Sholem’s professional affiliations include Champaign County (Illinois) Bar Association (former President), Illinois State Bar Association (Real Estate Section) and American Bar Association. David Sholem represents a number of real estate developers and investors, including real estate investment trusts, institutional investors and the managers of real estate investments for institutional investors in several of asset classes, including multifamily, commercial and agricultural real estate. David Sholem has also been active in real estate investments and development for his own account as a principal of Providence Capital Group, Inc. which maintains offices in Encinitas, California. While doing so, he has acquired a client’s perspective and an appreciation of the issues which face real estate investors.

David Sholem also has significant experience in a variety of business transactional issues including mergers and acquisitions, debit and equity financing transactions, and asset purchase and sale transactions. His clients include a number of start-up technology companies which have commercialized technology licensed from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

David is active in a number of organizations and has served on the board of directors of Sinai Temple Congregation, Community Advisory Board of the Celebration Company (The Station Theater), and the Executive Committee of the Brown University Alumni Schools Committee. He was elected to and served on the Board of Education for the Champaign, Illinois school district from 2001 to 2005. He is married and has three children.