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Address
86 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06105 (Hartford Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.8
out of 5
(Main Office) COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS Loan and lease workouts and solutions Multi-state and portfolio transactions Leasing retail, office, multifamily, industrial Financial transactions including conventional, conduit, CMBS, HUD, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, CHFA, DECD and defeasance Land assemblage and development including shopping centers, office parks, industrial parks, multi-family and single family residential, golf courses, marinas, hotels, resorts, mixed use and phased developments Transaction structuring Land use permitting including local, regional, state and Army Corps including zoning, subdivision, special development districts, wetlands, department of transportation, sewer, water and other utilities and appeals Due diligence including survey, title, environmental Phase I and Phase II's, Transfer Act and UST's, permits compliance and transfer, lease and contract review Joint venture and entity formation and agreements Hotel acquisition, disposition, financing and operations Corporate facilities management, acquisition and disposition Roof top antennae and tower communications agreements Title matters including easements ( OEA's, REA's and conservation) Construction, architect, engineering, bond and management agreements and enforcement Commercial real estate brokerage representation including licensing issues, listing agreements, collection and enforcement, co-brokerage disputes, administrative and board level enforcement actions and defense 1031 tax-deferred exchanges LITIGATION AND DISPUTES Full array of civil and commercial litigation in all courts Partnership, shareholder and member dispute Contract, insurance coverage, fidelity/surety, asset recovery and collection litigation Landlord/tenant dispute resolution, enforcement and eviction litigation Lender/debtor dispute resolution, enforcement, foreclosure and workout litigation Alternative dispute representation, third party mediation and court annexed mediation Tax appeals from local administrative through Connecticut Superior Court and the Supreme Court Employment and family law Professional liability defense and assertion Probate litigation. Statement of PracticeCommercial Real Estate and Business, Litigation and Disputes. Year Established: 1992
Firm Size: 9
Address86 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105, (Hartford Co.)
PhonePhone: 860-278-1900
Telecopier: 860-547-1191
Website
http://www.mrglaw.com
Bruce G. MacDermid (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1975, Connecticut. Education: Bowdoin College (A.B., 1969); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1975). Bruce G. MacDermid, a litigation attorney, is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Connecticut. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. MacDermid's commercial litigation practice includes contract enforcement, lease enforcement, evictions, foreclosures, boundary line disputes, collections, dispute resolution and commercial brokerage lien law and enforcement claims. He has represented clients before land use boards and has represented land use boards in connection with the zoning process. Member: Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations. [Officer, United States Navy, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice.Email: Bruce G. MacDermid
Peter R. Reynolds (Member) born Mineola, New York; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1979); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1984). Peter R. Reynolds, a litigation attorney, is admitted to practice in state and federal court in Connecticut and in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Reynolds has appeared before the Connecticut Siting Council, the Office of Health Care Access and the State Health Department. Mr. Reynolds' litigation practice includes tax appeals, construction matters, creditor's rights, surety and fidelity, contract and employment disputes and insurance coverage issues. Mr. Reynolds also represents landlords and tenants in leasing disputes, evictions and receivership actions. Mr. Reynolds is chair of the Canton Municipal Building Committee, a member of the Canton Charter Revision Commission, a founder of the Canton Education Foundation and served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Connecticut, School of Law. Member: Hartford County, Connecticut and American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort; Insurance Practice; Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee). Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation.Email: Peter R. Reynolds
David R. Glissman (Member) born Santa Cruz, California; admitted to bar, 1984, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Education: California State University at San Diego (B.S., Business and Real Estate, 1979); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1983); Boston University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1984). A transactional attorney, is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and is admitted to practice in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. Mr. Glissman's practice is that of a traditional real estate practitioner and involves all aspects of real estate law including acquisition, sale, real estate lending, development, land use and environmental compliance and permitting, leasing, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, workout, joint venture and tax deferred exchanges. His practice includes transactional work and clients in Connecticut, New England and throughout the U.S. He counsels clients on related matters such as brokerage agreements, contract enforcement, title matters, title insurance, dispute resolution, survey and condominium law. He has assisted clients in the development and financing of multi-story office and residential towers, the sale and purchase of manufacturing facilities, the assemblage and development of shopping centers, and the