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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
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KENDIG-SCHRADER, Julie
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando
+1 407 418 2417
Kendig@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Real Estate (Florida)
Practice Areas Real estate; environmental;
land development.
Professional Memberships Member, Osceola/Kissimmee
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors; Member, Land Use and Environmental
Law Section, Florida Bar; Member,
Administrative Law Section, Florida Bar; Member,
Volusia County Association for Responsible
Development; Board of Directors, National
Association of Office and Industrial Properties,
State and Central Florida Chapters.
Career Listed, Florida: Land Use & Zoning,
The Legal 500 US: Volume IV; listed, Best
Lawyers in America; recognized, Super Lawyers
magazine.
Personal JD, University of Florida Levin College
of Law; MA, University of Florida; BA,
University of Florida.KLEIN, Leslie
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago
+1 312 456 8429
KleinL@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Labor & Employment (Illinois)
Practice Areas: Tax, ERISA, securities
laws,litigation; DOL and IRS voluntary compliance
programs; employee plan audits; ERISA
fiduciary and prohibited transaction rules.
Professional Memberships: Fellow of the
American College of Employee Benefits Counsel;
Member, American Bar Association,
Taxation Section.
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2006-
10; selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2006,
2008-10; rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.
Personal: JD, with high honors, Chicago-Kent
College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology;
BS, with honors, Accountancy, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Certified Public
Accountant.
KLEINMAN, Gary S
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York
+1 212 801 6486
kleinmang@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Real Estate (New York)
Practice Areas: Real Estate; debt restructuring
and workouts; acquisitions and dispositions;
loan and real property portfolio transactions;
Partnerships and joint ventures; mortgage and
mezzanine financing; preferred equity investments.
Professional Memberships: Member, American
Bar Association.
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2009;
listed, Legal 500 US, 2009; selected, Super
Lawyers magazine, 2009
Personal: JD, University of Pennsylvania Law
School, 1982; BSBA, magna cum laude, Georgetown
University, 1979
KUMMER, Thomas F
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Las Vegas
+1 702 792 3773
kummert@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Litigation (Nevada)
Practice Areas: Litigation; business and commercial
litigation; complex litigation
professional responsibility; mediation/arbitration.
Professional Memberships: Member, Clark
County Bar Association; Member, American
Bar Association; Member, Nevada Supreme
Court Bench Bar Committee; Board of Trustees
and legal counsel, HELP of Southern Nevada;
Board of Directors, Las Vegas Country Club;
Former Nevada Supreme Court Settlement
Conference Judge.
Career: Rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5;
listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, 2003-
09; listed, Best Lawyers, 2008-09; selected,
Mountain States Super Lawyers, July 2009; recognized,
Corporate Counsel Edition of Super
Lawyers, April 2008.
Personal: JD, Saint Louis University, 1968;
BSC, Saint Louis University, 1965.
KURZWEIL, David
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta
+1 678 553 2680
KurzweilD@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Bankruptcy/Restructuring
(Georgia)
Practice Areas: Business reorganization and
bankruptcy; financial institutions; ssset-based
lending; creditors’ rights; commercial litigation.
Professional Memberships: Member, State
Bar of Georgia, Bankruptcy Law and Creditors’
Rights Sections; Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy
Law Section; Turn-Around Management
Association; and American Bankruptcy Institute.
Career: Ranked No. 2 bankruptcy lender
lawyer in US, The Deal’s Bankruptcy Insider,
2008; listed,‘Georgia’s Legal Elite’, Georgia
Trend, 2008; selected, Super Lawyers magazine
and Georgia Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-10;
listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide, 2004-
09; recognized,‘Dealmakers’, The Atlanta
Business Chronicle, April 16, 2009.
Personal: JD, Emory University School of Law;
BS, Cornell University.
LAPIDUS, Steve
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Miami
+1 305 579 0500
LapidusS@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Tax (Florida)
Practice Areas Co-Chair, Global Benefits &
Compensation Practice; Chair, Miami Tax
Trusts & Estates Practice; executive compensation;
employee benefits; estate planning; ERISA.
Professional Memberships Lecturer, New
York University Tax Institute; Lecturer, American
Bar Association; Lecturer, The Florida Bar.
Career Listed: Super Lawyers magazine;‘Top
Lawyer,’ South Florida Legal Guide; The Best
Lawyers in America; Chambers & Partners USA
Guide.
Publications Co-Author,‘Executive Compensation’,
Volume Two, The Emerging Growth
Company Series, West Law Thompson Publishing.
Personal LLM, New York University School of
Law; JD, cum laude, New York University
School of Law; BS, Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania.
LASH, Nancy
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Miami
+1 305 579 0500
lashn@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Real Estate (Florida)
Practice Areas Real estate; real estate operations;
complex commercial real estate
transactions; commercial leasing, including
ground leases; commercial lending.
Professional Memberships Member, Florida
Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and
Trust Law Section; Member, Association of
Commercial Real Estate Women; rustee, United
Way of Dade County, Inc.
