Marc Abbott's passion for resolving complicated legal issues, as well as his practical experience in private development and public finance, make him a valuable resource for clients working on real estate, economic development, and employment projects. From property purchases and sales to acquiring economic development incentives in connection with property development, his work focuses on real estate transactions, finance, and development. Marc's background in public-private partnerships enables him to advise clients on purchase contracts and development incentive agreements, as well as title, zoning, and survey issues, commercial lending, and municipal debt financings. On projects of all sizes, Marc represents developers, municipalities, and special development districts in all areas of blight remediation and regeneration.

Marc has negotiated, obtained approval for, and recorded hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives for his clients' projects across the real estate spectrum.

He has a lot of expertise with:

• STAR Bonds
• Tax increment financing
• Transportation development districts
• Community improvement districts
• Special benefit districts
• Neighborhood revitalization areas
• Real and personal property tax exemptions
• Numerous federal and state tax credit programs

Areas of Focus

• Real Estate Industry
• Real Estate Services
• Real Estate Transactions

Education

• J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 2003, UMKC Law Review
• M.A., Sam Houston State University, 1998
• B.S., cum laude, Truman State University, 1996

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Real Estate Law

Office: Polsinelli PC

Recognized Since: 2021
Website: http://www.polsinelli.com
Location: 900 West 48th Place, Suite 900 Kansas City, MO 64112

Phone: 816.572.4778

Lommen Abdo Law Firm's Executive Vice President is Bob Abdo. He has a diverse background and expertise, allowing him to provide clients with a practical and relevant perspective. He serves as general outside counsel to a number of companies. Bob is a startup, emerging, and expanding private and public company attorney. He assists a wide range of enterprises, organizations, and individuals with legal, transactional, estate, and family planning, company strategy and long-term planning, counseling, and advising. His expertise includes entity creation and related agreements, private and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, employment, deferred compensation plans, Collateral and Endorsement Split Dollar Insurance Agreements, 457(f) Plans, contracts, venture and other funding.

Bob is recognized in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell for the highest level of professional performance. In the categories of Small & Privately Held Business Law, General Business, and Business/Corporate, he has been named to the Minnesota Super Lawyer lists. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in the Entertainment Law - Music practice area. He has served as a former trustee and six-term mayor of the City of Minnetonka Beach, as well as the President of the Minneapolis Athletic Club and the President of the Lafayette Club. He has served on a number of community and private groups, commissions, and boards as a member and/or chair. He was a First Lieutenant, USAR, and the 5501 U.S. Army Hospital unit's Chief Finance Officer and Assistant Personnel Officer.

Areas of Practice

• Business,
• Corporate Law,
• Mergers & Acquisitions,
• Financing & Securities,
• Real Estate & Land Use,
• Estate Planning,
• Probate & Trust Disputes,
• Wills,
• Entertainment & Media Law

Education:

• University of Minnesota, J.D., graduated 1970
• University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, B.A., graduated 1967

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Entertainment Law - Music
• Real Estate Law

Awards:

• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America
• Included on the Minnesota Super Lawyer list
• Rated AV Preeminent® for the highest level of professional excellence by Martindale-Hubbell.

Office: Lommen Abdo, P.A.
Recognized Since: 2013
Website: http://www.lommen.com
Location: International Centre, Suite 1000 920 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone: 612.336.9334

Email: rabdo@lommen.com

Gene R. Abercrombie practices commercial real estate law, with a focus on all types of sales and leasing transactions, zoning and planning, real estate tax appeals, real estate brokerage law, and mechanics' lien law.

Mr. Abercrombie served as vice president and general counsel of the then-largest real estate services firm in Northwest Ohio before rejoining the Firm in 2001, and he has also served on the Springfield Township Board of Zoning Appeals. He is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group of Eastman & Smith.

Mr. Abercrombie graduated with honors from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1996, where he was a member of the law review. He's also a member of the 22nd Century Committee/Downtown Toledo Development Corporation, a group of Toledo business leaders looking into the rebuilding of the city's downtown center.

