Focus Areas
Financing
- Represented a borrower in connection with a $176 million mortgage loan secured by 16 senior living facilities.
- Represented a borrower in connection with a $411 million mortgage loan secured by 10 multi-family properties.
- Represented a NYSE-listed REIT in connection with a $350 million mortgage loan secured by six shopping centers located in four states and Puerto Rico.
- Represented a NYSE-listed REIT in connection with a $85 million mortgage loan secured by shopping centers in Ohio, Georgia and Missouri.
- Represented a NYSE-listed REIT in connection with a $23.75 million loan secured by a shopping center in Columbus, Ohio.
- Represented a NYSE-listed REIT in connection with a $30 million loan secured by a shopping center in Phoenix.
- Represented a developer in connection with a $12 million mortgage loan secured by an office building in Dayton, Ohio.
- Represented a borrower in connection with a $12 million mortgage loan secured by an apartment complex in Indiana.
- Represented a lender in $28.55 million mezzanine loan for mixed use development in California.
- Represented a lender in a $24.5 million construction loan for a student housing project in North Carolina.
- Represented a lender in a $23.4 million construction loan for a mixed-use project in Tennessee.
- Represented a lender in a $9 million construction loan for renovation of an office/warehouse facility in Ohio.
- Represented a lender in modification of a $9 million loan secured by a shopping center in North Carolina.
- Represented a NYSE-listed REIT in connection with a $85 million mortgage loan secured by four shopping centers located in Puerto Rico.
- Represented a lender in modification of a $70.5 million loan secured by 21 properties in 10 states.
- Represented a lender in a $3 million mezzanine loan for an apartment complex in Texas.
- Represented a lender in a $7 million mezzanine loan for an office complex in Florida.
- Represented a lender in a $1.8 million mezzanine loan for an apartment complex in North Carolina.
Solar Energy
- Represented an energy company in the leasing of a 233 acre solar power facility in California.
- Represented an energy company in an option to lease up to 525 acres for a solar power facility in California.
- Represented an energy company in an option to lease up to 1,200 acres for a solar power facility in Texas.
Purchases and Sales/Development
- Represented a developer in the formation and operation of a new community authority under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 349.
- Represented a pension trust in the disposition of a $23.625 million shopping center and a $24 million shopping center located in Illinois.
- Represented the seller in the disposition of a $22 million apartment complex in Missouri.
- Represented the seller in the disposition of a $10.5 million warehouse/industrial facility in California.
- Represented the seller in the disposition of a $7.9 million office complex in Colorado.
- Represented the seller in the disposition of a $98.5 million apartment complex in California.
- Represented the seller in the disposition of a $110.25 million apartment complex in Washington.
- Represented the seller in the disposition of a $14 million apartment complex in Georgia.
- Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a $20.5 million office building in Houston.
- Represented the purchaser in the acquisition of a $53 million partnership interest in an entity owning apartment complex in Texas.
- Represented a developer in connection with the acquisition and compilation of 15 separate properties in connection with a proposed development in Cincinnati.
Leasing
- Representation of a publicly traded insurance company in leasing of regional offices.
- Representation of landlords in anchor leases, big box leases and other retail lease transactions, including restaurant leases.
- Representation of landlords and tenants in industrial, warehouse and office leases.
- Representation of a tenant in multiple subleases of an 80,000 square foot office facility.
- Co-author, Chambers USA Regional Real Estate – Ohio (2018 – 2021)
- “Chesterfield and Cherryland Decisions Bring Uncertainty to Mortgage Loans,” Thompson Hine Advisory Bulletin, May 2012
- “SOFR is the new LIBOR, or is it? Hot topics in commercial mortgage market,” ICSS U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, 2019
- “Current Issues in Complex Commercial Mortgage Finance Transactions – How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted without Trying Too Hard,” ICSC Regional Law Symposium, 2019
- “The Sleeves off your vest? Think again: the Latest on Non-Recourse Carve-Outs in Loan Documents,” ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, 2018
- “Crafting Tricky Contingency Clauses,” NBI/Top 9 Most Problematic Parts of Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements, 2017
- “Due Diligence Provision Disasters,” NBI/Top 9 Most Problematic Parts of Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements, 2017
- “Breaking Bad (Boy Carve-Outs): Negotiating Non Recourse Provisions,” ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, 2017
- “No Returns: Due Diligence Tips for Shopping Center Acquisitions,” ICSC Regional Law Symposium, 2017
- “Back to the Basics: Commercial Leasing for Lenders,” American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 2016
- “Back to the Basics in Commercial Real Estate Finance: What Lenders Look for in Commercial Leases,” The ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law, 2016
- “Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Leases,” NBI/Commercial Real Estate from A to Z, 2015
- “Purchase and Sale Agreements,” NBI/Commercial Real Estate from A to Z, 2015
- “Survey and Title Insurance Issues,” NBI/Surveys, Plats, Historical Records, Legal Descriptions and Title Insurance, 2014
- “Sponsorship: Positioning Yourself for Advancement,” Roundtable Leader, Dayton Diversity Counsel, 2013
- “Drafting Purchase and Sale Agreements and Deeds,” NBI/Legal Descriptions, Title Insurance and Surveys in Real Estate Transactions, 2013
- “Lender, May I? Navigating the Lender and Servicer Consent Process,” Roundtable Leader, ICSC Regional Law Symposium, 2013
- “Ethical Considerations,” NBI/Title Law in Ohio, 2012
- “Transfers of Title,” NBI/Title Law in Ohio, 2012
- “Introduction to Commercial Leases,” Generation Dayton – Reality Bites, 2012
- “Commercial Leasing,” OSBA/Introduction to Real Estate Practice, 2009
- “Evolution of Economic Terms in Commercial Leasing,” OSBA/CLE Institute Seminar, 2006
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017 to 2025 for Real Estate Law; named the Best Lawyers® 2022 and 2024 Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton
- Elected a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys
- Selected to Leadership Dayton, class of 2015, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
- Selected to the Ohio Rising Stars list, 2012-2019
- Selected as a Dayton Business Journal Forty Under 40 honoree; 2014
- Listed in Legal 500 in Real Estate, 2014
Professional Associations
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Vice Chair, Opinion Committee
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- I-70/I-75 Development Association
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
Community Activities
- The National Conference for Community and Justice of Greater Dayton (NCCJ); former member, Board of Trustees
- The National Conference for Community and Justice of Greater Dayton (NCCJ); Co-chair, Annual Friendship Dinner, 2014 and 2015
- Edge Teen Center; Board of Trustees, 2013-2014)
- Leadership Dayton, Class of 2015
- West Chester/Liberty Township Chamber of Commerce SEBC Leadership Program, Class of 2012
- Three Valley Conservation Trust, Board of Trustees, 2011-2014
- Dayton Ballet Associate Board, 2008-2010
- The Foodbank Associate Board, Chair, 2008-2010
- American Red Cross Associate Board, 2007-2008
Education
- University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 2004
- University of Cincinnati, M.B.A., 2004
- University of Cincinnati, B.S., 2001
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2023 – Ohio, May 12, 2023
- US Regional Real Estate 2022: Ohio,
Chambers and Partners
, June 22, 2022 - Thompson Hine Real Estate Update, December 10, 2021
- Eleven Thompson Hine Lawyers Named Best Lawyers 2022 Lawyers of the Year,
Thompson Hine LLP
, August 19, 2021 - Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2021 – Ohio,
Chambers and Partners
, May 26, 2021 - Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2019, June 4, 2019
- Ohio Law and Practice, February 22, 2019