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Robert M. Curry

Robert M. Curry

  • Partner-in-Charge, Dayton
  • Partner

Bob.Curry@thompsonhine.com

  • Direct 937.443.6511
  • Office 937.443.6600
  • Fax 937.443.6635
  • Austin Landing I
  • 10050 Innovation Drive
    Suite 400
  • Dayton, Ohio 45342-4934

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Practices

Professional Experience

Bob is a partner in the firm's Real Estate practice group and partner-in-charge of the Dayton office. He focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions, office, industrial, shopping center and mixed use development, public-private partnerships involving real estate, commercial leases, mortgage loan transactions, broker/agency law, condominiums and planned unit developments. Bob is the co-author of a leading treatise on Ohio real estate law and the former Chair of the Real Property Section of the Ohio State Bar Association.

Education

  • The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1978, Order of the Coif; Ohio State Law Journal, Associate Editor
  • Miami University, B.A., 1975, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Professional & Civic Involvement

Professional Associations

Ohio State Bar Association · Member, Real Property Section Council (Chair 2007-2009)
Dayton Bar Association · Real Property Committee, Former Chair
American Bar Association

Professional Activities

Dayton Area Board of Realtors · Counsel
Five Rivers MetroParks · Counsel
U.S. Bank · Dayton Advisory Board
Dayton Region New Market Fund · Board Member

Community Activities

Dayton Business Committee · Board Member
Campaign for Equal Justice · 2012 and 2013 Co-Chair
MCO Futures Advisory Committee · Member
Learn to Earn Dayton Leadership Council · Member
United Way of Greater Dayton · 2008 Campaign Chair; Tocqueville Society Member and Past Chair; Past Member of Board and Executive Committee
University of Dayton School of Law Advisory Council · Past Board Member
Dayton Development Coalition · Past Board Member
Downtown Dayton Partnership · Past Board Member
Five Rivers MetroParks Levy Committee

Publications

  • Co-Author · Ohio Real Property Law and Practice, Sixth Edition, two volume treatise, Mathew Bender (Lexis/Nexis), 2006 with annual supplements through 2012
  • Co-Author · Ohio Real Property Law and Practice, Fifth Edition, 1996, 1997
  • Co-Author · Ohio Land Contract Law, University of Dayton Law Review, 1994
  • Author · McDermott's Ohio Real Property Law and Practice, Fourth Edition, Volume 3 (Forms), 1989
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Presentations

  • "Case Law and Legislation Update", Ohio State Bar Association Convention
  • "First and Second Amendment Rights and Ohio Parks", Ohio Parks and Recreation Association Conference
  • Dayton Area Board of Realtors - "Legal Issues in Real Estate Development"
  • "Reviewing Agreements of Sale", OSBA/CLE Institute Seminar
  • "Ohio Agency Review", Seminars for Dayton Area Board of Realtors
  • "Corporate Closing Real Estate Documentation", OSBA/CLE Institute Seminar
  • "Drafting Conservation Easements", Conference on Agricultural and Natural Resource Conservation Easements

Awards & Honors

  • Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007-2012
  • Named Dayton Real Estate Lawyer of the Year 2009 by The Best Lawyers in America
  • Named a "Client Service All-Star" in the BTI Consulting Group's annual survey of Fortune 1000 Corporate Counsel (2008)
  • Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine from 2005-2013
  • Named a Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer Magazine 2011
  • The Best Lawyers in America - Recognized for more than 20 years
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers - Member
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, Ohio State Bar Foundation
  • Fellow, Dayton Bar Foundation