Manage residential and commercial real estate and banking department. Specialize in lender related representation, including mortgage loan originations; defaults; evictions and REO real estate conveyances. The firm is comprised of real estate attorneys and paralegals that also offer a broad range of real estate services including land use and zoning related issues; title disputes; commercial development; subdivision; and commercial/residential financing and leasing and commercial/residential loan related litigation..

Partner - Supervised real estate and banking departments. Represented developers, lenders, purchasers and sellers in commercial and residential real estate transactions, zoning issues, commercial leasing transactions and litigation.Board of Directors - Elected by the members of the firm in 1995 to the Board of Directors. The Board oversaw the management of the Firm's entire practice, including the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse operations, consisting of approximately 70 attorneys and 250 total employees. Served 1995-1999.Real Estate Practice Group Leader - Firm wide Real Estate Practice Group. 1999-2001.

Assistant General Counsel - Pyramid Management Group, Inc.: Supervised all commercial collection/eviction and bankruptcy actions; mechanic's lien/construction disputes; tenants workouts and operations contract review for fifteen regional and super regional shopping centers.Board of Directors/Officer of Bontel Corp. - General Partner to Bonwit Teller L.P.: Acted as in-house legal counsel for acquisition of Bonwit Teller Department Store chain.Development Attorney - Negotiated major department store leases (Kmart, Montgomery Ward, Steinbach, Lechmere, Sears) and provided legal counsel to project managers for the expansion of existing shopping centers.

General Legal Practice, Litigation, Corporate Formation, Bankruptcy & Real Estate. Part- Time Ski Instructor.