Focus Areas
Recent projects include:
- Represented various developers in the development of numerous mixed use projects from $15 million to $200 million in value
- Numerous sophisticated commercial joint ventures representing owners, investors and developers in the mixed use, multi-family and office arenas
- Representing a national owner in the acquisition of a failed regional mall by purchase of lender’s credit bid and subsequent financing and redevelopment of the mall into a $200 million+ asset
- Represented a national developer in the repositioning and financing of a 1,000,000+ square foot regional mall
- Represented developers and investors in numerous acquisitions of industrial and office buildings by short sales, foreclosure bids or purchase from lenders
- The acquisition, financing, sale and development of numerous large multi-family properties
- Representing a national developer in the development of a 300 unit downtown luxury high-rise apartment building
- Representing the lender on its restructure of, and ultimate third party sale of, mortgaged assets with respect to an $80,000,000 multi-state Master Line of Credit for retail development
- Represented user in the establishment of a 150,000 square foot industrial facility for the production of cold rolled steel
- Representing the City of Cincinnati in connection with the $600,000,000 Banks development
- Representing several corporate entities in headquarters or regional headquarters leasing in excess of 100,000 square feet
- Representing several corporations with respect to their national real estate acquisition, disposition and leasing activities
- Selected for inclusion in IFLR 1000, 2020, 2021
- Listed in Legal 500, 2019 to 2021
- Listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate, Ohio, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022
- AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2009 to 2022 for Real Estate Law
- Named a Cincy Leading Lawyer by Cincy Magazine
- Leadership Cincinnati – Class XXX
- Selected to Ohio Super Lawyers list, 2007
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
Professional Activities
- Urban Land Institute
- Talbert House, Real Estate Advisory Committee
Community Activities
- Ensemble Theatre Company, Board of Directors, President
Education
- The Ohio State University, J.D., with honors
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- IFLR1000 2021 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices, January 18, 2022
- IFLR1000 2020 Recognizes Thompson Hine Lawyers and Practices,
Four Practices and Nine Lawyers Receive National Acclaim
, January 27, 2021