James Wakim, Esq. serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for The Simon Konover Company.  Prior to joining The Simon Konover Company, Mr. Wakim was a partner in the Capital Markets Group of the Boston-based law firm of Brown Rudnick LLP.  

Mr. Wakim graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut in 1979 and received his Juris Doctor, with Honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1982.  He is a member of the national societies of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.  Mr. Wakim is a member of the 2010 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) New York Deal Making Planning Committee.  He is the past Connecticut State Director for ICSC, having served a three-year term.  He served for several years on the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.  Mr. Wakim was recognized in New York Magazine in 2007 as one of the best real estate lawyers in the New York Metropolitan area and in Woodward/White Inc.’s The Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law.