Career Listed: Best Lawyers in America; Legal
500 US; Super Lawyers magazine. Honored,
‘Top Women in Florida Commercial Real
Estate’, Florida Real Estate Journal, 2007. Rated:
AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.
Personal JD, Boston University School of Law,
1987; BA, cum laude, Duke University, 1984.
LESHAW, James P S
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Miami
+1 305 579 0500
LeshawJ@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Florida)
Practice Areas Business reorganization and
bankruptcy, latin american law, international
insolvency, subprime and mortgage markets.
Career Listed: Best Lawyers in America; among
‘Top Bankruptcy M&A Lawyers,’ The Deal;
Florida Super Lawyers Magazine; Legal Elite,
Florida Trend Magazine; among ‘Top Lawyers in
South Florida,’ South Florida Legal Guide.
Rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.
Personal JD, New York University School of
Law; BA, Religion and Political Science, Tufts
University.
LEVIN, Oscar
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Miami
+1 305 579 0500
LevinO@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Immigration (Florida)
Practice Areas Co-Chair and Founder,
Immigration Department; Board Certified in
Immigration and Nationality Law.
Professional Memberships Member, The
Florida Bar; Member, American Immigration
Lawyers Association (AILA); Member, Dade
County Bar Association; Member, The Florida
Bar Association, Immigration and Nationality
Law Certification Committee.
Career Listed: Florida Super Lawyers Magazine;
listed, Chambers & Partners USA Guide;
Nominated as leading practitioner in field,‘The
International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration
Lawyers’.
Publications Publishes and lectures in the US,
Europe and Asia on immigration and nationality
matters.
Personal JD, University of Florida Levin College
of Law; BA, University of Florida.
LEWIN, Matthew
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago
+1 312 456 8400
LewinM@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Banking & Finance (Illinois)
Practice Areas: Public finance; energy and
natural resources.
Career: Served as bond counsel in connection
with the first securitization of federal public
housing capital grants ever undertaken in the
US (The Bond Buyer’s inaugural US ‘Deal of the
Year’). Served as underwriter’s counsel in connection
with the first pooled securitization of
federal public housing capital grants ever
undertaken in the US (The Bond Buyer’s
‘Southeast Deal of the Year’, 2003).
Personal: JD, magna cum laude, Indiana University
School of Law - Bloomington; MBA,
Indiana University Kelley School of Business;
BS, summa cum laude, State University of New
York at Albany.
LIEBERMAN, Peter H
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago
+1 312 456 8417
liebermanp@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Corporate/M&A (Illinois)
Practice Areas: Corporate and securities;
hedge fund transactions and securities trading
and hedging compliance; securities matters and
structuring; mergers, acquisitions and buyouts,
including troubled company matters; board and
special committee advice; corporate finance,
including PIPE transactions; fund, start-up and
venture capital transactions; management team
representations; fairness opinions.
Career: Listed, Best Lawyers in America, 2007-
10; selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-10;
listed,‘Forty Under Forty’, Crain’s Chicago Business,
2000.
Personal: MPP, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, 1988; JD, cum laude, Harvard Law
School, 1988; AB, University of Michigan, 1984.
LIGHT, Corey E
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago
+1 312 476 5001
LightC@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Real Estate (Illinois)
Practice Areas: Real estate, retail industry,
real estate investment trusts (REITs). Represents
major retailers and developers, including the
largest owner of community shopping centers
in the United States which is engaged in an
aggressive program involving acquisitions, dispositions,
joint ventures, sophisticated real
estate financings, and redevelopment of retail
properties. Also represented major retail developers
in recent large retail bankruptcies.
Professional Memberships: Member, Illinois
State Bar Association; Member, American
Bar Association.
Career: Listed, Legal 500 US, 2007-09; selected,
Super Lawyers magazine, 2005, 2007-08
Personal: JD, DePaul University College of
Law; BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
LINCH, Keith E
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta
+1 678 553 2343
LinchK@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Real Estate (Georgia)
Practice Areas: Real estate, mergers and
acquisitions; hotel, resort and club; partnership
and joint ventures.
Professional Memberships : President,
Urban Land Institute - Atlanta Board of Directors,
Atlanta Programs Committee and Capital
Markets Event Chair; International Council of
Shopping Centers; American Bar Association;
State Bar of Georgia and Illinois; and President,
Southeast Atlanta Region ORT America.
Career : Rated, AV® Preeminent 5.0 out of 5;
Listed,‘Georgia’s Legal Elite’, Georgia Trend,
2006, 2008-09; selected,’Super Lawyer’, Atlanta
Magazine, 2004.
Personal : JD, Loyola University Chicago
School of Law, Moot Court Captain, Leadership
& Service Award; BS, with honors, Accountancy,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
LOMAX JR, John F
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Phoenix
+1 602 445 8513
LomaxJ@gtlaw.com
Recommended in Labor & Employment (Arizona)
Practice Areas Labor and employment; litigation.