Local Counsel and Co-Counsel for National Firms
When your client's matter lands in Ohio or Northern Kentucky, you need local counsel who knows the boards, the judges, and the codes, and who will make you look good rather than compete for your client. Suder is the go-to Ohio land use and real estate counsel for Am Law firms, including several Am Law 25 and Am Law 50 firms, and our lawyers have sat on your side of the table.
Local Counsel & Co-Counsel
Suder serves as local counsel, co-counsel, and pro hac vice sponsor for national and regional law firms and their clients on zoning, land use, real estate, and property litigation matters across Ohio and Northern Kentucky, where we have appeared in 66 jurisdictions. Our lawyers are licensed in Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, New York, and Washington, D.C., admitted in the federal courts in Ohio, and were partners at firms such as Norton Rose Fulbright, Greenberg Traurig, and Calfee, so we know exactly what outside counsel needs from local counsel: fast answers, clean work product, and no surprises. We also issue zoning opinion and verification letters for financings, provide expert witness services on land use matters, and can serve as Texas or New York transactional counsel through our of counsel Josh Bernstein.
How we help
- Local counsel for zoning hearings, administrative appeals, and litigation in Ohio and Northern Kentucky
- Pro hac vice sponsorship and support in Ohio state and federal courts
- Co-counsel on multi-state portfolio acquisitions, joint ventures, leases, and financings with Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, or New York components
- Zoning opinion and verification letters for lenders (Ohio, Kentucky, and D.C.)
- Expert witness and consulting services on zoning and land use; Texas condominium law consulting
- Public records requests and entitlement due diligence in 66 jurisdictions
Representative matters.
$100 million assisted living portfolio
Lead real estate counsel on the sale-leaseback financing of a $100,000,000 assisted living portfolio spanning three states.
Playhouse Square residential tower
Counsel on matters related to a portion of the public financing for a new 34-story apartment tower on Cleveland's historic Playhouse Square.
Joint venture for a major commercial and mixed-use project
Josh Bernstein represented an institutional developer in structuring and negotiating the joint venture for a large commercial and mixed-use development in San Diego.
Commercial lender representation, including a distressed Houston project
Josh Bernstein has represented a commercial real estate lender across multiple loans nationwide, including a Houston development where the borrower's deal collapsed and the lender foreclosed and resold the asset.
Everything real property.
Land Use & Zoning
Rezonings, variances, PUDs, appeals, and zoning opinions. At Suder, zoning is not another practice area; it is the practice area.
ExploreReal Property Litigation & Appeals
Trial and appellate counsel in real property disputes, with published decisions in Ohio's courts of appeals.
ExploreReal Estate Transactions
Acquisitions, leasing, joint ventures, financings, and condominium structures, handled by former big-firm lawyers.
ExploreEminent Domain & Takings
More than 100 property owners represented in appropriation, inverse condemnation, and regulatory takings matters.
ExploreHistoric Preservation
Certificates of appropriateness, landmark designations, and the fight to keep the buildings worth keeping.
ExploreReal Estate Taxation
Valuation challenges before boards of revision and the Board of Tax Appeals, and abatements that make projects pencil.
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Tell us what you are trying to build, buy, keep, or defend. We will tell you plainly how we can help.