Seyfarth Shaw Names Real Estate Practice Chair in Washington, D.C.

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Kevin Livingston, National Director of Public Relations
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2011) — Seyfarth Shaw is pleased to announce that partner Ronald S. Gart has been named Chair of the Washington, D.C. Real Estate practice.In his new role, Mr. Gart’s goals are to substantially increase the public profile of the Washington Real Estate practice and its individual attorneys.

“I consider it a privilege to have been given the opportunity to lead this very dynamic and client-focused group of lawyers in our efforts to expand both our ranks and our platform in the D.C. metro area and nationally,” Gart said of his new role.

Gart has extensive experience in real estate development, real estate finance, asset management, asset purchase and sales, commercial leasing, mixed-use development and planned communities. He routinely counsels investors in joint ventures and providers of mezzanine dept, as well as clients in community development investments. Gart has been recognized as a leading lawyer for Real Estate in the District of Columbia in the 2010 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers. He has also been selected multiple times by “The Best Lawyers in America” and by Washingtonian magazine as “One of Washington’s Top Lawyers.” Since 2007, he also has been selected as one of the top attorneys in the Washington, D.C., metro area by Super Lawyers Magazine, and most recently by the Super Lawyers Magazine, Corporate Counsel Edition.

Seyfarth Shaw’s nationally recognized real estate practice provides innovative real estate counseling to clients throughout the country. Supported by attorneys practicing in tax, environmental, benefits, construction, and private equity law, our attorneys counsel clients on the wide range of issues that arise in connection with owning, leasing, developing, financing or investing in real estate. The Real Estate practice has been recognized by the 2010 editions of Chambers USA and Legal 500.

Seyfarth Shaw has over 750 attorneys located in 10 offices throughout the United States, including: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Washington D.C., as well as internationally in London. Seyfarth Shaw provides a broad range of legal services in the areas of labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, corporate, and real estate. The firm's practice reflects virtually every industry and segment of the country's business and social fabric. Clients include over 300 of the Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, newspapers and other media, hotels, health care organizations, airlines and railroads. The firm also represents a number of federal, state and local governmental and educational entities. For more information, please visit www.seyfarth.com.

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