Education

• Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 1978
• The Ohio State University and Brandeis University, B.A.

Admissions

• State Bar of Wisconsin
• State Bar of Massachusetts

Awards & Distinctions

• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in Real Estate Law (2009-2013)
• Named to the Wisconsin Super Lawyers list (2010-2012)
• Ranked in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Real Estate (2008-2013)
• Appointed by Governor Doyle to the State's Electronic Recording Council (2006-2010)

Representative Work

• the purchase and sale of numerous manufacturing businesses in private transactions involving asset transfers or transfers of equities.
• the placement of securitized auto loan pools.
• commercial finance of operating businesses, on both lender and borrower sides.
• an Internet based start up company.
• sophisticated and complex financing structures of transactions, including multiple levels of equity and debt.
• the financing of senior leveraged lender positions in New Market Tax Credit transactions.
• the redevelopment of the former West Bend Company manufacturing site into mixed use retail and 350 residential units.
• the redevelopment of a site in downtown Nashville, Tennessee into over 100 residential condominiums.
• the development of Bristlecone Pines Golf Course and adjacent single family lots and condominiums.
• the construction loan for Cathedral Place, a 20 story downtown office building.
• the development of Landmark on the Lake, a high rise downtown Milwaukee residential rental project.
• the construction loan for Lafayette Place, a downtown Milwaukee residential condominium project with two towers.
• the development of a 1,100 acre mixed use project in McHenry County, Illinois.
• the development of a mixed use Brownfield redevelopment in Kenosha, Wisconsin, including retail and office components with approximately 40 residential units.
• the development of thousands of other residential and commercial condominium units in urban and suburban settings.
• the purchase, sale and financing in transactions in multiple states, including 1031 exchange transactions, ground leases, and public-component financing projects.

Professional Associations

• Wisconsin Bar Association
• Milwaukee Bar Association
• State Bar of Wisconsin: Chair of the Real Property Probate and Trust Section
• American Bar Association

Articles and Presentations

• Frequent presenter on economic development and business topics, State Bar of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bar Association, Wisconsin Economic Development Association