Bob is senior counsel in the firm's Real Estate practice group and former 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, zoning and land use law, broker/agency law, condominiums and planned unit developments.
Bob is a 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.
Named a BTI Client Service All-Star, recognized for 35 or more years in The Best Lawyers in America® and listed in Chambers USA
Focus Areas
- Co-author, Chambers USA Regional Real Estate – Ohio (2018 – 2021)
- Co-author, Ohio Real Property Law and Practice, Sixth Edition, two volume treatise, Mathew Bender (Lexis/Nexis), 2006 with annual supplements through 2017
- 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
- “Real Estate Update,” Ohio State Bar Association
- “Case Law and Legislation Update,” Ohio State Bar Association Convention
- “First and Second Amendment Rights and Ohio Parks,” Ohio Parks and Recreation Association Conference
- “Legal Issues in Real Estate Development,” Dayton Area Board of Realtors
- “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
- Recipient of Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Presidential Award for Pro Bono Service, 2019
- Listed in The Legal 500 in Real Estate, 2020, 2022
- Selected as an Acritas Star, a “client-nominated, stand-out lawyer”
- AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Named to Who’s Who in Real Estate, Dayton Business Journal, 2015 and 2019
- Recipient of Distinguished Service Award from Dayton-area legal aid organizations, 2014
- Recipient of Robert L. Hausser Award from Real Property Law Section of Ohio State Bar Association, 2013
- Recipient of Smith-Moore Award from United Way of Greater Dayton Area, 2012
- Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate, Ohio, 2007 to 2025
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for more than 35 years for Real Estate Law
- Named Best Lawyers® 2009 Real Estate “Lawyer of the Year” in Dayton
- Named a “Client Service All-Star” in the BTI Consulting Group’s annual survey of Fortune 1000 Corporate Counsel, 2008
- Selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list, 2004 to 2021, 2023 to 2026
- Selected to Top 100: Ohio Super Lawyers list, 2011
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, member
- American Bar Foundation, fellow
- Ohio State Bar Foundation, fellow
- Dayton Bar Foundation, fellow
Professional Associations
- Ohio State Bar Association, member, Real Property Section Council; chair 2007 to 2009
- Dayton Bar Association, Real Property Committee, former chair
- American Bar Association
Community Activities
- Dayton Business Committee, board member
- Legal Aid of Western Ohio, president of board of directors
- Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, president of board of directors
- Five Rivers MetroParks Levy Committee – Honorary Co-Chair 2018
- Montgomery County Preschool Promise Steering Committee
- Business Leaders for an Educated Workforce, chair 2014
- Campaign for Equal Justice, co-chair 2012 and 2013
- MCO Futures Advisory Committee, member
- Learn to Earn Dayton Leadership Council, member
- Dayton Region New Market Fund, board member
- United Way of Greater Dayton, 2008 campaign chair; Tocqueville Society member and past chair; past member of Board and Executive Committee
- City of Oakwood Board of Zoning Appeals, past board member and chair
- University of Dayton School of Law Advisory Council, past board member
- Dayton Development Coalition, past board member
- Downtown Dayton Partnership, past board member
Education
- The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, J.D., 1978,
Order of the Coif; associate editor, Ohio State Law Journal
- Miami University, B.A., 1975, magna cum laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2023 – Ohio, May 12, 2023
- US Regional Real Estate 2022: Ohio,
Chambers and Partners
, June 22, 2022 - Thompson Hine Real Estate Update, December 10, 2021
- Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2021 – Ohio,
Chambers and Partners
, May 26, 2021 - Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2019, June 4, 2019
- Dayton Attorney Robert Curry Recognized for Improving Access to Justice,
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
, May 10, 2019 - Ohio Law and Practice, February 22, 2019