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Melissa Clarke advises clients in a variety of industries in matters involving environmental permitting, counseling and litigation. She assists with the acquisition, development and siting of pipelines, power plants, solar and wind projects. Melissa negotiates and drafts environmental contractual...
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Joel M. Hurwitz counsels corporations, partnerships, financial institutions, families and individuals in finance, estate and real estate transactions. Prior to becoming a mostly transactional attorney, Joel was a commercial litigator winning cases in the Illinois Supreme Court and appellate courts...
![Michael S. Burg](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Burg_Michael_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=Lut-zsc0)
Michael Burg represents developers, landlords and tenants in real estate matters, including the development approval process, financing, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, construction and tax planning. His practice has included the purchase of a 350-acre research and office campus and land...
![David J. Falcone](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Falcone_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=tSnpwezp)
Dave Falcone concentrates his practice in leasing, commercial real estate transactions, acquisition and disposition matters, land use and zoning approvals and condominium formation and governance. Dave has advised a wide range of clients from local land owners and developers to publicly traded REITS...
![Silvia A. Shin](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shin_Silvia_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=yriIxRr6)
Silvia Shin, a partner in the Public Finance Practice, focuses on finance matters of states, municipalities, and their authorities, school districts and 501(c)(3) organizations. Silvia advises issuers, underwriters, borrowers and purchasers in connection with the structuring, issuance, offering...
![Thomas Goodwyn](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Goodwyn_George_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=F6ecWrRC)
Tom Goodwyn advises clients on purchasing, selling, financing and leasing commercial real estate. He represents lenders, developers and investors of industrial, office, multi-family housing and hospitality properties across the country. He also counsels clients on land use and zoning matters, either...
Every day, employers are confronted with new, varied and frequently thorny workplace challenges. Going well beyond traditional labor disputes and allegations of discrimination, businesses today are faced with an ever-changing regulatory and legislative environment in areas such as wage and hour...
![Igor Pleskov](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Pleskov_Igor_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=Y-GP4CCU)
Igor Pleskov advises clients on real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of property. He represents major institutions, owners of building portfolios, developers, REITs, lenders and end-users across the United States, including several clients in...
![Anthony P. Forte](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Forte_Anthony_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=DzADA25L)
Tony Forte concentrates his practice in the area of commercial real estate development and transactions, with an emphasis on site acquisition, land use approvals and permitting, construction, historic preservation, and leasing matters. Most recently, Tony has provided real estate legal counsel to...
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Greg Davis concentrates his practice in zoning/land use approvals and real estate litigation. Greg has successfully pursued zoning and land development approvals for a wide variety of clients, including: national and regional developers of warehousing and distribution facilities; an international...
![Erik F. Williams](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-11/Williams_Erik_LinkedIn.jpg?h=e3ba9bf7&itok=N4rtaDV6)
Erik Williams assists clients with commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis on site acquisition, disposition, finance, construction, and leasing matters. He has advised a broad range of public and private clients, from small entrepreneurs to large institutions. Erik also represents...
Our Multifaceted Experience Is Key to Guiding Our Clients Drawing on more than 85 years of experience, our Public Finance Practice has served as bond counsel and underwriter's counsel on billions of dollars of tax-exempt and taxable financings. We take the view that our role as bond counsel is not...
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Nancy Burke handles emerging, cutting-edge environmental issues for clients, using her experience to help them tackle these new challenges. She knows how to navigate the quagmire of environmental and safety regulations for client development projects, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate...
![Douglas A. Sampson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Sampson_Douglas_LinkedIn.jpg?h=72da4a73&itok=eLL-iWw8)
Doug Sampson assists with a variety of matters involving commercial litigation, real estate and telecommunications. Doug draws on knowledge from a number of relevant work experiences, including a judicial internship for the Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow in the U.S. District Court for the District of...
Counsel From the Earliest Stage of Development Through Disposition of Projects Throughout the continuum of financing, acquiring, developing, leasing and selling real estate are a multitude of complexities to address and challenges to overcome—from regulatory hurdles and shifting capital stacks to...
![Henry A. Platt](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Platt_Henry_LinkedIn.jpg?h=0afe7b08&itok=rLMmotst)
Henry Platt brings more than three decades of experience to his work representing management nationwide in labor and employment disputes in industries ranging from government contracting to retail sales and higher education. Henry is a skilled trial lawyer who litigates jury and non-jury cases...
![Ira M. Shepard](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Shepard_Ira_LinkedIn.jpg?h=15cce482&itok=XYgMk_oj)
Ira Shepard has practiced labor and employment law, representing management, on a nationwide basis for more than 50 years. He has worked as a counselor, negotiator and litigator in a broad range of industries and now focuses on working with clients in the higher education and advertising industries...
![Paul M. Heylman](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Heylman_Paul_LinkedIn.jpg?h=740146fe&itok=JBLnQbP1)
Paul Heylman has more than 40 years of experience representing clients in a broad range of maritime, labor and employment law, and employee benefits issues. Paul represents ports, ocean carriers, marine terminal operators and shippers before the Federal Maritime Commission in both litigation and...
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Jeff Gelman brings nearly four decades of experience in the real estate industry crafting, structuring and closing deals for developers, investors, lenders and asset managers. Whether he is advising clients on an acquisition, financing, or development project, Jeff starts by understanding their...
![Cynthia A. Giordano](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-09/Giordano_Cynthia_LinkedIn.jpg?h=b5bab779&itok=NoAJArAe)
Cynthia Giordano is special counsel in the Real Estate, Land Use and Eminent Domain practices, resident in the Washington, DC office. She brings to Saul Ewing more than 30 years of experience in land use, zoning and historic preservation in Washington, DC. Cynthia has secured approvals for numerous...