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Frost Brown Todd announces that 30 of its attorneys have been named Kentucky Super Lawyers' for 2009. According to Super Lawyers, the attorneys chosen for the list have attained a high degree of peer recognition, as well as professional achievement. The following attorneys in the Louisville office have been chosen in the area of Real Estate: Timothy W. Martin, Marshall P. Eldred, Jr., Dale E. Ahearn and L. Jude Clark, Jr.
Winstead PC, a Texas firm, announces the formation of a new real estate subgroup, the Leasing and Asset Management Industry Group. This newly formed team of attorneys is focused on helping businesses seeking to reduce their costs by downsizing facility space, adjusting rentals and/or modifying lease structures; whether landlord or tenant, and regardless of the type of property involved.
Greg Zimmerman is the chairman of the group, consisting of 15 attorneys in multi-disciplinary practice areas including: real estate, financial services, corporate, real estate litigation and bankruptcy. Attorneys in the newly formed group are located in Dallas, Houston, Austin and Fort Worth.
James P. Cooke has been made a partner in Ballard Spahr's Washington, DC, office. Mr. Cooke is a member of the Real Estate Department, Transactional Finance Group, Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Capital Recovery Group, and Distressed Real Estate Initiative. He concentrates on real estate and secured financing, including multifamily-housing transactions financed conventionally and with tax-exempt bonds, credit-enhanced bond financing, loan workouts and restructurings, construction and portfolio lending, loan servicing, and secured and unsecured corporate credits.
Best Lawyers has named Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP's Arthur M. Greenbaum as the “New Jersey Best Lawyers Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for 2009. Mr. Greenbaum focuses on real estate brokerage and trade association law. He represents numerous prominent builders and developers of residential and commercial real estate, real estate brokers, and commercial landlords and tenants in New Jersey.
Thomas J. Denitzio, Jr., a partner at the firm, was recently named co-chair of its Real Estate Department. He was also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 in the Real Estate Law category.
Bayard, P.A., a Meritas' member law firm based in Wilmington, DE, announced that Douglas M. Hershman has been named a Delaware Super Lawyer for the third consecutive year, in recognition of his work in real estate. Only 5% of lawyers in Delaware were named to the list in 2009, which is based on a statewide nomination process, review of resumes, peer evaluation by region, and through the independent research of Law & Politics. Hershman is a director at Bayard and serves as President of the firm. He leads the its diverse real estate practice throughout Delaware and the surrounding states, representing both buyers and sellers of commercial and residential properties, borrowers in financing transactions, and lenders making commercial real estate loans.
San Francisco's Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP has been honored in the Real Estate and Construction category of the 2009 edition of The Legal 500, an online international law firm referral source. The firm was recognized as a leader in land use and zoning in the Northern California region.
Greg Zimmerman is the chairman of the group, consisting of 15 attorneys in multi-disciplinary practice areas including: real estate, financial services, corporate, real estate litigation and bankruptcy. Attorneys in the newly formed group are located in Dallas, Houston, Austin and Fort Worth.
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Thomas J. Denitzio, Jr., a partner at the firm, was recently named co-chair of its Real Estate Department. He was also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 in the Real Estate Law category.
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