Areas of Focus

• Business Law
• Construction Law
• Real Estate Law

Education

• University of Toledo College of Law, cum laude, 1996
• University of Toledo, B.B.A. (Finance) cum laude, 1991

Award List

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

• Real Estate Law, Toledo (2022)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Real Estate Law

Office: Eastman & Smith Ltd.
Recognized Since: 2018
Website: http://www.eastmansmith.com
Location: One Seagate, 27th Floor 550 North Summit Street Toledo, OH 43604

Phone: 419-247-1619

Burch & Cracchiolo's president is Andy Abraham. The Arizona Board of Legal Specialization has certified him as a Real Estate Specialist, and he has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Transactions since 2008, as well as in every edition of Southwest Super Lawyers. Andy was voted among the top 50 lawyers in Arizona by his peers in 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016. He is included among Arizona's Finest Lawyers and is a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 peer review rated attorney.

Andy has extensive expertise negotiating commercial leases on behalf of both landlords and renters for important anchor tenants. Andy was successful in completing lease executions for a 70,000 square foot medical office complex, other single tenant medical office buildings, and numerous anchor tenants in retail shopping areas. Andy has successfully tried real property cases to verdict over his 32 years at Burch & Cracchiolo, including adverse possession claims and condemnation actions. He closed over 100 loans, the majority of which were above $1 million, and resolved hundreds of title claims. Andy worked as a law clerk for The Honorable Frank X. Gordon, Vice Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, from 1982 to 1983, before joining the business in 1983.

Andy's practice focuses on commercial litigation, real estate-related litigation, and real estate transactions, but he also has a lot of experience with franchisor/franchisee relationships. In numerous state and federal court proceedings, he has served as lead counsel.

Education

• J.D, Arizona State University College of Law, 1982
• B.A., Political Science with Honors,Claremont McKenna College, 1979

Areas of Focus

• Real Estate Transactions and Finance
• Administrative Law
• Land Use and Zoning
• Real Estate Litigation
• Title Insurance and Related Litigation
• Real Estate Owned (REO) properties
• Purchase, sale, leasing, finance, construction, land use and zoning of horse properties
• Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

Award List

• Litigation - Real Estate, Phoenix (2020)
• Litigation - Real Estate, Phoenix (2018)
• Litigation - Real Estate, Phoenix (2015)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Litigation - Real Estate
• Real Estate Law

Awards:

• Selected, Best Lawyers in America-Phoenix metro Lawyer of the Year--Real Estate Law - 2008-2017 edition
• Selected, Best Lawyers in America-Phoenix metro Lawyer of the Year--Real Estate Litigation - 2008-2017 edition
• Selected, Southwest Super Lawyers 2007-2016
• Selected, Top 50 Lawyers in Arizona by Southwest Super Lawyers 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Selected, Martindale-Hubbell 2015 Arizona Top AV Rated Lawyer
• Selected, Arizona’s Finest Lawyers 2011-2016
• Ranked AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5* by Martindale-Hubbell (*AV® Preeminent ™ and BV® Distinguished™ are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Office: Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.
Recognized Since: 2008
Website: http://www.bcattorneys.com
Phone: 602-234-9917
E-mail: aabraham@bcattorneys.com
Location: 1850 North Central Avenue, Suite 1700 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Carolyn Abrahams is a Shareholder with Sweetbaum Sands Ramming PC, where she has been practicing law since 1983, with a focus on real estate and commercial transactions.

Working with private and public sector parties, transactions include land, office, retail, restaurant, and mixed-use income-producing and development projects, as well as single and multi-family residential properties, including condominium and common interest communities.

Mrs. Abrahams' experience and insight include years of experience as in-house general counsel and senior vice president of an affiliated group of real estate development, brokerage, and management companies, as well as representation of a diverse range of clients and interests in the private practice of law.

