About Gary
Gary has extensive experience in representing commercial lending institutions, including major regional and national banking institutions and commercial finance companies, in the financing and management of commercial real estate, including construction, term and revolving loan facilities, loan syndications and participations, loan restructurings and refinancings, debtor-in-possession financing, foreclosures, and the leasing, management and sale of properties acquired through foreclosure. Gary also has substantial experience in representing developers and investors in the acquisition, financing, development and sale of real property. Gary has also worked with lessors and investors in large ticket and middle market leveraged lease transactions involving numerous categories of equipment, including aircraft, rolling stock, maritime vessels, automotive leases, and information technology.
Gary is the Administrative Partner for the Atlanta office and has practiced in the Atlanta market since 1995. Prior to opening the firm’s office in Atlanta, Gary practiced in the firm’s Birmingham office for eight years.
Representative engagements include:
Lead counsel to commercial banks in regard to multiple development and construction loans in the aggregate amount of approximately $375 million with respect to a 138-acre mixed-use facility in metropolitan Atlanta, consisting of office, retail, apartments, condominium, and hotel projects.
Lead counsel to capital markets lender with respect to a $125 million permanent financing secured by retail properties located in seven states with bondable tenant leases.
Counsel to national and regional banks with respect to provision of letter of credit enhancement for low income housing tax credit bonds and affordable housing bonds.
Lead counsel to regional bank with respect to a $75 million construction loan for high-rise condominium project in Atlanta.
Regular counsel to national bank in the consummation of construction loans secured by properties located throughout the country, including industrial, office, retail, hotel, and multi-family properties.
Counsel to regional real estate investor and developer with respect to acquisition, redevelopment, and conversion of multi-family properties in Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida.
Gary received his J.D., summa cum laude, in 1988 from The University of Alabama. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Alabama Law Review and the recipient of the M. Leigh Harrison Award and the Hugo Black Award. Gary completed his undergraduate work at the University of North Alabama, obtaining a B.S. degree in 1983.
What are your hobbies?
With a thriving law practice and four children, I don’t have much free time, but that time is spent doing small projects around the house (which I truly enjoy), playing golf (which I also enjoy but don’t do well), reading military history, and hunting quail, dove, and ducks occasionally.