Alan Ritchie > Thompson Hine LLP > Cleveland, United States > Lawyer Profile

Thompson Hine LLP
3900 KEY CENTER, 127 PUBLIC SQUARE
CLEVELAND, OH 44114-1291
OHIO
United States

Work Department

Construction/Real Estate/Government Contracts

Position

Alan leads Thompson Hine’s Construction practice group and is a co-chair of the firm’s Site Selection practice. He is also a partner in the Real Estate practice. Alan is also on the board and is a member of the firm’s wholly owned subsidiary Project Management Consultants, which provides owner’s representative, consulting and public and private debt structuring services to a wide range of stakeholders in the construction and development industry.

Alan is a founding member of the firm’s public-private partnership (P3) practice group. He has served as developer/sponsor counsel on Ohio’s first transportation and infrastructure P3 projects.

Alan’s construction practice includes project delivery counseling, the preparation of all “front-end” documents and the creation of risk management and insurance programs on behalf of owners, developers, architects, engineers, construction managers, contractors and subcontractors, and participation in dispute resolution of claims. As project counsel, he has worked on many community impact projects, including many major league and professional sports facilities, convention centers and mixed-use projects.

Alan’s real estate practice includes the representation of public owners, lenders, borrowers, developers and other corporations in connection with public-private development transactions, zoning and project entitlement, public and private finance, wind, solar and other renewable energy transactions, new market and historical tax credit transactions, build-to-suit and sale-leaseback transactions, acquisitions and sales, development, leasing and other general corporate real estate matters.

Languages

Spanish

Education

  • Cleveland State University, J.D., 1994, summa cum laude
  • Bowling Green State University, B.S., 1990, cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)

Thompson Hine LLP is ‘knowledgeable and efficient’ and ‘brings a multidisciplinary approach’ to construction and renovation projects. Cleveland-based Alan Ritchie acts as department head and also sits within the wider real estate group. Along with Jeffrey Appelbaum, he has considerable experience working on community impact projects such as sports facilities and mixed-use developments. Also in the Cleveland office are Daniel Haymond, who has represented owners, developers, and architects in arbitrations involving hydroelectric power plant and natural gas pipeline disputes; and Erin Luke, who focuses on a broader range of sectors from manufacturing and production to hospital and medical facilities. In New York, James Frankel is a key contact for contract formation and administration. Columbus’ Jack Clark is similarly experienced while John B. Kopf handles delay disputes. William Thrush departed from the firm.

 

United States > Industry focus > Sport

Thompson Hine LLP specializes in the construction of stadiums, serving as development, design and construction counsel for professional sports facilities in North America used by major sports leagues such as the NFL, NBA, and MLS. Alan Ritchie in Cleveland, whose practice often caters to clients involved in various forms of labour agreements for sports developments and mixed use developments, leads the team. Jack Clark, who works out of the firm’s Columbus office, is a go-to practitioner for clients who require assistance with structuring and negotiating agreements for construction and financing initiatives. Jeffrey Appelbaum in Columbus is another key name to note, particularly for construction consulting within the sport industry.