Acquisition, development, leasing, and sale of single tenant (NNN) retail pads throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region; acquisition of build-to-suit facility at Crossroads Commerce Park in Adams County, Colorado; acquisition and financing of multi-tenant office buildings and multi-family apartments are just a few of the transactions in which Mrs. Abrahams served as lead counsel in the area of commercial real estate acquisitions, development, and financing.

Mrs. Abrahams has developed, negotiated, and produced entity documents for a range of business operations, including shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, corporate bylaws, limited liability operating agreements, and asset purchase and sale agreements.

Mrs. Abrahams successfully completed the needed course work for a Colorado real estate license, despite the fact that she does not currently hold one (since she is exempt as a Colorado licensed attorney). Frederick Ross Company, Grubb & Ellis, SullivanHayes Brokerage, and Dunton Commercial are among the Colorado real estate brokerage firms she has lectured and provided training seminars to on designated brokerage laws, real estate licensing laws, mandatory office policy statements, and standard of care issues. Mrs. Abrahams provided day-to-day guidance and supervision on compliance issues, the preparation and use of the Real Estate Commission approved listing, contract, and disclosure forms, implemented and managed tracking procedures, drafted mandatory office policy statements, and coordinated and supervised litigation matters while serving as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at SullivanHayes Brokerage.

Practice Areas

• Real estate acquisitions and dispositions;
• Development, zoning and land use;
• Loans and financing transactions;
• Commercial leasing;
• Commercial and residential property management;
• Real estate brokerage;
• Construction agreements;
• LLC and entity formation;
• Commercial asset based transactions.

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Real Estate Law

Office: Sweetbaum Sands Ramming PC
Recognized Since: 2018
Website: https://www.sweetbaumsands.com
Location: 1125 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2100 Denver, CO 80202

Email: cabrahams@SweetbaumSands.com

Jeff serves a wide range of clients, including banks and financing institutions, developers, landlords, tenants, builders, contractors, and other company owners. He has represented lenders and firms in a variety of transactions, including land purchase and development, retail centers, office and industrial buildings, business acquisitions, development loans, construction loans, and leases for various property types.

Notable Matters

• Counsel to developer on purchase in 2013 and subsequent sale in 2016 of industrial buildings containing 150,000 sq ft.
• Counsel to mixed use developer for $50 million project.
• Handled purchase of debt from a bank on large industrial flex-space, multi-tenant facility.
• Lender counsel to mixed use developer in Tennessee of $43 million.
• Lender counsel to multiple loans to nursing home and health care facility developer in Indiana, Texas, and Colorado in excess of $75 million in 2014-2016.
• Represented a developer on a multi-use project in Carmel, Ind.
• Represented lender in a loan of $37.5 million to a joint venture consisting of two Indiana developers and a national hotel operator for the construction of an urban hotel in a southern metropolitan city.
• Represented lender to developer on a multi-use project in Tennessee with TIF bonds as part of the funding and loan proceeds in excess of $40 million.

Education

• Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., graduated 1981
• Miami University, graduated 1978

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Corporate Law
• Real Estate Law

Awards:

• Honoree, Indiana Super Lawyers, 2004-present
• Top 50 Lawyers in Indiana Honoree, Super Lawyers (2015)
• Honoree, Indiana Commercial Board of Realtors Counsel (2000-2013)
• Honoree, Chambers USA Leading Lawyers, Real Estate (2003-2018)
• Distinguished Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Foundation (2004)
• Honoree, Who's Who in Commercial Real Estate (1998, 2002, 2011)
• President's Award Honoree, Indianapolis Bar Association (2008)

Office: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Recognized Since: 2007
Website: http://www.taftlaw.com
Location: One Indiana Square, Suite 3500 Indianapolis, IN 46204