negotiation of a wide variety of leases. Mr. Glissman lectures and publishes regularly on such topics as: "Basic Real Estate Law;" "Issues Impacting Real Estate Transactions in Connecticut;" "Mastering Real Estate Titles and Title Insurance;" "Negotiating Commercial Purchase and Sales Agreements;" "Mortgage Lien Laws;" "Acquisition Due Diligence;" "Land Use Permits and Approvals in Connecticut;" "Lead Paint and Lenders;" "Due Diligence for Lenders;" "Tenant Insolvency;" "Tenant Protections Against Financially Troubled Landlords;" "Landlord's Toolkit for Dealing with Cash Strapped Tenants;" "Is Your Lease Financeable;" "Listing Agreement Requirements and Enforcement in Connecticut". Included in the New England Super Lawyers listing of the top five percent of attorneys in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, and is active in various community organizations including service as Trustee of the Open Hearth, a Hartford homeless shelter. He and his wife have 4 children and reside in Simsbury, Connecticut. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law.Email: David R. Glissman
Katherine J. Lambert (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, Connecticut; 1982, U.S. District Court, Connecticut; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Ms. Lambert received her J.D. from Suffolk University where she was an editor of its Law Review (1981) and a B.A., cum laude, from Kirkland College (1973). Executive Vice President and General Counsel to a major East Coast developer, to her full-service commercial real estate practice, which involves all aspects of real estate law including acquisition, development, construction, land use, conventional, securitized and subsidized mortgage lending and defeasance, property management, hotel licensing, condominiums, leasing, workout, structuring joint ventures, limited liability companies and other entities, and tax deferred exchanges. She has assisted entrepreneurial and institutional clients in the development, financing and leasing of regional power centers, hotel and shopping center portfolios, large office and residential towers and complexes, the contribution of properties into REITs, and in several complex, multi-state transactions including one in which her client simultaneously acquired interests in 52 shopping centers in eleven states. Ms. Lambert is also very active in charitable and professional organizations. She is presently a member of The Hartford Stage Company's Board of Directors and is a Past President of The Real Estate Exchange, a former Member of the Executive Committee of the Real Estate Finance Association, a past National Delegate to the CREW Network and a Member of its Strategic Planning Committee, and a past Board Member of the Downtown Hartford YMCA. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Construction; Land Use; Mortgages; Mortgage Securitization; Mortgage Finance; Property Management; Hotel Law; Condominiums; Leasing; Workouts; Joint Ventures; Tax Deferred Exchanges; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Syndication; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law.Email: Katherine J. Lambert
Paul W. Orth (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1954, Massachusetts; 1957, Connecticut. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1951); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1954) Phi Beta Kappa. Paul W. Orth, a litigation attorney, is admitted to practice before all state courts in Massachusetts (1954), and all state and federal courts in Connecticut (1957). Instructor, University of Connecticut School of Law, 1960-1980. Member: The Hartford County (President, 1983-1984) Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Mediation; Employment Litigation; Labor and Employment; Employee Rights; Employment Arbitration.Email: Paul W. Orth
Jeanne S. Roberts (Managing Member) born Hartford, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1994, Florida. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1987); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 1990). Jeanne S. Roberts, a transactional attorney, is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Connecticut. She is admitted to practice before all state courts in Florida. She is a member of the Hartford County Bar Association and a member of the Real Property section of the Connecticut Bar Association. Ms. Roberts' practice is concentrated primarily in the area of commercial and residential real estate law including acquisition, sale, lending, development, land use, environmental compliance and permitting. She counsels clients on related matters such as landlord/tenant matters; brokerage agreements; commercial, office, industrial and retail leasing; title; title insurance; survey matters; phase I and phase II site assessment review and analysis; and formation of partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies. Ms. Roberts published "Letters of Intent in Real Estate Transactions," Connecticut Law Tribune, September, 2000 and is a frequent lecturer on commercial real estate topics including such matters as closing procedures, title insurance and title matters as well as a variety of other topics. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law.Email: Jeanne S. Roberts
