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ERIC L. LAURENCE is of counsel in the firm's Real Estate practice group. He has more than 20 years of experience in real property law, real estate finance, business transactions, and environmental compliance counseling. Mr. Laurence has worked with leading hotel, restaurant management and ownership companies, often as legal counsel, assisting with decisions ranging from financing to management. In addition to hotels and restaurants, Mr. Laurence's commercial real estate work includes industrial campuses, shopping centers and office buildings. He also has extensive real estate experience with residential facilities such as apartment buildings and condominiums. Mr. Laurence's clients have included the gamut of real estate professionals. Prior to joining Lewis and Roca LLP, Mr. Laurence maintained his own practice in Oakland, California. He is a member of the Real Property, Environmental and Business Law sections of the State Bar of California, the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys, and a former member the Bar Association of San Francisco, Executive Committee. ORLANDO LUCERO is vice president/escrow officer at Stewart Title of Albuquerque LLC. He joined Stewart Title in 2004, after 20 years as a real estate lawyer in private practice. A graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School, Mr. Lucero's practice emphasized complex real estate transactions of all types. He now focuses on closing complex commercial transactions. Mr. Lucero is a frequent lecturer and writer on topics related to real estate transactions, title insurance and business entities. He is a contributing author to The Commercial Property Lease, Vols. II and III (American Bar Association 1997 and 2000); co-author of "Tenant Remedies: an Oxymoron" published in Probate and Property (January/February 1998) and The Best of the American Bar Association (Fall 1998); and the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of Commercial Lease Listing Agreements" published in Probate and Property (July/August 2000). Mr. Lucero currently is the chair of the Real Estate Law Section of the State Bar of New Mexico; is a member of the council of the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Trust Section; and he also chairs the Section's Standing Committee on Diversity. JAMES T. REIST is an attorney with Tax Estate & Business Law, Ltd... He currently serves as co-chair of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the State Bar of New Mexico, and has been a member of that committee for more than 10 years. Mr. Reist's practice is primarily in the areas of commercial disputes and bankruptcy. He is a frequent lecturer on his areas of practice for various professional groups and organizations. He earned his B.A. degree, with honors, from Wright State University and his J.D. degree from The Ohio State University. Mr. Reist is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a member of the Albuquerque Inn of Courts. He is a board member of the Albuquerque Bar Association and member of the H. Verle Payne Inn of Courts. JAMES S. RUBIN is a co-founder of the Rubin Katz Law Firm. In addition to real estate and land use law, his practice has emphasized business, banking, commercial and entities law. He is a frequent speaker at professional education forums and has acted as counsel in real estate transactions across New Mexico and the United States. Mr. Rubin is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and in the State of New Mexico, and has served as chairman of the Real Estate Specialty Committee of the State Bar of New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization (1992-1998). He earned his B.S.B.A. degree from Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University and his J.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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