Email: jaabrams@taftlaw.com
Phone: 317-713-3405

Bill Acker is a stakeholder, director, and vice president of the company. With Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, he has a "AV" peer review rating, which is the highest peer review rating for attorneys. He was also chosen for participation in the top 5% of attorneys in Michigan in the practice area of Estate Planning & Probate in the 2010-2019 issues of Michigan Super Lawyers magazine. He was also named the Best Lawyers® 2019 Tax Law "Lawyer of the Year" in Troy by his peers in the fields of Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, and Real Estate Law (Copyright 2019 by Woodward/White, Inc., of SC) and The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 in the fields of Litigation & Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates, and Real Estate Law. Mr. Acker was also named to DBusiness magazine's list of Top Lawyers in the practice field of Tax Law by a vote of his colleagues in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018. For the years 2014 to present, he has also been classified as a "Leading Lawyer" in Tax Law: Individual, Tax Law: Business, and Trust, Will & Estate Planning Law (granted to the top 1 percent of attorneys in Michigan). Mr. Acker was also named by American Lawyer Media as a Top Rated Lawyer in Taxation Law for 2013.

He has written numerous articles for the Journal of Taxation and the State Bar of Michigan Real Property Section's professional journal, The Real Property Review, on tax and estate planning strategies for real estate owners, workouts and debt restructuring, tax deferred like-kind exchanges of property, partnership, state property tax, and other tax matters.

His writings have also appeared in the Wayne Law Review and the Michigan Tax Lawyer, the professional publication of the State Bar of Michigan Taxation Section.

He frequently speaks about the tax implications of federal tax legislation on real estate development, financing, investment, and ownership, as well as the structuring of real estate and other businesses and joint commercial ventures. He gives talks for the American Bar Association, Michigan's Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the State Bar's Real Property Section, the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, and other professional groups of real estate attorneys, tax attorneys, and certified public accountants.

Education

• J.D., University of Michigan, 1975
• B.B.A., with high distinction (first in class), University of Michigan, 1972

Award List

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

• Tax Law, Troy (2019)
• Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Detroit (2014)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Litigation and Controversy - Tax
• Real Estate Law
• Tax Law
• Trusts and Estates

Office: Kemp Klein
Recognized Since: 2012
Website: http://www.kkue.com
Location: 201 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 600 Troy, MI 48084
Phone: 248.740.5665

Pierce Atwood's Real Estate Practice Group is chaired by Eben Adams. Eben's practice focuses on commercial and residential development, acquisitions, sales, and leasing, with an emphasis on commercial and residential development, acquisitions, sales, and leasing. Eben represents clients in the buying and sale of restaurants and hotels on a regular basis. Eben has a lot of expertise representing condominium developers, including residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Eben aids energy firms with real estate concerns such as solar leases, wind leases, and the acquisition and development of transmission corridors on a regular basis. Eben has worked on distressed commercial and residential real estate developments, including condominiums, to restructure them.

Eben worked as a law clerk for United States District Court Judge Gene Carter before joining Pierce Atwood in 2000. Eben previously worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator William S. Cohen in Washington, D.C. for four years.

Education

• University of Maine School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude (1999)
• Bowdoin College, B.A. Government and Legal Studies, magna cum laude (1992)

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
• Land Use and Zoning Law
• Real Estate Law

Awards:

• Recognized by Chambers USA for Real Estate Law.

Office: Pierce Atwood LLP
Recognized Since: 2010
Website: http://www.pierceatwood.com
Email: eadams@pierceatwood.com
Phone: 207-791-1175
Location: Merrill's Wharf 254 Commercial Street Portland, ME 04101

Jeff Adams' business specializes on representing real estate developer and investor clients, including private equity funds, public and private REITs, insurance companies, and international and domestic family offices involved in joint ventures or private fund formations. He also has extensive experience in purchase, disposition, leasing, financing, and development of individual properties, as well as portfolio transactions, involving a wide range of real estate asset classes.

In the category of Real Estate, Jeff is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America. He earned his J.D., with honors, from Duke University School of Law in 2008, where he also served as executive editor of the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum. In 2004, he graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in history.

