Experts Directory

Julia A. Carpenter

Ms. Carpenter is the Chair of the firm's Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice Group. Her practice is devoted primarily to commercial lending, banking, real estate, corporate finance, and general corporate matters. She has over 30 years worth of experience in commercial lending transactions, including secured and unsecured lending, construction lending, letters of credit, leveraged acquisitions, real estate financings, subordinated financings, alternative energy financings and ESOP transactions which require financing. Ms. Carpenter currently serves as [...]

Timothy P. Schwartz

Timothy (Tim) Schwartz has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in commercial real estate transactions and general business transactions. He is the co-chair of the firm’s commercial real estate practice group. Mr. Schwartz’s practice focuses on the representation of clients in transactions related to various types of commercial real estate assets, including office, retail, industrial, multifamily, and mixed-use properties, as well as unimproved land. He routinely drafts, negotiates, interprets, and enforces commercial leases, [...]

Michael E. Leaf

Mike Leaf has over 41 years experience in real estate, land use, estate planning, probate, business law and litigation. He has represented landowners, buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants in the negotiation of sales, purchases, ground leases and has prepared all varieties of real estate documents. Mike has litigated many cases in the Circuit Court and has represented numerous clients in the Court of Special Appeals and Court of Appeals. He has served as Court appointed [...]