REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Al’s recent representative experience includes:
- Representing Ben Carter Properties in the acquisition, development, leasing and financing of the Mall of Georgia, a 1.7-million-square-foot regional shopping mall in suburban Atlanta, Georgia; St. Johns at Town Center, a one-million-square-foot retail and mixed-use project in Jacksonville, Florida; and The Streets of Buckhead, a $1.2 billion multi-use project in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Representing UBS Realty Investors in more than 20 acquisitions of multi-family, retail, office and hotel properties.
- Representing Worthing Southeast in the development and financing of more than 50 multi-family projects in the southeastern and southwestern United States.
- Representing Ronus Properties in the development of Blue Back Square, a 600,000-square-foot multi-use project in West Hartford, Connecticut, and Piazza at Paces, an 800,000-square-foot multi-use project in Atlanta, Georgia; and in the acquisition, leasing and financing of more than 15 retail shopping centers throughout the United States.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
- Recognized by Chambers USA: Guide to Leading Business Lawyers in the area of real estate (2003-2012)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of real estate (2008-2011)
- Named to the annual PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook in the area of real estate (2008, 2009)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the area of real estate law (1995-2013)
- Recognized as “Atlanta Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America (2011)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004-2012)
- Named among the “Top 100 Georgia Attorneys” by Atlanta Magazine (2007, 2008)
- Named among the “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine (2006-2009)
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Former Chair, Real Property Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Former Co-Chair, Committee on Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, Board of Visitors, Duke University School of Law
- Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys
- Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Member, NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Co-author, “What Happened to Real Estate Bankruptcies?” Georgia Bar Journal (December 2010)
- Co-author, “The Real Estate Lender’s Updated Guide to Single Asset Bankruptcy Reorganizations,” DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal (Fall 2009)
- Co-author, “Streets of Buckhead Paved with Legal Work,” The Daily Report (July 28, 2008)
- Author, “What Every Landlord Should Know About Bankruptcy,” Retail Law Strategist (April 2002)
- Author, “Springing Exclusive – Another Technique to Resolve Exclusive Use Issues,” Retail Law Strategist (2002)
- Author, “Developing a Shopping Center on a Ground Lease,” Retail Law Strategist (2001)
- Speaker, Distressed Real Estate: Acquisition Fundamentals and Capital Sources (November 17, 2009)
