Robert M. Curry
Partner
Bob is a partner 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.
- Co-author, Chambers USA Regional Real Estate 2019 – Ohio
- 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
- Listed in Legal 500 in Real Estate, 2020
- Recipient of Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation Presidential Award for Pro Bono Service, 2019
- 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
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007 to 2020
- 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 Lawyers magazine, 2005 to 2021
- Named a Top 100 Ohio Super Lawyer by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine, 2011
- List in The Best Lawyers in America© for more than 20 years in the field of Real Estate Law
- 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
Dayton Attorney Robert Curry Recognized for Improving Access to JusticeOhio Legal Assistance Foundation
May 10, 2019
Ohio Law and Practice2018 edition of the Chambers Global Practice Guide: USA Regional Real Estate
February 22, 2019