Joe Coleman's practice is concentrated in commercial finance and real estate. His experience includes financing a variety of commercial properties, such as shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, golf courses, hospitals, and other health care facilities. Joe has also represented lenders and developers in the financing of single and multifamily housing developments. In addition, he has assisted California's premier lenders and developers in structuring, documenting, and closing secured and unsecured lines of credit and multi-property revolving facilities. Joe has also represented lenders and borrowers in a host of workouts, foreclosures, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, and other related transactions. In the area of business formation, he has assisted a wide range of clients, including institutional investors and individuals, in forming partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies. Joe's experience extends to the field of public finance, where he has represented developers and the providers of credit enhancement in connection with the issuance of taxable and tax-exempt bonds which have been used to finance apartments, industrial facilities, hospitals, and major infrastructural improvements.
Education
- Temple University (J.D., with high honors, 1985)
- University of Chicago (A.B., 1980)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- Supreme Court of New York
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of California
- Real Property and Business Law Sections
- American Bar Association
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
- Orange County Bar Association
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Why Won't Anyone Just Follow The Rules: Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel overturns the absolute priority rule in individual bankruptcy cases, Co-Author, Orange County Business Journal (April 30, 2012)
- Real Estate Update: Preparing for the Collapse, Speaker, California Bankers Association - Bank Counsel Seminar (2007)
- Pledges of Partnership Interests: Panacea or Pandora's Box? Co-Author, Vol. 368
- Real Estate Workouts and Bankruptcies 121 (PLI 1991), reprinted in Los Angeles Lawyer (June 1992)
- Drafting Completion Guaranties, Co-Author, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer (September 1995)
- Drafting Carry Guaranties, Co-Author, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer (March 1996)
Professional Recognition & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law (2008-2012); Banking Law (2008-2011)
Community Involvement
- Epilepsy Foundation of Los Angeles and Orange Counties
- Board of Trustees, Vice President
Other Professional Experience
- O'Melveny & Myers, New York and Newport Beach offices
- Corey, Croudace, Dietrich & Dragun
- Sherry, Coleman & Holthouse, L.L.P.
