Alan Ritchie

Alan is the chair and practice group leader of the firm’s Construction practice group. In addition to being a partner in the firm’s Construction and Real Estate practice groups, Alan is a director and board member of the firm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Project Management Consultants, which provides owner’s representative and structured finance services for projects throughout the U.S. Alan is also one of the founding members of the firm’s Site Selection and Public-Private Partnership (P3) practice areas.

Alan’s real estate practice includes the representation of developers, professional sports teams, public owners, lenders, borrowers and other corporations in connection with public/private development transactions, mixed-use developments, zoning and project entitlement, public and private finance, build-to-suit and sale leaseback transactions, acquisitions and sales, development, leasing and other general corporate real estate matters.

Alan’s construction practice includes project delivery counseling, the preparation of all “front-end” documents and creating 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.

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