Steve is a partner in the firm's Real Estate and Corporate Transactions & Securities practice groups. His corporate practice focuses on joint ventures and financing. His joint venture work involves representing investors, inventors and corporations and complements his real estate practice with the representation of developers and investors in the real estate arena. His lending practice focuses on representing borrowers and lenders in mortgage based financing, asset-based financing, and the health care arena. Steve has been involved in off-balance sheet financing, sale/leaseback and many other creative financing arrangements.
His commercial real estate practice focuses on the acquisition, development (mixed use, office, residential and retail), and sales of commercial land; commercial leasing; sale/leaseback transactions; zoning and land use planning; and construction contracts. Steve is co-chair of the Development Team of the Real Estate practice group.
Recent projects include numerous sophisticated, commercial joint ventures representing owners, investors, inventors and developers in the corporate and real estate arenas; several build-to-suit projects for tenants, each in excess of 200,000 square feet; representing the lender on its restructure of an $80,000,000 multi-state Master Line of Credit for retail development; representing developers and investors on several urban condominium projects; representing the City of Cincinnati in connection with the $600,000,000 Banks development; representing a lender on a $40,000,000 residential condominium loan; representing several corporate entities in headquarters or regional headquarters leasing in excess of 100,000 square feet; and representing several corporations with respect to their national real estate acquisition, disposition and leasing activities.
Education
- The Ohio State University, J.D., 1985, with honors
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1982, cum laude
Professional & Civic Involvement
Professional Associations
American Bar AssociationCincinnati Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
NAIOP
Professional Activities
Steering Committee of the Urban Land InstituteCommunity Activities
President of Board of Directors · Ensemble Theatre CompanyThe Cincinnatus Association · Member
Publications
- Sale-leasebacks offer liquidity, tax benefits: Risks are rampant, however, so buyer beware · Cincinnati Business Courier, Inc., December 14, 2001
Awards & Honors
- Leadership Cincinnati - Class XXX
- Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine in 2007
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America