The faculty teaching Real Estate Law and Real Property Development courses are among the most prominent and respected authorities and practitioners in the field - all subject matter experts, partners and managing partners of prominent law firms, general counsels of major real estate companies from across the U.S., and leading municipalities’ attorneys.
- Brian S. Adler: Land use, zoning and permitting in the development process
- Ross J. Altman: Construction law, drafting and negotiation of architect’s and contractor’s contracts
- Suzanne M. Amaducci-Adams: Hospitality, marina and hotel acquisition, finance and development
- Ralph B. Bekkevold: Real estate, finance, banking, workout and business transactions
- Charles Bohl: Mixed-use development and the public process for planning and community design
- Joni Armstrong Coffey: Land use and entitlements, development, local government advocacy, public-private partnerships, and government contracts
- Anthony De Yurre: Land use and zoning, large scale mixed-use development, and public private partnerships
- Shahrzad Emami: Affordable Housing and Community Development
- Jason S. Gibson: Retail, office, and industrial leasing
- John Halula: Mortgages, syndicated loans and other financing
- Joseph D Harbaugh: Negotiation skills
- Jeff Hearne: Director, Tenants' Rights Clinic
- Joseph Hernandez: Acquisitions, development, financing, leasing, and joint ventures
- Lauren M. Hunt: Land security and finance transactions
- Amir A. Isaiah: Receivership, fiduciary services, and litigation
- Michael T. Lynott: Commercial leasing
- Betsy McCoy: Developer’s counsel, business and commercial litigation
- Thomas F. Nealon III: Bankruptcy, creditors' rights litigation, REMIC tax matters, real estate purchase and sale transactions
- Howard E. Nelson: Environmental law, wetland matters including issues related to protected and sensitive wetlands, preservation efforts and enforcement defense
- Marshall R. Pasternack: Real estate tax, limited partnerships, joint ventures
- Patricia Redmond: Bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, and Director, Bankruptcy Clinic
- Franchesca Rhodis: End-buyer closings for large condominium projects, document drafting
- Vivian N. Rodriguez: Real estate tax law
- Steven Siegfried: Construction law
“Miami Law was not only the first to provide a graduate-level program in real estate, finance, and development, but it has evolved into the leading real estate graduate law program in the nation.”
William Sklar, J.D. '80
Adjunct Faculty, Robert Traurig-Greenberg Traurig LL.M. in Real Property Development
Director, Miami Law Ralph E. Boyer Institute on Condominium Law
Of Counsel, Carlton Fields
Task Force Chair, Florida Condominium Law and Policy on Life Safety
- William P. Sklar is an expert in planning, drafting, and the development of residential, commercial, and complex mixed-use condominiums and planned developments.
University of Miami Graduate School Partnerships
Our interdisciplinary approach to teaching enables law students to learn the perspectives of the architect and the business side of a real estate development project through a unique collaboration with our premier graduate schools. Students partaking in our Real Estate Development Workshop paired up with students from the Masters of Real Estate Development + Urbanism (MRED+U) program out of the School of Architecture and with students from the Business School and the College of Engineering. They work jointly with architectural, design, engineering, and business students, each contributing within their area of expertise to develop plans for real estate sites.
“The Affordable Housing Practicum exposed me to many different areas of the law, including transactional real estate, corporate law, and tax. This exposure gave me the experience necessary to take on more complex assignments during my clerkship, like drafting various condominium formation documents, merger documents, a general contractor agreement, a commercial lease, an answer to foreclosure complaint, a response and offer of settlement to HUD.”
“The Environmental Justice Clinic made me realize how much I like litigation, which I was able to continue [in summer 2020] while I interned for the Department of Justice. Most importantly, the EJC helped me learn that as a lawyer you can be a part of the community. I was able to see how important that relationship is firsthand.”
"My favorite experience in law school [was] my time at the Tenants' Rights Clinic, having the ability to help someone who is losing their home, the place where they have lived and watched their children grow up, is one of the most rewarding experiences that I have ever had."
“I enjoyed being exposed to different real estate laws and perspectives, best practices, and real cases, all of which has expanded my capacity to execute with judgment, knowledge, and confidence.”
Through site visits to real estate projects, students gain first-hand knowledge from the various perspectives of participants, including experts in zoning, environmental issues, architects, developers, lenders or tenants.