Best Lawyers Near You in Birmingham, Alabama for Real Estate Law
Scott Frederick is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group with a national practice focused on complex, high-value transactions. He has played a central role in transactions representing more than $1 billion in aggregate deal value, representing developers, investors, landlords, tenants, lenders, homebuilders, and special servicers in acquisitions, dispositions, financings, leasing, and development across the country. Scott’s practice spans a broad range of asset classe...
Vaughn McWilliams specializes in general business and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and real estate and commercial finance. He represents lenders and developers in a variety of commercial real estate transactions, including senior housing, medical office, self-storage, multi-family, and tax credit financing. Vaughn also represents clients on the purchase and sale and financing of of closely-held businesses, including professional practices. Prior to moving to Birmingha...
Andrew Shaver routinely represents financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors and other interested parties in bankruptcy cases, commercial litigation and extra-judicial proceedings. His experience includes fraudulent transfer and preference actions, lender liability claims, contested bankruptcy matters, non-dischargeability actions, stay violation litigation and state law collection and enforcement actions. Andrew also has experience representing secured lenders and court-appoint...
Adam J. Sigman is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he serves as the chair of the Dentons Sirote Real Estate practice group. Adam focuses his practice on real estate as a practice area and industry, representing developers and investors in connection with acquisitions, sales, equity and securities, credit facilities, leases and all other commercial real estate needs. His clients span a broad spectrum of asset categories, including their retail, office, ...
Crystal is a Shareholder in the Firm's Birmingham, Alabama office, whose practice focuses on a broad array of commercial real estate transactions and clients. Drawing on her past experience as Assistant General Counsel for a regional commercial real estate developer with approximately 15,000,000 rentable square feet under management in the southeastern United States and Sunbelt, Crystal advises clients in retail, restaurant, office and industrial and multifamily properties, including leasing,...
Aaron B. Thomas assists companies and individuals in a wide variety of business and transactional related matters, including but not limited to the areas of real estate development, business planning, financing, contract negotiation, real estate closings, and leases. He has extensive experience in several different types of commercial properties, including retail centers, offices, hotels, industrial sites, residential and mixed-use developments, and other projects. A large portion of Aaron&rs...
Samuel D. Friedman is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Real Estate and Banking and Finance practice groups. Sam’s practice primarily focuses on commercial real estate and commercial lending. Sam helps clients buy, sell, develop, lease, and finance commercial property in his commercial real estate practice, including large apartment complexes, senior living communities, hotels, office buildings, and shopping centers. In Sam&r...
Steve Monk is a member of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. Steve's practice is primarily devoted to develop representational development work. Steve regularly represents clients in the annexation and zoning of properties for planned unit developments, traditional neighborhood developments and other mixed uses. Such representation includes preparation of developed plans for zoning, preparation of restrictive covenants, establishment of homeowners’/property owners’ association...
Steven Brickman is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. He is a member of the Real Estate practice group. Steven is a trusted advisor, helping clients navigate all aspects of the commercial real estate development process, from land acquisition and financing to leasing and planning. His additional areas of experience include the acquisition and sale of businesses and representing clients in general business matters, as well as health law corporate compliance.
Donald Johnson is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Tax practice group. Don counsels business owners and businesses in areas of mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, and tax and business planning. He counsels developers and investors with regard to real estate income tax planning, including capital gain planning, like-kind exchanges, opportunity zone planning, tax incentives, and debt restructurings and workouts. Don represen...
Benton Hughes is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. Benton, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Benton is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Nolan Clark’s practice is focused on a broad range of matters. He has experience preparing and reviewing various real estate documents, including commercial and residential leases, closing documents, contracts, and transactional documents. Nolan also analyzes ordinances and codes to ensure compliance for commercial and residential properties. In addition, he has handled various matters related to worker’s compensation, labor and employment, commercial litigation, intellectual prop...
Jake Watson is an associate in Bradley’s Real Estate Practice Group. His practice is focused on general real estate law and the representation of clients in finance, banking and real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, development, financing and leasing of office buildings, multi-family developments, industrial properties, healthcare facilities, and mixed-use assets located throughout the country.
Katie Sinclair is a managing associate in Dentons Sirote's Real Estate practice in the Birmingham, Alabama office. She also has experience at Dentons Sirote as a summer associate and intern during her third year of law school. Katie earned her JD from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, where she was listed on the Dean's List for most semesters and received a Merit Scholarship. At Cumberland, she was an active member of the Moot Court Board, Women in Law, and the Alabama Student Ba...
Delaney Beier helps clients mitigate and manage their environmental liabilities, responsibilities, and risks. In doing so, Delaney counsels clients in a wide variety of matters arising out of agency proceedings, enforcement actions, citizen suits, permitting, compliance and due diligence matters, transactions, brownfield redevelopment and site remediation, and litigation. She regularly handles matters in all environmental media, including air, land, waste, and water, and represents clients in...
Nathan Stotser is a senior managing associate in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office. As a member of the Real Estate practice group, Nathan focuses his practice on commercial real estate and real estate finance, representing developers, investors, purchasers, and sellers in real estate acquisitions, sales, leases, and other real estate transactions. Nathan received his JD from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, ranking in the top 6% of his class while serving a...
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