Attorney Profiles


A founding partner of the firm, Warren has more than forty years of professional legal experience assisting clients in all aspects of real estate and transactional matters. Warren was a founding director of an Atlanta area thrift institution that later became a national bank. He is presently a director of another national bank and has spoken at the Institute of Continuing Education in Georgia on real estate matters. From 1963 to 1967, served on active duty as an officer the United States Navy.

Member of the Bar and licensed to practice law in the states of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Experience

Represents real estate developers in connection with development of shopping centers and retail properties varying in size, from large shopping centers anchored by supermarkets or other major retailers, discount stores, and other retailers to smaller retail developments and outparcel users.

Represents owners of retail, industrial and office properties in connection with ownership matters including tenant leasing and defaults, redevelopment, re-financings, sales, IRC Section 1031 exchanges, construction matters, and ownership restructuring.

Transactions: Represented borrower in connection with refinancing of mortgage loans on six separate multimillion-dollar industrial developments. Represented mortgage lender in a $105,000,000 acquisition loan for the purchase of multiple industrial properties in five states. Handled the sale of twelve industrial properties in multiple counties for $37,000,000. Handled multi million-dollar estates and related trusts with many properties and assets.

Education

Emory University School of Law, J.D. with distinction, 1969
Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Electrical Engineeing, 1963

Affiliations & Memberships

Omicron Delta Kappa
Order of the Coif
Bryan Society
Atlanta Bar Association
Old Warhorse Lawyers' Club