Top Rated Real Estate Attorney in Gaithersburg, MD

For close to 35 years, Ron Hirschel has focused his practice on expeditiously closing real estate deals. Over this time, Mr. Hirschel and his law firm have completed thousands of store, office, warehouse and industrial leases and related documents, including numberous department stores (e.g. WalMart, Target), and supermarkets (e.g. Safeway, PriceRite, ShopRite, Giant Food and Harris Teeter).  See additional lease transactions at www.hsphlaw.com. Ron brings the to each transaction his prior experience as a retailer and as a litigator.  From 1975 through 1980, he concentrated on litigation. From 1981 to 2000 he was Vice President, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of three retail public companies and one private company. His responsiblities for each of these companies were to grow the chain.  During his time working for  these companies, Ron was responsible for completing hundreds of transactions. In 1991, Mr. Hirschel co-founded HSP&H, and is presently the President and managing member of the firm. Mr. Hirschel works closely with developers and retailers in closing transactions; often using creative solutions to overcome deal obstacles. His clients appreciate his role as an advisor of risks and benefits in transactions and that he does not attempt to usurp  their role as  decision maker. Mr. Hirschel graduated from the American University Washington College of Law in 1975 and is a member of ICSC and he has lectured and done presentations for the ICSC Legal Conference, local ICSC meetings and for the local bar.  Ron also authored "Estoppel Certificates: Why Tenants Need Them," which appeared in the May, 1990 issue of "Executive Corporate Real Estate," (a publication of the International Association of Real Estate Executives).