Michael S. Schimmel

Michael S. Schimmel is an associate and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. Mr. Schimmel joined the firm in 2005.

Practice Areas

• Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• Real Estate Acquisitions, Sales and Finance
• Real Estate Development
• Commercial Leasing

Education

Northwestern University, LL.M., taxation, 2005
The John Marshall Law School, J.D., with honors, 2004
Indiana University, B.A., 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships

The Florida Bar, admitted 2005
The Illinois Bar, admitted 2004
District of Columbia Bar, admitted 2008
U.S. District Court
Northern District of Illinois
Broward County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Orbis USA, Inc., a Florida nonprofit corporation,
co-founder and board member

Articles and Publications

"Illinois Practitioners Beware: Florida Documentary Stamp Tax
and Intangible Tax," Illinois State Bar Association, Oct. 2007,
Vol. 53, No. 4, co-author
"Florida Documentary Stamp Tax and Intangible Tax,"
Corporate Update, Gunster Yoakley, Summer 2007, co-author
"Impact of Proposed Tax Reform on the Real Estate
Market," Illinois State Bar Association,
Apr. 2006, Vol. 51, No. 5, co-author
"Bush Tax Panel Plan May Have Unintended Consequences
for RE," Florida Real Estate Journal, Jan. 1-15, 2006, co-author
"The IOLTA Program: A Taking Requiring No Just Compensation?,"
CBA Record, Nov. 2004
"Cost of Doing Business: Air Freight Carriers Pay Prejudgment
Interest Too," The Globe, May 2003
"Recent Developments: $26 Million from Iran," The Globe, Mar. 2003

Honors

Morrissey Scholars, editor and chief
Review of Intellectual Property Law,
The John Marshall Law School, production and staff editor
Moot Court
Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition
Corporate Law Association,
The John Marshall Law School, founding president
Named and "Up and Coming" attorney, Florida Trend, 2008