Jonathan Altman is the Chair of the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, and an active member of the Firm’s Corporate and Banking Practice Groups. He specializes in counseling companies, private equity funds, family offices, banks, and individuals with respect to a broad range of transactional matters. Jon has particular expertise in mergers, acquisitions, commercial real estate transactions, and financing transactions. Jon is recognized[...]
Eric Bradley is a commercial real estate attorney and a member of the firm. Eric's practice consists of commercial real estate acquisitions and dispositions; commercial real estate finance (construction, permanent, and refinance); commercial real estate development; commercial real estate leasing (office, retail, and industrial); and commercial real estate title insurance.
Nelson Crichton is an attorney in the firm’s Banking Group. He thinks it’s a good day in the office when he solves a difficult problem for a client that at the beginning of the day seemed impossible. Regional and national financial institutions appreciate his head for numbers and business acumen. Nelson’s responsive, efficient, and reasonable approach to transactions makes him an ideal choice[...]
Elizabeth Ferguson is an Associate in the Banking Group. Her practice focuses on front-end banking work including drafting. Prior to Metz Lewis, Elizabeth clerked for the Utah Attorney General's Office and externed for a Supreme Court Justice at the Utah Supreme Court. Additionally, she interned at Pittsburgh law firm Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis + Gabriel.
James Ginsburg's practice primarily consists of real estate leasing, real estate financing, and real estate acquisitions and sales throughout the United States and Canada in various industries. Additionally, Jay provides clients with general corporate guidance.
Brian Golias counsels lenders and banking clients with respect to structuring and closing asset-based and leverage-based loans, workouts, and restructuring of non-performing loans, including advising clients of Uniform Commercial Code and secured transaction issues. Brian has extensive experience representing clients in complex operational and joint venture projects in both the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. He represented a trading company in connection[...]
David Horvitz became extensively involved in loan documentation near the outset of his career, and he's been in that arena ever since. His banking practice involves secured lending, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and other business transactions. Working with lenders and borrowers, Dave provides advice and representation in a wide variety of finance transactions. He routinely represents commercial lenders in the[...]
John O'Keefe is involved in two practice areas at Metz Lewis and is the co-chair of the banking group. He has experience in commercial loan documentation, creditor's rights, workouts, bankruptcy and bank litigation, and he is also involved in commercial and business litigation. He provides counsel to clients from the financial, banking, business and real estate sectors in diverse matters. An experienced commercial[...]
Jeremy Teaberry has recently joined the firm’s Real Estate and Bank Practice Groups. Jeremy has significant experience leading lender-side real estate finance transactions, greatly increasing our firm’s offering in the space. He represents large institutional lenders, life insurance companies, non-traditional lenders and funds in transactions including up to 9-figure bilateral and syndicated term, construction and portfolio loans for all asset types, syndication reviews,[...]
Justin Tuskan is an Member in the firm's Litigation and Banking practice groups. He has represented a broad range of clients in both state and federal courts in diverse complex and commercial business litigation matters including asset acquisition disputes, actions to enforce real estate purchase and sale agreements, construction claims, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract actions. A significant portion of[...]
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