Trenam Law is pleased to announce shareholder Robert G. Stern has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Investment Council of Tampa Bay. He will serve as Secretary.
Formed in 1982, the Real Estate Investment Council (“REIC”) is an organization of Tampa Bay professionals that share a passion for commercial real estate. Its purposes are to inform its members of the latest business and financial news in the real estate market; create a forum for the exchange of ideas; and provide a setting for members to develop new business contacts.
Stern is a board certified real estate attorney is a co-leader of the firm’s Real Estate & Lending Transactions Group. He represents clients in all aspects of real estate, distressed property, and financing commercial work. His practice focuses on commercial real estate, with an emphasis on transactional and financing matters. His clients include developers, lenders, investors, and retailers. Stern has served as an expert witness, receiver, mediator and adjunct professor of law. He strives to add value to every deal as a trusted advisor for his clients, based on negotiation skills and practical experience honed over twenty years of buying, developing, financing, permitting, leasing and selling commercial real estate.
Stern received a J.D., with honors, from University of Florida Levin College of Law, and a B.S. from University of Florida. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Chambers UISA, Florida Super Lawyers, and Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite. Stern served in leadership roles in The Florida Bar Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section and in the Hillsborough County Bar Association. He is active in the community serving on the Board of Director for the Tampa Bay Sports Commission and the Historic Hyde Park Neighborhood Association.