Michael S. Stiebel (Member) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1975, Connecticut. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (B.A., 1971) St. Mary's University of San Antonio (J.D., 1975). Michael S. Stiebel, a transactional attorney, is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Connecticut. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property section of the Connecticut Bar Association. His practice involves all aspects of transactional real estate including residential, commercial, office, industrial and retail; and commercial and residential acquisition, sale, lending, development, land use, environmental compliance and permitting. He counsels clients with respect to business and loan workouts, landlord/tenant matters, brokerage agreements, title matters, title insurance, construction matters, survey, condominium law, and phase I and phase II site assessment review and analysis. His practice also includes counseling users, owners and managers of wireless communication sites and hotel properties. Mr. Stiebel was formerly an assistant counsel to the Connecticut Bank and Trust Company. As a vice president, he managed its Special Assets Department and has extensive experience in the land development, hotel, sand and gravel, importing, exporting, broadcasting and manufacturing industries. Mr. Stiebel also worked in-house at Chase Enterprises handling much of their hotel and shopping center leasing around the United States. Mr. Stiebel lectures and publishes regularly on such topics as using environmental land use restrictions, commercial leasing, title searching and commercial lending. He is the author of the "Raising Your Bottom Line," series of articles for hospitality industry. Member: Connecticut Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law.Email: Michael S. Stiebel
Edward S. Shelton (Member) born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1996, Connecticut; 1997, New York and Florida; 1998, U.S. District Court, Connecticut. Education: Emerson College (B.S.S.P., 1980); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Edward S. Shelton, a transactional attorney, is a member of the American Bar Association; is a member and serves on the Executive Committees of both the Real Estate and the Business Law Sections of the Connecticut Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in Connecticut, New York and Florida. He is also admitted to practice in federal court in Connecticut. His practice is concentrated primarily in the area of commercial real estate transactional work including acquisition, sale, lending, leasing, brokerage, title, survey, development, land use, environmental compliance and permitting as well as business law including formation of entities and related agreements. In addition to his legal skills, Mr. Shelton's "real world" business experience in commercial sales and marketing, equipment leasing and commercial real estate, acquired prior to embarking on his legal career, brings a valuable level of business acumen to the firm. As a result, he is able to comprehend, distill and counsel clients on the legal issues inherent in both real estate and business transactions. As an active member of the community in both civic and professional organizations, Mr. Shelton served for six years on the Zoning Board of Appeals for Rocky Hill and served as the Chairman of the Rocky Hill Economic Development Commission for four years. He has been a frequent lecturer on topics within his areas of expertise, and has volunteered his time and services since 2001 as a member of the board of The New England Cognitive Center, Inc.; currently serving as its President and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Shelton is also a board member of the Hartford Chapter of the Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut. Member: Connecticut (Member, Executive Committee, Business Law and Real Property Sections) and American (Member, Business Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Syndication; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development.Email: Edward S. Shelton
Robert A. Firger (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1977, Connecticut; 1978, U.S., Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1979, Florida. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1971); Harvard University (Ed.M., 1972); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., 1977). Robert A. Firger, a transactional attorney, is a member of the Connecticut and Florida bars and is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Connecticut. His practice of transactional real estate includes the acquisition, sale, financing, commercial mortgage-backed securitization, leasing, workout, development, land-use and environmental compliance of commercial and residential properties. He has been responsible for legal affairs associated with a multi-state workout of a $500 million real estate portfolio, including CBD office towers, suburban office parks and multiphase residential developments. He served as Senior Vice-President, Associate General Counsel, of a major financial institution for twelve years where he was directly involved in all aspects of real estate and lending functions. Mr. Firger has experience in residential mortgage banking, has been a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts, and acted as owner's representative for a major high rise headquarters office building, extensively involved in its assemblage, joint-venture, design, federal regulatory and local zoning approval process. His real estate experience extends to office, industrial, general commercial, real estate brokerage, hospitality, multi-family residential, large tract residential subdivision development, health care and communications properties, as well as joint venture and venture capital transactions. Prior to the practice of law, he was an aerial and commercial photographer specializing in real estate development; owned and operated an import-export company in the Americas; and had extensive background in medical research. He resides in Bloomfield, Connecticut with his wife and five children, and serves on a number of boards, including those of arts organizations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Industrial Real Estate Law; Retail Development; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Shopping Center Development; Shopping Center Law.Email: Robert A. Firger
Michael G. Albano (Member) admitted to bar, 1996, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York College at Oneonta (B.A.); Tufts University (Masters Degree); Yale School of Drama (Master of Fine Arts Degree); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Executive Editor, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 1994-1995. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Boundary Disputes; Quiet Title; Real Estate Collections; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Tax Foreclosure; Real Estate Tax Liens; Real Estate Workouts.
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