Jonathan Mechanic is chairman of Fried Frank's Real Estate Department. Jonathan's son, Ross Mechanic, is currently dating Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany Trump. Jonathan is friends and business partners with Donald Trump. ^[1]

Jonathan Mechanic first joined Fried Frank's firm in 1978. He became a partner in 1987, when he rejoined the firm after having acted for five years as general counsel and a managing director of HRO International Ltd., a real estate development organization responsible for the development of more than 2.5 million square feet of office space in Manhattan.

Mr. Mechanic is also a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and has taught the real estate law course for eight of the last ten years. He also lectures regularly for NYU Law School, the Real Estate Board of New York and the Practising Law Institute, and is a co-author of The Commercial Office Lease Handbook published by the American Bar Association.

Mr. Mechanic received his JD from New York University School of Law in 1977, where he served as editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif, and his B.A, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University in 1974.

In 2016, Mr. Mechanic was awarded the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award from New York University and the 2016 Chambers USA Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession Award, which highlighted his work on tens of billions of dollars in property deals and praised his support of the ongoing development of the Real Estate market. For a decade, Mr. Mechanic has been consistently recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as a "Star Individual" in real estate.

He is consistently included on The Commercial Observer' s "Power 100" list of the most powerful people in New York real estate and was the only practicing attorney to make the list in 2016 and 2017. Mr. Mechanic was inducted to the Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Real Estate in 2017. Fried Frank's Real Estate Department is consistently recognized as Law360’s Real Estate Group of the Year and was awarded the Chambers USA Award for Excellence 2009 for Real Estate, an award which honors outstanding lawyers and law firms across the USA. In March 2011, Mr. Mechanic was named one of the "Most Influential Lawyers" by The National Law Journal. He was also named "MVP Lawyer of the Year" by Law360 Real Estate Weekly recognized Mr. Mechanic in its 2008 All Stars edition, which honors real estate industry leaders. In 2007 Mr. Mechanic was named a "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer ** and in 2006 he was the recipient of the Chambers USA Award for Excellence for Best Real Estate Lawyer. He was also honored with the Kenneth R. Gerrety Humanitarian Award at the Real Estate Board of New York's 112th annual banquet and received the National Jewish Health Humanitarian Award in 2009. In December 2011, Mr. Mechanic was awarded the Joseph M. Proskauer Award by UJA-Federation of New York. In 2013, Mr. Mechanic was honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters and for his work on behalf of the Eldridge Street Synagogue. In 2017, he was awarded the Lewis Rudin Award by Coro New York Leadership Center. Over the years, Mr. Mechanic has also been honored for his numerous philanthropic activities by UJA, Israel Bonds, the Modell Foundation, ORT, The Association for the Help of Retarded Children, Albert Einstein College Hospital, the Police Athletic League, American Friends of the Rabin Medical Center, and The Salvadori Center.