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Default Restructuring and Recovery Group Practice Co-Chair
Real Estate & Land Use Practice
Co-Chair
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Practice Concentration
Serves as outside general counsel for companies and families in all aspects of business, commercial real estate and information technology law.
Representative Experience
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Represented the owner of Northland Mall in community and governmental relations in the sale of the mall to a development entity controlled by the City of Columbus |
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Represented an internet technology company in an angel investment round, two-part venture capital investment round and subsequent investor buyout; regularly represents borrowers closing FHA insured multifamily and nursing facility mortgages, “mark to market” restructuring, and restructuring financing |
Achievements & Awards
Education
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University of Notre Dame (B.A. cum laude, 1978) |
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Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1981) |
Bar Admissions
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U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio |
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United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit |
Professional Memberships and Community Service
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Central Ohio Land Title Underwriters, Past President |
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Columbus Rotary, Member, Board of Directors |
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Columbus Metropolitan Club, Past President |
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City of Columbus, Board of Zoning Adjustment, Chairman |
Speeches and Publications
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Instructor/Lecturer – “Real Estate Ethics” NAI/Ohio Equities, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, February 12, 2008 |
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Panelist: "Negotiable Lease Terms: Landlords v. Tenants", Commercial/Industrial section of the Columbus Board of Realtors, April 23, 2009 |
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Author, "Avoiding Copyright Infringement in a Multi-Vendor Environment," The Newsletter of the Federal Bar Association's Corporate and Association Counsel's Division, Vol. 4, No. 3, September, 1999 |
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Presenter, National Pattern Jury Instructions Conference, "Copyright issues in Electronic and Print Publishing of Pattern Jury Instructions," April 18, 2008 |
Representative Engagements for 2008
Local and Ohio Counsel Assisting Out of State Counsel
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Served as Ohio Counsel for out of state lender on multi-state real estate financing transaction for retail facilities |
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Served as Ohio counsel for a multi-state and international debt restructuring of parent, subsidiary and related entities for bankruptcy exit and term loan financing |
Real Estate Development
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Negotiated a development incentive, workforce retention and “green” building agreement with a major central Ohio municipality on behalf of a corporation constructing a 105,000 square foot corporate headquarters |
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Created Declaration amendments and drafted attorney opinions necessary for several existing condominium projects to qualify for unit purchaser financing under revised 2008 Fannie Mae Guidelines |
FHA Insured Financing
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Represented nursing home owner/operator of a 125 bed nursing home with a 38 bed assisted living facility in Columbus, Ohio for a refinancing insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing Act |
Transactions and Restructurings
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Represented owner of a troubled shopping center in a loan restructuring/loan forgiveness transaction with a CMBS national servicer |
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Represented land purchaser and licensed operating entity in the acquisition by conventional bank financing of an 86 bed nursing home with a 16 bed assisted living facility in Dayton, Ohio |
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Represented Buyer in a contracting, due diligence and eventual closing of purchase of a Class A 97,714 square foot office building in Columbus, Ohio |
Representative Engagements for 2009
Real Estate Transactions
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Represented seller in contracting, due diligence and eventual sale by assumption of a CMBS loan of a class A 118,883 square foot office building in Dublin, Ohio |
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Represented Seller in a contracting, due diligence, loan documentation and eventual closing of seller-financed sale of a 33,232 square foot corporate headquarters in Columbus, Ohio |
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Represented Buyer in the assumption and financing of a sub-ground leasehold for a 200,000 square foot office building in the center of downtown Columbus |
Public Development Incentives
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Represented owner in negotiation of a pre-annexation agreement and development incentive agreement for the annexation of a 138,164 square foot shopping center into a central Ohio municipality |
Technology
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Negotiation and documentation of settlement of several software license default/copyright infringement claims on behalf of a software vendor |
FHA Multifamily Finance
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Represented purchaser in the transfer of physical assets of nine properties for the handicapped constructed pursuant to HUD Capital Advance program |
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Local counsel for owner on the refinance of an 120 unit apartment project pursuant to Section 223 (A)(7)of the National Housing Act |
Mergers and Acquisitions
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Represented Buyer in the purchase from a bankruptcy estate of the real estate, equipment, inventory, and assumption of the workforce of an operating sawmill |
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