• Admitted to the Indiana Bar and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana

• Received and “AV Preeminent 5 out of 5 rating.” legal ability and ethical standards rating from Martindale-Hubbell legal directory services. This is the highest rating given by M-H and is based on random, confidential surveys of lawyers in the Indianapolis community.
• Named an Indiana Super Lawyer 2005 – 2011
• Included in the 2010 Edition of "The Best Lawyers" in the area of real estate.
• Tom's article, "Reconsidering Completion Guaranties," was published in ALI-ABA's The Practical Real Estate Lawyer.
• Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations
• Cited in the Indianapolis Business Journal as an honoree in the Who’s Who Behind the Scenes in Commercial Real Estate article focusing on the Indianapolis commercial real estate industry (2003)
• In addition to his legal practice, Tom served as a Managing Partner of the firm from 1996 until 2005

Representative Transactions

Real Estate Finance

In the real estate finance area, Tom has handled a variety of matters in recent years including representing lenders in connection with:

• Financing the construction of a 614 room, full service convention center hotel in Indianapolis with 38,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, and a 300 space parking garage
• Financing the construction of a 617 room, full service convention center hotel in Louisville, Kentucky with 30,000 square feet of meeting space, and a 485 space parking garage
• Financing the construction of a 450 room convention center hotel project in Austin, Texas
• Financing of the construction of 453 room hotel project in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Financing the construction of a 27-story condominium project in Fort Myers, Florida
• Financing the construction of a 523 room, 30-story hotel in Chicago, Illinois
• Loan syndications for construction loans to finance the construction of condominium projects in Miami Beach, Florida , Sunny Isles, Florida, and Orange Beach, Alabama
• A loan syndication for the acquisition financing of a major apartment project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Financing the construction of a beach-front condominium project in Orange Beach, Alabama
• Financing the construction of a major apartment project in Fort Myers, Florida and its subsequent conversion to a condominium complex
• Loan participations in construction financing for various commercial real estate developments
• The acquisition, construction and permanent financing of various hotel projects in the Midwest and Nationally
• The construction and permanent financing of various apartment projects in the Midwest and Nationally
• Financing and investing in low-income tax credit developments
• The construction financing for various industrial facilities in the Midwest and Nationally
• Loan forbearance arrangements, workouts and restructurings
• Loan foreclosures
• The issuance of letters of credit as credit enhancements for bond issues
• The construction and permanent financing for various residential subdivision developments and commercial subdivisions developments
• The construction and permanent financing for golf course development

Real Estate Development and Ownership

Tom also has extensive experience in representing commercial developers and real estate investors in all aspects of real estate acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition. He also has represented owners of commercial real estate in connection with the renegotiation of distressed loans, forbearance arrangements and lender foreclosure actions. In the commercial real estate area, Tom has handled a variety of matters including representing real estate developers and investors in connection with:

• Negotiating for the sale of a 70+ acre commercial and residential property in metropolitan Atlanta
• The financing of a mixed use retail and office development in Carmel, Indiana
• The financing of a 440,872 square foot retail center in Brownsburg, Indiana
• The acquisition, development, financing, and sale of various retail developments, office buildings, apartment projects, and commercial industrial facilities
• Negotiating forbearance arrangements for distressed loans secured by commercial real estate
• The leasing, development and financing of health and fitness centers in Indiana
• The purchase of distressed loans secured by real estate
• Representing a developer in connection with a lender’s foreclosure of a distressed loan secured by an office building in Indianapolis
• The development and financing of medical office buildings

 General Representation of Commercial Clients

Tom also has extensive experience in representing clients engaged in various commercial enterprises. In connection with his general counsel for commercial clients, Tom has handled a variety of matters including the following:

• Collection efforts to recover approximately $4,000,000 in unsecured commercial loans, including the general oversight and supervision of litigation counsel located in Illinois and Kansas
• The representation of the general contractor and the project owner in the defense of a $353,000 mechanic’s lien action filed by a non-performing subcontractor in connection with the construction of an automotive manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Indiana
• The representation of the general contractor in connection with the resolution of performance disputes with a subcontractor arising in connection with the construction of an automotive manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Indiana