Education

• Duke University (J.D., 2008)
• Duke University (B.A., 2004)

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Real Estate Law

Office: Alston & Bird LLP
Recognized Since: 2021
Website: http://www.alston.com
Location: One Atlantic Center, Suite 4900 1201 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309-3424

Phone: 404.881.4989
Email: jeff.adams@alston.com

Peggy Adams is a business lawyer in Louisiana who specializes in difficult transactional work involving large, complex industrial plants. She is a real estate, finance, general business, probate, and estate planning attorney. Peggy advises developers and company owners on asset purchases, as well as the purchase, construction, and financing of commercial office buildings, hotels, residential subdivisions, shopping complexes, and industrial facilities.

Peggy also assists firms with lease preparation, partnership restructuring, and real estate transactions.

Peggy is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is a board-certified estate planning and administration specialist. She counsels clients on wills, trusts, and estate planning, as well as the sale of tightly held enterprises, estate taxation, and other estate planning issues. She also represents trustees and corporate fiduciaries and handles probate matters.

Practice Areas

• Real Estate
• Wills, Trusts & Estates
• Tax
• Business Law

Education

• Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, J.D., 1981;Loyola Law Review, Articles Editor, 1980 - 1981
• LSU Medical Center, M.C.D., 1975
• Auburn University, B.A., 1972

Award List

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

• Trusts and Estates, New Orleans (2020)
• Real Estate Law, New Orleans (2018)
• Real Estate Law, New Orleans (2015)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Real Estate Law
  Trusts and Estates

Awards:

• CityBusiness Leadership in Law 2006

Office; Liskow & Lewis
Recognized Since: 2003
Website: http://www.liskow.com

Email: mladams@liskow.com

Location: Hancock Whitney Center, Suite 5000 701 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70139

Cullen has extensive experience representing domestic and international clients in a wide range of commercial real estate, corporate, partnership, and other business transactions, including representation of owners, buyers, sellers, landlords, tenants, and brokers in connection with the acquisition, sale, development, financing, leasing, and operation of commercial real estate; formation and restructuring of partnerships, as well as mergers and acquisitions of partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships; and formation and restructuring of limited liability companies. He is currently a firm director and the head of the firm's Commercial Real Estate practice group.

Cullen has also been named to the Best Lawyers in America for real estate by his peers, and is rated AV Preeminent by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin , J.D., graduated 1979
• The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., with honors, graduated 1976

Award List

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

• Real Estate Law

Awards:

• Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2021
• Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
• Legal Leaders/Top Rated Lawyers, ALM and Martindale-Hubbell, 2013-2020

Office: McGuire, Craddock & Strother, P.C.
Recognized Since: 2018
Website: http://www.mcslaw.com
Location: 500 North Akard Street. Suite 2200 Dallas, TX 75201

Phone: 214-954-6888
Email: caderhold@mcslaw.com

Lauren Ades is a partner at PK Law and the firm's Chair of the Corporate and Real Estate Group. She has extensive experience in corporate and business law, as well as commercial financing and real estate. She helps clients with everything from simple to sophisticated mergers and acquisitions, firm formation, and commercial and real estate transactions.

Individuals, commercial developers, private investors, lenders, commercial real estate owners, and other business owners are among Ms. Ades' clients.

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Real Estate
• Real Estate, Land Use and ZoningTax
• Business Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights

Education

• New York Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2006
• Emory University, Goizueta Business School, B.A. with Distinction, 2003

Award List

• Selected “Best Lawyers in America ®” for Corporate Law and Real Estate Law, 2021 – 2022
• Harry Greenstein Young Leadership Award, 2018
• VIP Award, The Daily Record, 2013
• “Leading Women”, The Daily Record, 2015

Office: Pessin Katz Law, P.A.
Recognized Since: 2021
Website: http://www.pklaw.com
Location: 901 Dulaney Valley Road, Suite 500 Towson, MD 21204
Phone: 410-339-6742

Email: lades@pklaw.com