NEW YORK – WASHINGTON
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE
ROBERT J. IVANHOE
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
MetLife Building
200 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10166
Tel: 212-801-9333
Fax: 212-801-6400
ivanhoer@gtlaw.com
www.gtlaw.com
JOHN J. PRIVITERA
MCNAMEE, LOCHNER,
TITUS & WILLIAMS, P.C.
677 Broadway, 5th Floor
PO Box 459
Albany, NY 12201
Tel: 518-447-3200
Fax: 518-867-4737
privitera@mltw.com
www.mltw.com
RICHARD K. BOOKS
ELIAS, BOOKS, BROWN &
NELSON, P.C.
Two Leadership Square
211 North Robinson, Suite 1300
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Tel: 405-232-3722
Fax: 405-232-3746
rkbooks@eliasbooks.com
www.eliasbooks.com
REAL ESTATE
ENVIRONMENTAL
LAND USE/ZONING
ENVIRONMEN TAL LI TIGATION
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
ENERG Y & NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE
Robert Ivanhoe is Chairman of the New York office, Chair
of the 200-plus lawyer global real estate practice, and
Co-Chair of the firm’s REIT practice. Robert concentrates his
practice on sophisticated real estate structures, financing,
workouts, restructuring, and acquisitions and dispositions of
all asset classes of real estate. Robert is a distinguished author
and actively involved in real estate industry current affairs.
Mr. Ivanhoe is uniformly recognized as one of the leading real
estate attorneys in New York City and throughout the U.S.
He has represented numerous nationally recognized owner/
developer and institutional lender/investor clients domestically
and internationally. Robert is a member of the firm’s Executive
Committee, Board of Directors, and Operating Committee.
Mr. Privitera concentrates his practice on representing
institutional and corporate clients in all areas of environmental
law including land use, environmental litigation, enforcement,
citizen suits, regulatory affairs, compliance matters, and
hazardous wastes. He has extensive experience in state
and federal court and in providing advice regarding the
environmental aspects of business transactions and energy
matters. He has been AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell for over
30 years. Mr. Privitera is a frequent author and public speaker on
environmental law, land use, and regulatory matters. He now
serves as President of the firm. John is also on the New York
State Bar Association House of Delegates.
With over 30 years of experience, Richard K. Books has devoted
his law practice to areas related to oil and gas. His broad
experience in the field includes administration, transactional
matters, and oil and gas litigation. His expertise in matters
before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is acknowledged
not only by other members of the bar, but by those in the oil and
gas industry as well. A past President of the Oklahoma Mineral
Lawyers Society, he is a frequent lecturer at seminars.
PAUL A. BUCCO
DAVIS, BUCCO & ARDIZZI
10 East 6th Avenue
Suite 100
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Tel: 610-238-0880
Fax: 610-238-0244
paul.bucco@davisbucco.com
www.davisbucco.com
RONALD D. ALLEN
SOCIUS LAW GROUP, PLLC
601 Union Street
Suite 4950
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-838-9104
Fax: 206-838-9101
rallen@sociuslaw.com
www.sociuslaw.com
BRIAN E. LAWLER
SOCIUS LAW GROUP, PLLC
601 Union Street
Suite 4950
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-838-9100
Fax: 206-838-9101
blawler@sociuslaw.com
www.sociuslaw.com
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
CONSTRUCTION/SURETY
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
Paul Bucco is a founding partner of Davis, Bucco & Ardizzi. During
his 25 years of experience as an attorney, Paul has focused his
expertise on construction and general commercial litigation.
He has represented all construction industry participants,
from owners to architects. Paul has effectively represented his
clients in the resolution of construction disputes; developing
and negotiating contracts; zoning and planning matters;
environmental and local municipal board appearances; the
facilitation of land development projects, including multilot
residential communities and commercial projects; and all other
general business-related issues. Paul handles every case in
a practical manner, emphasizing cost-effective results while
maintaining the highest professional representation.
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
CONSTRUCTION/SURETY
REAL ESTATE
Ron Allen has practiced law in the areas of real estate,
environmental law, construction, and corporate and business
planning since his admission to the Washington State Bar
Association in 1990. Ron represents real estate developers,
construction companies, banks, title and liability insurance
companies, commercial landlords, and tenants in a broad
variety of real estate matters. Ron has represented buyers,
sellers, and developers of properties with known and
suspected environmental conditions in negotiating with
regulatory authorities, managing remediations, and allocating
responsibility among parties. He has also represented
commercial lenders and borrowers in the full range of project
and permanent financing and defeasance transactions.
LAND USE/ZONING
ENVIRONMENTAL
REAL ESTATE
Real estate, land use, and environmental law are the primary
focus of Brian’s practice. His clients include private, public, and
non-profit entities. Brian has appeared before legislative bodies,
hearing examiners, state boards (EFSEC, EHO, GMHB), superior
courts in eastern and western Washington, and appellate
courts in Washington. He is a frequent seminar speaker.
Representative cases: Dash Point Village Association v. Exxon,
86 Wn. App. 596 (1997); J&B Development v. King County,
100 Wn. 2d 299 (1983); Association of Rural Residents v. Kitsap
County, 141 Wn. 2d 185 (1999). Brian has also been an adjunct
faculty member at the University of Washington Undergraduate
Foster School of Business. He graduated from Georgetown
Law Center. He attended Dartmouth College and UC Berkeley.
THOMAS F. PETERSON
SOCIUS LAW GROUP, PLLC
601 Union Street
Suite 4950
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-838-9112
Fax: 206-838-9113
tpeterson@sociuslaw.com
www.sociuslaw.com
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
REAL ESTATE
Tom Peterson helps clients acquire, transfer, secure, and
manage real estate. Tom has practiced in real estate, land use,
and commercial litigation since 1986. He represents property
owners, lenders, developers, homeowners’ associations,
title companies, and real estate professionals in real estate
transactions, title claims, foreclosures, purchase-and-sale and
lease disputes, condominium matters, and land use issues. He
negotiates and drafts all types of real estate agreements, has
successfully tried jury and nonjury trials in federal and state
courts, and has argued and won many appeals. He served as
a law clerk for Ninth Circuit Judge Thomas Tang and as a legal
intern for the U.S. Attorney. He is a graduate of Yale College and
the University of Oregon School of Law (Law Review).
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