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Real Estate Attorney

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Industry:: Legal

Location:: Pittsburgh, PA

Features & Description

EXPERIENCE:

ECHO Real Estate Services Company2005 – Present
Senior Counsel - Practice includes:
•Acquisitions (unimproved real estate for development purposes and existing shopping centers or other improved real estate)
•Financing (construction, permanent, refinance, syndications, private equity funds)
•Real Estate Development(subdivisions; development agreements; reciprocal easement agreements; covenants, conditions and restrictions; construction issues)
•Leasing (drafting and negotiating retail, office, warehouse and ground leases)
•Property Management (property management agreements, tenant coordination, lease administration, landlord-tenant issues, conceived of and then organized a tenant delinquency committee)
•Dispositions (sales of existing projects and excess property)
•Integration (accomplished integrating accounting, construction, development, engineering, leasing and legal departments in performing the foregoing functions)
•Title (conceived of and then organized a PA title agency as a wholly owned subsidiary of ECHO in an effort to increase deal-specific revenue)
•Organizational Matter (draft and/or negotiate joint venture agreements, operating agreements, partnership agreements; corporate governance)
•Litigation (coordinate, direct, and oversee pending litigation, collection matters, eviction proceedings and other enforcement of tenant defaults)
•Insurance (assist with coordination, direction, and oversight of insurance policies, coverage and claims)
•General (coordinate, direct, and oversee all other legal services; manage outside counsel; advise management on a wide array of issues)

ECHO Settlement Services, LLC
2006 – Present
President - Pennsylvania Resident Title Agency

Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
1998 – 2005
Associate - Practice included a variety of real estate transactions (including acquisition, financing, leasing, operation, and sale), commercial financing transactions, and general corporate transactions.
•Successfully marketed new and prospective clients of my own
•Handled a variety of administrative matters, including billing and collections
•Oversaw and provided advice to less experienced associates
•Served as lead attorney in majority of matters upon which I worked
•Coordinated attorneys from different practice areas on the same transaction

Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck P.L.L.C.
1997 – 1998
Associate - Practice included commercial real estate, mergers, and general corporate transactions.

Katarincic & Salmon
1995 – 1997
Associate/Summer Associate - Practice included commercial real estate, estate planning, and general corporate transactions.

Deloitte & Touche, LLP
1995
Tax Intern - Researched tax issues and prepared individual and corporate tax returns.

United States District Court (W.D.Pa.)
1994
Judicial Intern - Researched and wrote memoranda and opinions for the Honorable Donald Lee.

EDUCATION:

Duquesne University School of Law
1993 – 1996
J.D. conferred. 1996
•The Duquesne University Law Review 1994 – 1996
•Research Editor 1995 – 1996

Duquesne University Graduate School of Business
1994 - 1996
•44 of the required 55 credits earned towards my M.B.A.

Carnegie Mellon University
1989 – 1993
B.S. in Industrial Management and Economics with a minor in Political Science conferred. 1993
•Graduated with University Honors.
•Ranked 3/32 in Department (IMC) and 8/112 in College (IM).

ADMISSIONS & PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:

•Admitted/Licensed to Practice Law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1996)
PA Attorney ID No. 78018
•Licensed as a Resident Title Insurance Agent in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2006)
PA License No. 473645
•Passed Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Real Estate Examination (Salesperson) on May 31, 2003 (License Pending)

RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS:

Cambridge Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals
2007 - 2008
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – Rising Star (Law & Politics) 2007
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – Rising Star (Law & Politics) 2006
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – Rising Star (Law & Politics) 2005

PUBLICATIONS:

Author of a Recent Decision at 33 DUQ. L. REV. 721 1995

REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS:

Available upon request.

AFFILIATIONS:

Allegheny County Bar Association, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Brook Park Civic Association Board of Governors, Duquesne University School of Law Alumni Association

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