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Mitchell "Mitch" R.Prentis

Partner
Cleveland

O 216.566.5547

Mitchell "Mitch" R.Prentis

Partner

Mitch is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate practice group. His practice focuses on banking and real estate finance. He provides counsel to financial institutions and developers in commercial lending and real estate development transactions. Mitch’s experience also encompasses construction projects supported by low-income housing credits, historic tax credits, and new markets tax credits.

While attending law school, Mitch was a member of the Case Western Reserve Law Review and served as an intern with the Community Development Clinic of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center.

Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2025
Super Lawyers 2025

Focus Areas

  • “Digital Metal: Regulating Bitcoin as a Commodity,” Case Western Reserve Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 2, 2015
  • Included in the 2021 to 2025 editions of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Banking and Finance Law, and Real Estate Law
  • Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2022-2025
  • Order of the Coif
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Property
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Federal Income Tax
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Financial Principles for Lawyers
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Writing & Research
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Organizations
  • CALI Award for Excellence in Admiralty Law

Community Activities

  • Haven of Rest Homeless Shelter, Volunteer

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 2016,
    summa cum laude
  • Covenant College, B.A., 2012,
    cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio