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STEVE SCHRAM AND REED SEXTER CLOSE SALE OF TECHNOLOGY-RELATED COMPANY
March 6, 2012

Steve Schram and Reed Sexter recently closed a transaction involving the sale of a Rockville, Maryland based technology-related company to an affiliate of a publicly traded company.  The $12 million transaction (possibly $30 million) spanned many months, involved a large number of principals and lawyers on both sides, presented many challenges, and required creative thinking to work...

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DC'S TRANSFER AND RECORDATION TAXES ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DEEDS
October 26, 2011

On deeds to commercial property, the District of Columbia imposes transfer and recordation taxes totaling 2.9% of the consideration, unless the transaction is exempt (e.g., a transfer from one spouse to another).  There is no exemption for a trustee’s deed given after a foreclosure.  For example, if commercial real estate is auctioned at foreclosure and the winning bid is $1,...

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IS IT IMPORTANT TO FORM A LEGAL ENTITY FOR MY MEDICAL PRACTICE?
October 18, 2011

Is it important to form a legal entity for my medical practice?

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Bergin and Lockshin Discuss Future of DC Construction Industry with Leaders
June 27, 2011

Recently John Bergin and Alexis Lockshin attended the PWC-DC’s 2nd Annual "Meet the Construction Chiefs" event where four of DC’s top construction industry leaders shared their insights on the current status and future of the DC construction industry.  The discussion included: upcoming opportunities; the impact of the economic downturn; new and emerging trends in technology,...

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Did You Know . . .

Members of the SLS trial group have tried in excess of 50 jury trials and 75 bench trials?
The SLS construction group has worked on sports stadiums across the country including Orioles Park in Baltimore and Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati?
The SLS construction group has worked on power plant projects across the country?
In 2007 SLS was selected for an Honorable Mention as one of the Best Places To Work in Washington DC?
Ron Shapiro, Steve Schram and Judd Lifschitz have all been selected as SuperLawyers by Law and Politics?
The SLS office building is an historic townhouse constructed in the late 1800s?
SLS has been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a Preeminent Law Firm?
SLS trial lawyers have argued appeals in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the 4th, 5th, 9th, D.C. and Federal Circuit?
SLS trial lawyers have been lead trial counsel in cases in Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia, - to name just a few?
Virtually all the cases that SLS trial lawyers mediated have been favorably settled at mediation?

The transactional group at SLS was lead counsel on one of the largest, most complex mixed-use projects in downtown Washington, DC involving 4 lenders and 6 property owners?

In appreciation for the outstanding efforts of each of its employees during 2007, SLS gave everyone (attorneys, paralegals, and staff) a 4 day/3 night expense paid trip to Key West, Florida?
The transactional group at SLS has represented tenants in more than 200 retail leases in the Mid-Atlantic region?
Every attorney in the transactional group at SLS has at least 15 years experience?
The transactional group at SLS has represented developers in the purchase, construction, financing and/or sale of more than 75 multi-family apartment projects?
The transactional group at SLS has represented real estate investors and developers with respect to property in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Michigan and the U.S. Virginia Islands?
Attorneys in the transactional group at SLS have represented eight national banks in commercial real estate loans?
Attorneys in the transactional group at SLS have represented the FDIC, the Resolution Trust Corporation and several banking institutions in loan workout transactions throughout the Mid-Atlantic region?
The transactional group at SLS has represented homebuilders and commercial real estate developers in work-outs of individual loans and also for work-outs of large portfolios involving dozens of properties in several states?
The trial lawyers of SLS have numerous reported decisions to their credit?
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