Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram

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Skip Kriss – Executive Vice President, The Richmond Corporation

Blog Archive - "green building" Category

May 2, 2012

The agreement between Zentric, Inc. and Matinee Energy, Inc. to construct a 20-megawatt solar generating facility in Benson, Arizona has been cancelled.  The project was to be part of a 1200-acre, 120 MW solar facility in Benson.  Benson is approximately 46 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona,...

April 17, 2012

As cities across the country continue to adopt current versions of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), new research jointly commissioned by the National Multi Housing Council and the National Apartment Association warns that the new 2009 and 2012 IECCs could significantly increase local construction and housing costs – which could mean higher renting rates for those 1/3 of...

March 20, 2012

Two new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules taking effect in 2012 are expected to spur construction as power plants comply with new EPA standards.  The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) address power plant emissions, with MATS comprising the first-ever national standards targeted to reduce mercury and other emissions from...

October 18, 2011

Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram’s Robert A. Foster co-authored the  “Commentary” column for the August 19, 2011 issue of McGraw-Hill’s Construction's Daily Journal and its sister publication, ENR Mountain States.  The column, entitled “Litigation Issues with LEED Ratings and Checklist Design,” is a must read for any developer, contractor or design...

September 22, 2011

The 5th biennial US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon opens to the public tomorrow, Friday Sept. 23 at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park.

August 2, 2011

Last week, I joined over 200 real estate industry professionals at the exclusive CityCenterDC Conversations: Development Briefing and Summer Soiree to celebrate and discuss what has been dubbed "a modern-day Rockefeller Center" - the $700 million mixed-used development currently under construction in the heart of downtown DC known as CityCenterDC. CityCenterDC Conversations, hosted by...

July 8, 2011

      On May 31, 2011, the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration issued a joint interim rule that incorporates “Green Building” concepts into the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”). 

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?