Attorney Profiles

Gary A. Taback
Southfield, Michigan


phone	(248) 746-4073
fax	(248) 936-2174
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Real Estate Acquisitions, Sales and Development, Real Estate Financing, Commercial Financing Transactions, General Commercial Transactions, Strategy and Advice, and Related Areas of Law. During the past thirty-eight years, he has represented a number of local and out-of-state banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions with respect to their real estate lending and line of credit, term and other commercial lending transactions. Such lending has included conventional financing, bond transactions, and governmental-assisted or insured projects. He has also represented numerous persons and entities in the purchase, sale, construction and development of single-family and multi-family dwelling units, condominiums, office building projects, retail, research and industrial projects. In addition, he has represented both financial institutions and borrowers in numerous loan restructures and workout transactions. Also, he represents a number of manufacturing, retail and restaurant companies as their general legal counsel. He is currently acting in an Of Counsel role with Sommers Schwartz, P.C.

Bar Admissions:: Michigan, 1961

Education:: Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1961
Juris Doctor
Honors: With Distinction; Wayne State University, 1958
B.S. in Business Administration

Published Works:: Co-author, Handling Commercial Real Estate Deals: Negotiating and Drafting the Purchase and Lease of Real Property, Michigan Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1998

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Moderator and Lecturer, Current Developments Surrounding Requirements for Real Estate Mortgage Loans, State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section, 1997

Honors and Awards:: Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 1995 - Present; The Best Lawyers in America, 1989 - Present; Who's Who in American Law, 1992 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships:: State Bar of Michigan, 1961 - Present; Member; Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE); Executive Committee Member; American Bar Association, 1962 - Present; Member; American Bar Association, Corporate, Banking and Business Law Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Member; American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1980 - Present; Member; American Land Title Association, Legal Division, 1994 - Present; Associate Member; American Arbitration Association, Commercial Real Estate; Arbitrator; Michigan National Bank-West Oakland, 1981 - 1987; Corporate Director; C. A. Muer Corporation, 1983 - 1993; Corporate Director; State Bar of Michigan, Land Title Standards Committee, 1981 - Present; Member

Attorneys of Sommers Schwartz, P.C., with offices in Southfield, Michigan, represent clients throughout Southeast Michigan and the Midwest United States, from communities in Michigan such as Detroit, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Rochester, Grosse Pointe, Sterling Heights, Warren, Taylor, Van Buren Township, Dearborn, Ann Arbor, Plymouth, Monroe, Jackson, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Flint, Kalamazoo and Saginaw; and clients and referring attorneys from other states such as Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Sommers Schwartz, P.C. lawyers represent plaintiffs, defendants, employees, management, small businesses, and corporations in individual lawsuits and class actions.

Sommers Schwartz, P.C. | 2000 Town Center, Suite 900 | Southfield, MI 48075 | Toll Free: 800.967.1234 Local: 248.355.0300 | Fax: 248.746.4001