Education

• Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988
• University of Michigan, A.B. with distinction, 1985

Admissions

• State Bar of Wisconsin

Awards & Distinctions

• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in Real Estate Law (2010-2013)
• Named to the Wisconsin Super Lawyers list (2009-2012)

Representative Work

• Assisted physician group with selection of lending institution for acquisition of interest in an outpatient surgery center joint venture with regional hospital.
• Assisted national health care development firm with negotiation of development agreement and financing documents for an approximately $50 million hospital expansion.
• Assisted national health care development firm with preparation of master building lease for hospital-owned outpatient surgery center.
• Assisted multiple physician groups with the planning, development, financing and construction of multi-specialty outpatient surgery, imaging and medical office buildings.
• Assisted IT-management firm for assisted living facilities with acquisition of central data center.
• Worked with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the City of Franklin, Wisconsin, environmental consultants and developer-owner to implement a wetland relocation and enhancement in connection with development of multi-specialty medical office, outpatient surgery center and imaging center.
• Analyzed proposed block leasing arrangements in radiology clinic for compliance with Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.
• Regularly assists physician groups, individual physicians and other health care professionals with negotiation of medical office and clinic leases.
• Regularly assists developers and owners of medical office buildings with acquisitions, sales and leasing transactions.

Professional Associations

• American College of Mortgage Attorneys
• American Health Lawyers Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin, Real Property, Environmental Law and Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Creditors' Rights Sections
• Milwaukee Bar Association, Real Property and Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights Sections

Articles and Presentations

• Editor and Contributor, Real Estate Chapter of State Bar of Wisconsin’s Annual Survey of Wisconsin Law
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Addresses Guarantor Liability After Waiver of Deficiency, The Abstract (a publication of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys), Fall 2010
• The TOUSA Decision Revisited - Do Bad Facts Still Make Bad Law?, The Abstract, Fall 2011